I found this ridiculous bass in a Cash Converters for £40

[@DavidRNeff]

it is obviously the pickguard screw stuck back there by the bridge that really makes the sound

[@OATMEALDOOM]

the toan is in the pickguard screw placement

[@philipbrougham6360]

Never remove that screw ,it's doing all the work !!

[@zibbezabba2491]

You're right. I know this because it's been scientifically analysed by boffins at NASA.

[@mojave5746]

Can't stress enough how IN THE BLOODY POCKET that groove was. Relentless chops mate!

[@rudispruell883]

He CAN play behs!

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

@@rudispruell883 like Jaco lol.

[@vincentciaramella7045]

I can smell the 70’s with that groove. Good score!

[@frankazack6701]

Back in 2010 I picked up a 1980 Rickenbacker 4001 for $500, best deal ever

[@DannySapko]

I'll swap you for this bass...

[@frankazack6701]

@@DannySapko That bass is long gone, somebofy gave me $1.100 for it

[@krzysiu4003]

Picked up a mid 70’s burgundy glo one from a cash converters in Leeds city centre for £350. The shop is long gone and so is the Ric unfortunately.

[@robertcharvetto1295]

Cash converters normally seel their for what you can buy brand new. But sometimes you can find a shop with no guitar players. They do a quick check on the Internet and get confused, I bought an Epiphone sg 310, and I think they with the sg special.

[@DeuceSchnozzle]

You lucky bastich. Was it a real Rick?

[@rexdeveraux]

I bought a decent Yamaha bass in Lidl (yeah, Lidl) in Amsterdam about 15 years ago for €100, including a baby amplifier and accesories. And it still works perfectly.

[@moondogaudiojones1146]

Great playing, great sound! Hope to keep up with you!

[@jakeyell]

"Relic-ing" has to be the most idiotic idea ever...

[@bobgreen8142]

It is what puts me off buying a Fender JMJ Mustang

[@sturusk3620]

I hate it.

[@NickG]

Thanks for posting. I don't play a behs. or any instrument in that case but I find your videos fascinating. keep em coming.

[@atticuspappin2504]

"April could be someone's bird": or maybe it was the name of the bass' previous owner. "Birds" play bass too

[@BellsCuriosityShop]

Not as good as blokes though. Obvs.

[@peterkelly8357]

@@DannySapko April's going to come knocking on your door

[@heather2503]

Could be a bird's bird, literal or figurative

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

I think the heart next to it probably indicates that April was not the owner. If the heart was dotting the 'i', that would be different.

[@martinkasper197]

It's Yngwie Malmsteen's wife...🤓🤣 But what is the brand?

[@penstar]

Please keep posting Danny :)

[@Maltloaflegrande]

That's an Encore. They had a deal with many education authorities resulting in Encore guitars and basses finding homes in many secondary schools. When I taught D&T , I was often asked to do some work on these instruments and although the hardware was a bit weedy, the overall construction and materials were pretty impressive. I got one not as deliberately massacred as in this vid, but still pretty battered for 30 quid, and with a refinish and other modifications, it's now an excellent instrument. The later ones had ply bodies, but mine's from probably the early 90s and is solid alder. If you want a cheap bass to tart up, you can't go wrong with one of these.

[@bobbyshomestudio]

wow, fretless with an envelope filter sounds great!

[@jbmaillet]

You'd got to try some Bill Laswell.

[@martian9999]

pretty darn good intonation there (which is often the bane of fretless players)

[@Wintermute666]

Amazing grooves from the Precisionstein Monster bass. It could use some colour changing LED strips around the body...

[@joeojeda9393]

Missed your genius bass clef insight, sir...🤘🏽😎🤘🏽

[@duncancrossland6703]

That looks as though it’s been ‘kinetically patinated’ by a hyperphagic beaver. 😂😂 Great playing lad!!👏👏

[@noelwhite6650]

"Hyperphagic Beaver" sounds like a deathmetal band.

[@chrisspink8295]

It is now!

[@JimboDoomface]

fantastic. I love random/weird instrument finds in the second hand shop. The people that traded that in must have gotten like, a tenner for it. I'm surprised the shop even took it.

[@revdnickcollison2778]

Excellent as ever Danny

[@ogri48]

All the times I’ve watched you play and that’s the first time I’ve heard you talk mate! The sad truth is that is still a forty quid bass, it’s just you that can make anything sing ( even that horror!) Merry Christmas mate, and looking forward to the new ventures!👍👍

[@RoloTonyBrown]

I bought a cheap £80 Sub Stingray from Bethnal Green Cash Converters in 2015. It’s long gone but I shimmed the neck and it had the most insane action of any bass I’ve played. Even with twangy steel roto rounds there wasn’t a single dead spot or buzz, the string action was practically the other side of the fretboard, it was effortless to play.

[@bugmanuk]

This channel is bonkers and I love it

[@ejmazzi1499]

Facts

[@takeonemusic5537]

I bought an encore bass 35 years ago and I've still got it it's my old is Bass plus I defretted and sanded it very badly it still has the black on the shoulders on the inside of the neck ...I now kind of retired it. But I'll never get rid of it because it's sentimental value

[@garethsavin4464]

I went to my local Crack Converters and found a Tokai Hard Puncher bass in almost mint condition priced up at just £120. I went in with my Mrs and after letting her do her usual haggling bit (it’s a bit dusty,no carry case etc) I walked out with it for £100! Absolute bargain.

[@krakenturdz]

Mega score! Always good to get one back on the rip off bastards!. I once got a usa dean V priced as a Chinese one!.. I about shit myself tryna keep the excitement down as I paid hahaha

[@M_EvoBass]

They've must have seen your gloating, theyve now put the Tokai hardpuncher price to 400 quid. . . Thanks....😂

[@krakenturdz]

@halo20763 sorry dude, my bad haha. It was a once in a lifetime experience though 😄

[@M_EvoBass]

You lucky lucky lad 😂

[@Landmaaler]

‘Sfunny, I always thought I was the only on who was dependent on my wife doing the haggling: with me they just laugh, with her they just get scared… (I’m not joking).

[@JubbLaRacing]

April❤️

[@WreckheadAdam]

About 20 years ago I picked up a Hohner Arbor MX1 for £30. My first (and only) BEHS!

[@justinfowler5761]

Sounds great, wow!

[@undango]

Great behs playing

[@jamlemon]

Best deal I got from Cash Converters was either a Line 6 Tremelo for £25 or an 80s Fender Malibu for £70.

[@jhardy0786]

A video on you refinishing it would be cool it sounds great you should keep it

[@604zippo]

Proof that Danny indeed plays BEHS... And quite slickly too.

[@GlennFordism]

I picked an amazing sounding Ibanez roadstar II in 1990 for £40. Still got it and it’s still amazing

[@wayne6777]

Congrats on the score. I just got a 1985 Guild Pilot for $450 CAD and I freaking LOVE it.

[@sephiroth7818]

0:20 nothing wrong with a pawn shop or cash convertor. Find a lot of good stuff in them.

[@nintzelj]

sounds awesome! love your playing! thst bass was made for those riffs! ☮️💙🎸

[@shalabazertheboltstruck8645]

There should be more fretless filter action out there 👌

[@workthenplay]

It’s like you went to a rescue shelter and gave this bass a new lease on life. Nice one, guvna!

[@mikevirtualteacher]

Good that you can get that old beat up bass and give it a new loving home!

[@PhantomMarquis]

That sounded brilliant-I hope it's possible for you to lower the action without getting buzzy!

[@jasonremy1627]

Maybe not the Bass of Doom, but still at least the Bass of Mild Discomfort.

[@tomchristensen1833]

That bass begs you to play "Noddy goes to Sweden"

[@pacoruizserrano]

What a nice bass line!

[@JanDanRandall]

Well done super impressive on all levels

[@StuPedassol]

"... A pawn shop." 😅

[@lucymillard1230]

Day 3 of asking for a Danny Sapko 2025 calendar (time travel version)

[@loudoniii]

Sounds great, Danny!

[@stevenward6453]

Brilliant ❤

[@mogmason6920]

Fretless with flats for £40? You have to play some Bauhaus on this! Day 1 of asking for David J’s B E H S tone!

[@jerryiaderaia4920]

Your a really good player man

[@revivedfears]

I have the same encore bass but in black. Borrowed off a mate years ago just to record some stuff, had it since. I actually use it as my main practice bass to this day.

[@dog61]

That sound you hear is me throwing my basses out the window. :)

[@seantaylor3105]

That sounded GOOD 🤘

[@ec7001]

Not even a bassist but I love your videos man!

[@thebigchecka]

@dannysapko it also appears that someone has changed the tuners too and put on some classic, early-sixties, Fender-esque, long-stem tuners, too. So someone has clearly....how can I put this 🤔.... "an attempt was made" by the previous owner to do...*something* with it....I'm just trying to figure out what, exactly.. 😂😂😂

[@madbrowndog4887]

Ah yes, the very rare Encore Blaster Unfretted Roadworn Edition. IIRC they went for 30 pounds when new. Clearly appreciated in value. Good investment!

[@BellsCuriosityShop]

I've been playing from late-80s. Never got on the Encore guitars. I was probably a gear snob in those days. Quite liked the Fender Bullets of the era which cost the same(?).

[@merelymayhem]

what a rad find!

[@MrRickburns]

greatness!

[@DeuceSchnozzle]

The Essex basses became the SX line. They are actually not bad, and good 'pawn shop' finds, if you get them cheap enough.

[@KevlarVTX]

Hell yeah that was a sweet groove.

[@Foul_Quince]

April is the cruellest month.

[@Novosax]

Worth every penny (and misplaced screw)!

[@giladnt]

its u that sounds amazing joker

[@abeare9616]

That has to be the worst "road worn" effort I've ever seen. Looks like the pickups were upgraded though. You make it sound amazing. I guess it's probably worth stripping down, filling the holes and re-finishing.

[@harrybrooks8514]

There are Cash Converters in the US. Perhaps they’re everywhere. No telling what awaits you in one of those places.

[@mccypr]

Sounds much better than it looks! Did you keep it? Did you refurbish it? Thanks! 🎻🙂😎

[@jacktraveller8290]

My first ever bass was one of those in dark blue. Also totally battered & bought for £40 from a guy at school.

[@NBM3]

FONK E !!!! You and April were meant to be together !

[@gdonaldson26]

I had an encore p bass... strings 3 inches off the fret board was a "feature" 😂

[@Steaminlidz]

My first guitar was an Encore Strat copy (Encore being the John Hornby Skewes OEM brand - I think they’re called Vintage now…) I swear it must have weighed about 18lbs.

[@ShaksBassChannel]

Love a good bargain! Sounds great.

[@bobstar76]

Ah the illustrious Argos ’Honk-core’ bass… Got more action than an A-team season….

[@Bassman1999]

Sounds great…..that sounded Stuart Zender-ish.

[@Hulavuta]

might be the first time we've heard you talk, and not sing lol

[@DannySapko]

It only took me 8 years... 😁

[@JamietheEmperor]

ok

[@Zantrop64]

Some of the best instruments I've plkayed were the cheapest, most fucked up shit I've ever seen. Used to work in this music shop, one day came in this ibanez GIO, covered in random stickers, paint ok but the bridge was rusted, and more that I can't remember. But after a good cleanup and the quickest setup I've ever done, it was the best playing guitar in the whole shop imo. Suckh versatility, ease of use, comfort, it just falls right in the hands of anybody. This was my go-to for clients who wanted to try amps, because it was just perfect, with no outstanding personality or quirks. It was the cheapest electric guitar in the whole shop too, if I'm not mistaken.

[@JNeedels]

sounds cool

[@mandalorthedeaf1237]

The strings probably cost more than the behs, but, yeah it sounds great.

[@kylegorf8180]

Funky!

[@tolstoy21]

Are the bullet holes what give it that funky envelope filter tone? Or is it the screw?

[@MisterPoppy-sc1sj]

Before internet we do best deals

[@rogerbranton1752]

Your new bird, April! 💕

[@vladimirlenin5637]

PLEASE tell me what settings were used at 1:41 that sounds AMAZING.

[@SilvaEevee]

Old mate found a bass from Cashies mate

[@brendanwhelan5580]

Smoooth

[@zayasmith1184]

Wait, was there a phase or synth in the chain? I have questions!!!

[@DannySapko]

MXR Bass Envelope Filter

[@bostaffterrier7293]

Wow just a super fking WOW

[@irontailrolo4264]

Its you that makes that bass sound good!

[@mesaboogieman4001]

I want my bass back now 🙃

[@dennisbellinger333]

Frankenbass with PTSD!

[@jdb123ize]

I’ll take it Danny, if you give me lessons

[@maladamedialabs4214]

Hooray for cheap bass!

[@robertcerins]

nice sound

[@WilDBeestMF]

Man. Did someone try to route out a battery compartment in the back? Attempted active conversion? Geez. Gnarly..

[@stephenfoley1261]

Clearly a Custom Shop.

[@garywall5769]

The Bass's name is April.

[@ebeyslough]

This goes to show any old behs in capable hands would sound amehzin

[@stonemanguitars]

I found it at Cashies mate Where you can find your dreams they've got wears and chairs and a bog downstairs, some clubs and tubs and hats for scrubs and out of date movies so get on down to cashies Cashies mate you know it'll change your life so get off the floor, head out the door, forget ebai they charge you more an lose your life at Cashies mate

[@briannundahl4554]

Very bouncy mate

[@marcelopenaonfray5827]

Encore ruls!

[@tyronewilliams3634]

April Kae?

[@nicocabrera7675]

Bullet holes make your playing sound much more funky