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06-10-2010, 06:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Beaumont, Texas | | | Say hello to my Dano friend
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totally uncharted waters for me
seems to play well enough as is
gonna adjust the truss a wee bit
add new half rounds
see how it runs at our next gig a week from tomorrow night
Any suggestions?  
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06-10-2010, 06:37 PM
|  | Paid to be here | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Orange County, California | | | Looks great!
As for suggestions, I've got a Dano 63 strung with D'Addario Chromes and am loving the tone, very punchy but still snarky. These are fun basses.
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06-10-2010, 06:39 PM
|  | Tolerated User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: State College, PA | | Those longhorns make me smile.  |
06-10-2010, 06:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | | +1 on the chromes or Roto 77's. If you want real thump and just a little less twang try some Roto Tru-Bass I just put a set on my 63 and am loving them. Love that blue
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06-10-2010, 07:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Jersey | | | Congrats on the Longhorn. I tried one out and I love how punchy the tone was.
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06-10-2010, 07:21 PM
| | | | Those are very underrated basses. They sound great. Congrats and rock it well! |
06-10-2010, 07:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by s4001  Those are very underrated basses. They sound great. Congrats and rock it well! | SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Don't let anyone know that they play & sound GREAT, don't weigh anything and cost very little!
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06-10-2010, 07:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Beaumont, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by hdracer SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Don't let anyone know that they play & sound GREAT, don't weigh anything and cost very little! | I hear ya, bro
I keep looking for something to rag on it about.
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06-10-2010, 08:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: SF Bay Area | | My suggestion is just enjoy it! A couple of days ago I picked up this virtually unused DC Bass from someone who purchased it new in 2000 with the idea that she would learn to play bass, and then never did. I am so impressed with how nice this thing plays and sounds--and what a kick it is to play--that I just can't put it down. The funny thing is I use Chromes or tapewounds on all my other basses, but on this one I love the way these aged (and original, I'm guessing) roundwounds sound on it.   |
06-10-2010, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by hdracer SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Don't let anyone know that they play & sound GREAT, don't weigh anything and cost very little! | Oops. I'm sorry. I thought I was in the SMV thread.
Yeah, Danos suck. Dead thud. Hard to tune. Embarrassing to be on stage with.  |
06-10-2010, 08:28 PM
|  | Basement Clef | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | | I wanna Longhorn!
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06-10-2010, 08:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Beaumont, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by P. Aaron I wanna Longhorn! | I've watched a couple go for less than $300 on the bay lately, and one of them had an amp in the case.
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06-10-2010, 08:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | | My only complaint with them is the tuners. If you take your strings off a couple of times they brake where they go through the tuner. I have 2 sets of 77's that are junk because they broke there. You can't get fat strings through them ether. I put Gotoh mini tuners on mine, work great, look funny, like 4 Micky Mouse ears off the little coke bottle headstock.
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06-10-2010, 08:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ajn My suggestion is just enjoy it! A couple of days ago I picked up this virtually unused DC Bass from someone who purchased it new in 2000 with the idea that she would learn to play bass, and then never did. I am so impressed with how nice this thing plays and sounds--and what a kick it is to play--that I just can't put it down. The funny thing is I use Chromes or tapewounds on all my other basses, but on this one I love the way these aged (and original, I'm guessing) roundwounds sound on it. | There are 2 red DC's and one Sparkle on CL here, all for $250.00 + less. I am so temped
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06-10-2010, 08:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boston & Arizona, USA | | | Congratulations on your longhorn. I miss mine almost enough to cry. I really liked the dano branded roundwounds on mine. That thing could sing.
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06-10-2010, 09:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Beaumont, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by hdracer My only complaint with them is the tuners. If you take your strings off a couple of times they brake where they go through the tuner. I have 2 sets of 77's that are junk because they broke there. You can't get fat strings through them ether. I put Gotoh mini tuners on mine, work great, look funny, like 4 Micky Mouse ears off the little coke bottle headstock. | Man, I'm glad you posted that.
I just tweaked the truss a bit and installed a set of half rounds.
Hollly mooooly....it kicked my tail. I don't even know how to play or string a six string, so these little tuners and the hole'ed posts put a whippin' on me.
I still have the extra string length dangling from the headstock and might leave 'em.
Friend of mine told me used them to annoy drunks who danced too close to the stage. He tickled with them, and they never knew what they were but waved wildly like they were keeping a wasp away from their face!
Can anyone post a pic of a Dano with Gotoh mini's?
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06-10-2010, 09:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boston & Arizona, USA | | | Factory "Pro" Tuners
These are the factory Dano Pro tuners. I'm sure you can find something like them. They may be mini bass tuners with guitar "knobs" on the end. 
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06-12-2010, 09:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Beaumont, Texas | | Thanks!
Ok, who can tell me for certain which tuners will fit the Dano Longhorn?
I need to swap these plastic cheapo's asap.
And I'd rather not drill larger holes in the headstock?
Bueller?? 
(yes, I've searched) |
06-12-2010, 10:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | Here is mine with the Gotoh Mini (?) I like the smaller ones better. Did you have to open the holes up? 
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06-12-2010, 10:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by doc540 Thanks!
Ok, who can tell me for certain which tuners will fit the Dano Longhorn?
I need to swap these plastic cheapo's asap.
And I'd rather not drill larger holes in the headstock?
Bueller??
(yes, I've searched) | I never found any that would drop in. I looked for over a year then bit the bullet and pot the mini's in. You need to open the hole up a lot.
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