And the winner of the most underrated bass guitar ever award is...

[Chaddycakes]

I think Danelectro Longhorns are the epitome of cool. As far as playability and/or tone...

[Chaddycakes]

I think Peavey is putting out some very nice equipment nowadays.

[Diesel Kilgore]

YES. More Danelectro threads. Thats what TB needs.

My next $300 is going to a Wild Thing. Ive gotta get one before they re-issue something else and discontinue it. I love that the new ownership found the old prototype plans and decided to build it.

The Hodad is a beauty too. I just enjoy a short scale and the original parts like the wood bridge on the Wild Thing.

Once you experience a Dano its like nothing else. It draws you. It calls you. It haunts you until you own one. I have yet to own one and I am paranoid and scared that there wont be any when I am ready. Haunted I tell you.

[1stnamebassist]

I love my Dano Longhorn. Played Jerry Jones Longhorns for years also. Longhorns are probably my favorite bass. Just strung mine with Elixers and the bass sounds amazing!

[Chaddycakes]

I would be interested in a longhorn style bass that was full scale, especially if it had some tonal tricks up its sleeve.

[mathewjg]

I first took an interest in Danelectro Longhorn when I saw Jack Bruce using one with Cream in the very early days. I bought one in the 70's and loved the very easy action and the strange but convenient flip switches. The early ones as I remember seemed to focus the sound in the mid ranges. I went from the Longhorn to Fender Precision - quite a massive difference in sound and action. I now mainly use a 70's vintage reissue Fender Jazz bass. As I will be travelling for a couple of months I went to the local cash converters to pick up a cheap bass to travel/practice with and found a grubby looking one with no obvious name. Action seemed to be good so I bought it for £105. Took it home plugged it into my Markbass amp - brilliant sound and action excellent. After some research I discovered its a Vester thumb bass copy - 5 piece neck with rosewood fingerboard, heavy duty bridge, gold plated fittings, bubinga body and active pickups. I have to say that at the moment it wipes the floor with all my other basses including Yamaha TRB5, Fender California special P, Yamaha Fretless and the Jazz bass. I have not gigged it yet so perhaps the novelty will wear off but at the moment it has given me that fantastic pump of energy that a new purchase always provides and now I even find that slapping (something I have never felt comfortable with) becomes a lot more possible - songs like forget me nots, Never too much, Jump to the beat etc all now seem to have the right energy and nice rich tone.

[ShowLow]

Just as I was starting to play bass last year, the Hodad reissue came out. I was very excited and ordered a blue one from MF with a coupon.

Cool tone, cool looking, but the thing buzzed and hummed for days! My luthier thought maybe a bad ground. Ended up sending it back and getting more Fenders. Still miss it. Have others been plagued with low signal-to-noise or was it just the one?

[Chaddycakes]

Originally Posted by ShowLow

Just as I was starting to play bass last year, the Hodad reissue came out. I was very excited and ordered a blue one from MF with a coupon.

Cool tone, cool looking, but the thing buzzed and hummed for days! My luthier thought maybe a bad ground. Ended up sending it back and getting more Fenders. Still miss it. Have others been plagued with low signal-to-noise or was it just the one?

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Too bad it wasn't fixable huh? I've sold or traded at least three or four instruments that I miss terribly.

[morgansterne]

does the bark and tone have something to do with the lipstick pickup style? the bass player in my first band (I was on the six string at the time) had a charvel semi-hollow with similar pickups. He had nice tone, I thought, though he played through a fender bxr300 and had just picked up the bass like six months before he joined the band!

[Joe Nerve]

Originally Posted by morgansterne

does the bark and tone have something to do with the lipstick pickup style? the bass player in my first band (I was on the six string at the time) had a charvel semi-hollow with similar pickups. He had nice tone, I thought, though he played through a fender bxr300 and had just picked up the bass like six months before he joined the band!

I think it's the semi hollow body that gives it the bark. I've got lipstick pickups on a Warwick, and while those are MEC and I don't know what the Dano is, the Warwick doesn't sound anything at all like the Danelectro.

As for the hum thing mentioned a few posts earlier, I cranked the bass in the house to check, and yeah - there's some hum. But with mine it's your average 60 cycle hum. I think it has a lot to do with your surroundings, how much it hums. I remember having one of my other Danelectros in a bar once with lots of neon lights, and it got pretty noisy. In my house so far with the new one, I don't notice it unless it's cranked.

[nastylen88]

bam

[SherwoodGreen]

Bam II.

I liked the original Hodads w/ the selector knob; it's good that they re-introd that bass.

Here's my '63 that was relic'd! Long-scale and punchy!

[Joe Nerve]

Originally Posted by SherwoodGreen

Bam II.

I liked the original Hodads w/ the selector knob; it's good that they re-introd that bass.

Me too, but ill take the adjustable neck over the 3 pickups and selector knob.

[msb]

In the dozen years I've had my Longhorn I've only had to adjust the truss rod that one time , when I initially set it up .

One of the most stable basses I own . Also one of the most fun to play .

[Root 5]

USA Peavey basses are underrated.

Carvin, too.

[Bunk McNulty]

I had a Dano '56 dolphin-nose reissue for a while. It looked great, it sounded great, but I could never get with that no-radius neck. So I traded it in for an Ibanez SoundGear 250, I think that's the lowest-priced bass in the line. None of the charisma of the Dano, but it sounds great, plays beautifully. I call it the Honda Civic of basses. I keep it tuned to Eb and use it on one or two tunes a night.

[Root 5]

Originally Posted by Bunk McNulty

I So I traded it in for an Ibanez SoundGear 250, I think that's the lowest-priced bass in the line. None of the charisma of the Dano, but it sounds great, plays beautifully. I call it the Honda Civic of basses. I keep it tuned to Eb and use it on one or two tunes a night.

Yep. You don't have to spend much money to have a good sound.

A pro could play his/her whole career with something like an Ibanez SR300. They just don't WANT to!

[chilliwilli]

Is the Hodad a 30'' short scale?

[ShowLow]

Originally Posted by chilliwilli

Is the Hodad a 30'' short scale?

Yes, 30". Sent this one back for hum issues. Still wishing for a Dano!

[rapidfirerob]

I love my Longhorn reissue. Lots of fun to play and light. Great backup bass to my Alembic. Let's not forget how cool they look as well.