Quite unexpected isn't it? Never thought I would like this song until I heard this version.
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Quite unexpected isn't it? Never thought I would like this song until I heard this version.
"Odd shaped body" is more or less just an illusion. Here's my Longhorn, snug in it's little home - the factory case for an Epiphone ES-339 hollow body guitar. Which, if you fill in those missing pieces between the horns, is really what it is... Which is one of the reasons why it's "surprisingly comfortable" to play.
It's almost exactly the same size and shape as my old MIJ Epi EA-260 bass. Which also lives in a case exactly like the Longhorn's - and is also very comfortable to play - well, except for my having to play it upside down...
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View attachment 3798717 "Odd shaped body" is more or less just an illusion. Here's my Longhorn, snug in it's little home - the factory case for an Epiphone ES-339 hollow body guitar. Which, if you fill in those missing pieces between the horns, is really what it is... Which is one of the reasons why it's "surprisingly comfortable" to play.
View attachment 3798718 It's almost exactly the same size and shape as my old MIJ Epi EA-260 bass. Which also lives in a case exactly like the Longhorn's - and is also very comfortable to play - well, except for my having to play it upside down...
Nope, it’s an odd shaped body. Reminds me for some reason of a horseshoe crab but you’re right, they are comfortable to play. Light weight too.
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Naw, you didn’t prove anything. I never thought the bass was uncomfortable. Wherever that came from is anybody’s guess. However, I think we see eye to eye on what’s important, which is the body’s comfortable. The rest is opinion, and we all know what opinions are like.
The bodies different (odd) in that there’s a million Fender type bodies out there and the Longhorn is it’s own thing. To me odd is not bad or I wouldn’t own one. Like most ergonomically comfortable instruments, the body is based off the contour of a symmetrical guitar but took liberty with the inner contours and top part of the body where it joins the neck, which is what makes it so cool - I mean odd.
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The Longhorn body is very well designed and extremely comfy. I have 2 done up as jazz-boxes and they're the best for playing while sitting. These being fully hollow, they're also really nice to play with a strap - the long upper horn means they balance very well.
Hurt my feelings... no.
But I was giving you a heads up that some people will be insulted (there's a reason this style was reissued, right)?
But you DON'T always say to each his own - you slagged the type you don't prefer.
Anyhoo...
Let's not get off on a bad foot, welcome to the group.
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What GI Brat is saying is, it's not the body that's odd shaped - it's the parts which have been cut out.
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Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Quick question. On the video of "That Thing You Do", what model Dano is the bassist playing? That was the first bass I ever had.
If you read my posts again you’ll see that’s what I’m saying as well with the exception that I believe the inside cutout looks odd when compared to the dozens of other designs that are more traditional.
I think somehow people are getting tripped up on my use of the word odd.
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Wow! A Tele, a Dano bass, an ES-335, and a Vox organ when they were not reissues... those were the days.
