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Danelectro Owners Club
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I’ve still got the factory rounds on my Longhorn , they’d around 24 years old , LaBella flats on the Dolphin Nose and Gibson BriteWire rounds on the shortscale DC. They were just starting to sound dead so I removed them from my LesPaul DC Jr and put them on the Dano DC. They’re nice and thumpy but nowhere near as dead as the strings on the Longhorn.
Those ancient strings on the Longhorn sound wonderful if you’re looking for a deep woody old school thump. It sounds like an upright.
Those ancient strings on the Longhorn sound wonderful if you’re looking for a deep woody old school thump. It sounds like an upright.
Got my longhorn about a month ago. This is what I’m planning on doing. Keep the factory strings on for as long as they last.
Exactly what I’ve done , as they got older I kept thinking they kept sounding better. If I lose a winding or break a string I have a set of LaBella flats to instantly drop in.
At this point they’re around twenty four years old. And they’re magic in a band environment. Huge thump , not muddy. Slide right under the mix.
I played an order for a set of 760FS-S.
Also planning on ordering Chromes, and Pyramid Golds.
Also planning on ordering Chromes, and Pyramid Golds.
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Levy , leather gig bag for mine. And a Maruszczyk for my shortscale DC.
Just a regular guitar bag , fits my Longhorn perfectly. It came up on kijiji for a good price and I couldn’t resist.
This summer I was walking to an outdoor gig and a guy asked me how I liked the bag , he had retired , but worked for Levy’s for forty years! He was proud of those bags.
This summer I was walking to an outdoor gig and a guy asked me how I liked the bag , he had retired , but worked for Levy’s for forty years! He was proud of those bags.
It came it! First thing I did was take the pickgaurd off. Tomorrow I’ll going to change the stock strings to labella 760fs-s and oil the fretboard.
I have found that in addition to working really nicely with my bands, the Longhorn (with well used XL rounds) also is a great "source" when using synth pedals. A bit surprising to me, but the even tone and fairly even sustain across the range from the Longhorn makes for consistent tracking and consistent filter function.
I am not complaining!
I am not complaining!
Those are called the '63 for the year the Silvertone guitar [amp-in-case] models were introduced. The body shape was originally called the "Hornet." These reissues were done in China and have ceramic magnets which are hotter and more aggressive than the original alnico formula. Not better or worse - just a different flavor.
I really like that body shape - it is smaller and lighter than other Dano models - so definitely worth swapping parts where necessary. A long-scale neck on that may be prone to neck-dive so try before you buy if you can to ensure it works for you.
Since Danelectro released these Samick bought the Silvertone rights from Sears and has been doing their own guitar reissues using solid bodies. The originals and these Danelectro reissues are semi-hollow masonite; with Samick now owning the rights these may be the last of semi-hollow builds in this body style, if that matters.
