Looks like the Shorthorn in long scale but no Longhorn? I'll call Fort Madison guitars (who posted the ad on Ebay) to ask.
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I'm sure many here have seen the video of the 8 minute jam by Prince & Third Eye Girl on Saturday Night Live last year? The bass player (smoking hot - playing and looks!) was playing a Longhorn but it looked like something custom built rather than a Danno. Anyone know anything about that?
I searched for the video but it seems to have been removed. Have you got a picture?
I looked too, couldn't find the video. There was another Prince video that had a short view of the bass but didn't really get a good look. Trying to find a picture or video...
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Love the fact that you can insert any image you like under the perspex pick-guard of the Longhorn. Will be gigging this Saturday looking like this! Feels wrong that I won't be playing any 2-tone tunes, but still...
Was thrilled when I saw this post so I ordered an SG case from a website that I know does quality cases. It wasn't an Epiphone case, however, and to cut a long story short, it didn't fit. The website was really cool, however, and I got a full refund.
Still looking for a case for my longhorn! Really want a contoured hard one like that.
Spoke with the guy at Fort Madison Guitars yesterday, interesting conversation actually. Learned a few things about the Longhorn and Danelectro in general FWIW to anyone here.
1) There will not be a Longhorn long scale. The way the Longhorn is built, with a long scale neck they'd have to move the bridge forward on the body and it won't support it without changing the construction of the body. Which they're not going to do. They WILL build me one long scale if I wanted but basically they have to destroy one bass to build the second so price would be double that of one Longhorn. Really don't want/need one that bad. Would be one-of-a-kind though...
2) Fort Madison Guitars is the ONLY source for replacement parts, necks etc. Reason - they bought out all the parts stock from Danelectro. The company doesn't want to be bothered with the parts business so they sold it out to FMG. If you need parts they're the only source period.
3) FMG is in the process of buying the company, hoping to have it all by the later part of this year. When they do they intend to start producing Danno's here in the US, although some production of current designs will be built in Korea as well.
4) Current Korean Danno's are all plywood, even the top. Tops are NOT masonite like the old ones, they're plywood like the rest of the body. Maybe a more knowledgeable Danno owner would know that but I didn't. When they start building them here they'll go back to the masonite tops, which the guy I spoke with says makes a significant difference in the sound/tone of the instrument. He also says that there is a trick to the masonite tops that only someone knowledgeable and skilled in working with that material would know. The masonite top models will be built in the US, they'll continue having the all plywood ones built in Korea as they are now. US masonite models will be $100 - 150 higher in price than the Korean models.
This is what I got from the conversation as best as I can remember all of it. The guy I spoke with is obviously passionate about the brand and the instruments, very interesting to talk to. It will be interesting to see what they do with the company and the brand going forward.
1) There will not be a Longhorn long scale. The way the Longhorn is built, with a long scale neck they'd have to move the bridge forward on the body and it won't support it without changing the construction of the body. Which they're not going to do. They WILL build me one long scale if I wanted but basically they have to destroy one bass to build the second so price would be double that of one Longhorn. Really don't want/need one that bad. Would be one-of-a-kind though...
2) Fort Madison Guitars is the ONLY source for replacement parts, necks etc. Reason - they bought out all the parts stock from Danelectro. The company doesn't want to be bothered with the parts business so they sold it out to FMG. If you need parts they're the only source period.
3) FMG is in the process of buying the company, hoping to have it all by the later part of this year. When they do they intend to start producing Danno's here in the US, although some production of current designs will be built in Korea as well.
4) Current Korean Danno's are all plywood, even the top. Tops are NOT masonite like the old ones, they're plywood like the rest of the body. Maybe a more knowledgeable Danno owner would know that but I didn't. When they start building them here they'll go back to the masonite tops, which the guy I spoke with says makes a significant difference in the sound/tone of the instrument. He also says that there is a trick to the masonite tops that only someone knowledgeable and skilled in working with that material would know. The masonite top models will be built in the US, they'll continue having the all plywood ones built in Korea as they are now. US masonite models will be $100 - 150 higher in price than the Korean models.
This is what I got from the conversation as best as I can remember all of it. The guy I spoke with is obviously passionate about the brand and the instruments, very interesting to talk to. It will be interesting to see what they do with the company and the brand going forward.
Hello all, I am desperately looking for a Seafoam Green or Seafoam Burst Dano Longhorn. I have searched long and hard and talkbass is my last resort! If anyone has one, knows where one is, etc - please let me know!
If this post is not appropriate for this forum, please delete. I posted in the WTB section as well but I figured if I had some die hard Dano's here, I may get more help.
Thanks so much.
Thank you!
If this post is not appropriate for this forum, please delete. I posted in the WTB section as well but I figured if I had some die hard Dano's here, I may get more help.
Thanks so much.
Thank you!
I've only seen two of them, it was a Danelectro knock off, but the long horn looks great with 2 f holes.
Here's my Coral Longhorn bass I had built a few years back. I also have a 1444 single-cutaway bass w/ dolphin headstock and I'm currently assembling a 6-string bass using a Coral Wasp neck and a Dano body.
body: The body was a NOS Coral Longhorn body I bought at Markle Music in Linton, IN around 1992. It was still in it's original packing box. The interesting thing is that this one had the pickups, neck pocket and controls already cut/routed. See a lot of them on ebay but they're always blank.
neck: The neck was carved from a NOS Danelectro bass neck blank I purchased from Anthony Marc, former owner of the Danelectro name. It was just a slab of poplar with the truss rods installed and a slotted fretboard attached. Headstock was added by my luthier along with a repro Coral logo.
electronics: Both pickups are original vintage Dano pickups I got in a trade from Echeverria guitars in Arizona. One pickup had no coil on it so I had the neck pickup wound to vintage specs. The pots are all 100K, just like the vintage Danos. Missing the switch tip for some reason.
hardware: Tuners are vintage Kluson singles. The bridge is a rosewood replica of the original w/ a rosewood riser. Since I could never find an original, the tailpiece is just a block of brass welded to a brass strip. I have a Coral amp logo I was going to attach to it but can't find it at the moment. Pickguard, pickup surrounds, and jack plate are all white pearloid.
The whole thing was assembled/finished by luthier Bill Stultz in Martinsville, IN around 2003.
More pics: Coral Longhorn by Ron Neely II
Very, very, very, cool!
Hello all, I am desperately looking for a Seafoam Green or Seafoam Burst Dano Longhorn. I have searched long and hard and talkbass is my last resort! If anyone has one, knows where one is, etc - please let me know!
I know where one is. It's in my closet but a previous owner had the front of the body painted in a psychedelic motif.
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Does anyone know of any drop-in bridge replacement options for the 90s-00s MIK Longhorn? I really like the look of CJ Tooling's stuff (Link Removed), especially the adjustable rosewood saddles, but I emailed them and they are not currently willing and/or able to make bass bridges. Anywhere else I should be looking?
What do you have now? A rosewood bridge? I like those, myself, but I've also pondered the possibilities of using a rosewood bridge plate for individual bridge saddles. I've seen pictures of successful ones somewhere (possibly here).
There are the Danelectro-design metal-saddle ones, but I think those aren't exactly drop-in, since the screw holes don't match up with the rosewood bridge's screw holes.
Actually mine is a 'Longhorn Pro' so I do have the adjustable metal saddles (along with the upgraded tuners). I didn't realize they weren't drop-in replacements for the wood bridge, so that's good to know. Here's a picture of CJ Tooling's rosewood saddles - they look pretty nice and there's also a picture on their site of a bass bridge with brass saddles. I don't know if they decided it wasn't worth the trouble to make bass bridges any more or what...
I'm not sure that ALL Dano rosewood and metal bridges have different screw holes, but at least most do, from what I've read.
I've seen pictures of the CJ Tooling bridges. They look cool. I suppose they don't sell enough of them to make it worthwhile to machine the parts? Pity. I wonder if there's a minimum order size that would make it worthwhile for them?
Sorry, but the only honest answer is - keep looking.Hello all, I am desperately looking for a Seafoam Green or Seafoam Burst Dano Longhorn. I have searched long and hard and talkbass is my last resort! If anyone has one, knows where one is, etc - please let me know!
If this post is not appropriate for this forum, please delete. I posted in the WTB section as well but I figured if I had some die hard Dano's here, I may get more help.
Thanks so much.
Thank you!
It took me the better part of a decade (along with not having money at right time several times), but they're out there.
One of the problems is this is a less common colour than the black, and the longhorn being a kindof eccentric/retro design, the people that have 'em in "keen green" (that's the DAnelctro name for that colour - seafoam is the Ducco/Fender name for it) or green burst tend to keep 'em.
Look on Reverb - I've seen a number any time I was on a serious search - and evilBay - they were always just too far from me (I'm in Canada, so almost everyting on Reverb is too far).
I like that. It looks similar to the Jerry Jones adjustable bridge. Too bad CJ Tooling no longer makes the bass bridges.
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I bought a couple of things from Ft. Madison a few years ago. The guy seems committed to the brand but does not sell his stuff cheaply.
As to a long-scale Longhorn, unless you are dead set on a 100% factory spec look, this is easily achievable.
1) Get yourself a Longhorn body.
2) Get a long-scale bass neck, Dano or otherwise.
3) If the neck heel is too narrow for the pocket (unlikely), build up the sides with shims. If the neck heel is too wide, rough the sides of the heel down with a drum sanding bit on a Dremel tool. Sand and scrape to finished dimensions.
4) Since the bridge has to be moved forward, you have space at the body butt for a short trapeze tailpiece.
5) Obtain a suitable bridge. Probably this will have to be a floating type, both for intonated positioning and because there will be no internal anchor block to screw into. The neck may have to be shimmed for comfortable action.
6) String up.
7) Tune up.
8) Play.
