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The '90s Hodad basses were long scale for sure, but I think the recent ones are all short?
View attachment 1079989 Well, it's taken me a while, as I've been fighting with new-to-me photo editing software (and, mostly losing); but, here is my latest Dano, getting used to it's new case. I got the Longhorn from Adirondack Music last summer (?), and the case I got with it was... OK, for a generic guitar case, but AFAIC, barely adequate. So, last payday, I put it in the case my Epiphone EA-250 guitar lives in (which fit the Dano pretty darn well), and took it to the local Sam Ash. A very helpful young fellow brought out case after case from the back, and...voila!! This is the case for the new Epiphone ES-339. Not perfect, but very close. So, I think we're both happy...
I ordered a rectangle shaped case for my Longhorn from an eBay seller. It wasn't easy finding a case to fit. Glad you found one--now you can gig that thing!
They're re-making them. They weren't in production for quite a while but brought it back as a short scale. But with the bridge in "guitar" position so it feels/looks lonscale.
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A couple years ago I had the chance to purchase a lot that had been left in storage. There was a couple of boxes of OEM imported guitar parts but the biggest part was a dozen cartons of guitar cases (4 cases to a carton). As luck would have it, A couple models of guitars that I build fit the two different sizes of cases that I received.
Last year I was looking for a case for a Longhorn that I just completed when I happen to try it in one of the cases that I had on hand... The Longhorn fit it perfectly!
Note that the Longhorn pictured is 31" scale (slightly longer than a stock Longhorn).
Message me if you need a case. I'm not looking to sell off all my cases but I will let a few of them go.
The cases are brand new; they are padded on the inside with three latches with a lock on one of them (key is included). The only issue they have is a piece of rubber binding(?) that has pulled loose in a couple of places (nothing major).
Not sure on price... Something fair for both parties. It's not like they're flight cases. Lol.
Last year I was looking for a case for a Longhorn that I just completed when I happen to try it in one of the cases that I had on hand... The Longhorn fit it perfectly!
Note that the Longhorn pictured is 31" scale (slightly longer than a stock Longhorn).
Message me if you need a case. I'm not looking to sell off all my cases but I will let a few of them go.
The cases are brand new; they are padded on the inside with three latches with a lock on one of them (key is included). The only issue they have is a piece of rubber binding(?) that has pulled loose in a couple of places (nothing major).
Not sure on price... Something fair for both parties. It's not like they're flight cases. Lol.
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If you mean the red one in the case, It is a Moonshine Custom.
Here is a video clip featuring Andy Irvine:
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They're not still making Hodads, a far as I know, but they did for a year or two recently. I don't think they sold very well. I never saw one for cheap enough to grab one. But I think they can still be found pretty easily online, NOS.
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Actually, the DC is hollow, but I wanted a large double cuttaway like a Gibson 330. Not sure about the pickup spacing as it is the spacing that Harmony had for their Rocket. I wasn't going to patch holes and cut new ones.
The original MIA ones may have been real hollow bodys, but this one - a Gen 1 MIK DC 59 Pro - is not. It's a semi-hollow body, with a big wood block running up the middle. Technically, it's really a "Chambered" body bass; the center block is actually part of the big plywood slab the body was cut out of. They simply took a slab of plywood; cut the body shape out; routed out a neck pocket, and a large chamber on either side of a "center block"; cut 2 steps out of the center block for the pickups, and another one (for reasons that escape me) just under the front bridge screws; and... voila! A DC 59 body...
I'm a little suprised as the other reissues (as far as I know) have been built in the traditional body style. Excepting of course the Jazz Bass copy that was built around '63 or '64. The originals were a block of pine cut out around the outside, about 3/4 inch thick with a Masonite front and back. Then a vinyl tape around the outside, (possible trade mark, also easier than finishing the wood on the sides). The wood inside was from the rear strap peg past the bridge, part of the outside frame.
The only reason I comment on this, is that the original construction presents a specific tone
The only reason I comment on this, is that the original construction presents a specific tone
Just perusing the Wikipedia entry on Danelectro.
It quotes the old myth that the lipstick tubes were surplus (they weren't they were just readily available and Nat made use of them) but added the intriguing word "war" to the surplus (ie war surplus).
Just trying to imaging the situations that the author has imagined the military needing thousands of lipstick tubes for - very small and blingy(chrome) bombs? drag squadrons? chapstick carriers? I mean, I'm sure people used those for things other than lipstick or building pickups in them when you could buy them in stores, but generally the military shies away from chrome, not exactly good for camouflage.
It quotes the old myth that the lipstick tubes were surplus (they weren't they were just readily available and Nat made use of them) but added the intriguing word "war" to the surplus (ie war surplus).
Just trying to imaging the situations that the author has imagined the military needing thousands of lipstick tubes for - very small and blingy(chrome) bombs? drag squadrons? chapstick carriers? I mean, I'm sure people used those for things other than lipstick or building pickups in them when you could buy them in stores, but generally the military shies away from chrome, not exactly good for camouflage.
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I can't speak for the originals, or the newer reproductions. As I said, mine are from the first generation of repros, and, as such, are 20-25 years old now. Lots of water has flowed under the bridge since then. I won't dispute how the latest ones are made, or out of what; or the Chinese ones, either. Until very recently, the only lefty Danos that were ever made were the first generation Korean ones. So, it's a little late to complain about solid vs. plywood now; and the "tone wood" argument is a cesspool I have No desire to wade in - ever... I have 2 of these, and I'm not going to throw them away over a little thing like a plywood body shell. I'm perfectly happy with them, which is fortunate; unlike other club members, I can't replace them, in any case...
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Not trying to argue at all. I have 6 reissues, all from about 2000, and all are pine frame with Masonite front and back. It surprises me that yours were made the other way.
Someone enlighten me as I may have strayed...
Someone enlighten me as I may have strayed...
I have a 2008?? Chinese Longhorn, a 2010/11 '56 bass, a Dano Pro reissue body (year unknown), and a U2/U3 reissue body (year also unknown), and all have plywood frames. I've never heard of any Danelectro reissues having solid wood frames, though I don't know everything.
Plywood is heavier than solid wood, which would have been pine or poplar in the old days.
Plywood is heavier than solid wood, which would have been pine or poplar in the old days.
I have one of mine disassembled for customizing, and it is most definitely plywood - many layers of plywood. And, yes, solid pine or poplar would probably be lighter than plywood; although I imagine that would depend a little on what kind of wood(s) the plywood was. But, at 6.11 lbs. on my digital postal scale, it's plenty light enough....
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Every reissue that I have ever seen the inside of was definitely plywood. Originals were pieced together poplar or pine (or whatever was available for cheap).
IMHO, I doubt there's much tonal difference between plywood/hardboard and cheap wood/hardboard. I'm sure if plywood was cheaper and readily available in the late fifties, Mr Daniels would have used it in a heartbeat.
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IMHO, I doubt there's much tonal difference between plywood/hardboard and cheap wood/hardboard. I'm sure if plywood was cheaper and readily available in the late fifties, Mr Daniels would have used it in a heartbeat.
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