Dano Shorthorn reissue question

[lowplaces]

Someone asked on another forum

" in the two eras of Dano Reissues, have they ever made a short horn/short scale bass a la Joey Spampinato's "

I thought I would ask here to help him out. I couldn't find anything via Google.

 

[msb]

Try this question in the Danelectros Owners Club . They are a knowledgable and helpful bunch .

 

[Axstar]

The quick answer is yes! Danelectro currently have a short-horn bass in production, either in copper burst or in black.

My inner Beefheart fan wants one of these.

 

[msb]

Earlier pictures of him often have a black U1 dolphin nose , dano did re-issue a two pickup version . Then there's a bunch of pictures of him with a Longhorn and then later pictures of him with a DC shorthorn Jerry Jones bass . Dano re-issued a long scale version , but I don't think I've seen a shortscale version other than those Jerry Jones made . Edit ... but the post above me corrects that .

 

[msb]

Seems the Shorthorn DC2 is a long scale .

 

[lowplaces]

Seems the Shorthorn DC2 is a long scale .

Yea, the guy I'm trying to help out looking for a short scale.

Looks cool though.

 

[daveman50]

I'm pretty sure they have never made such a reissue (short scale shorthorn).

You could probably cooper one up with parts. I think you can put a shortscale bass neck on a 59 guitar body... obviously you'd have to mount the bass bridge in the right place & put up with some extra holes, etc., but what the hell it's a Dano.

 

[mongo2]

I'm pretty sure they have never made such a reissue (short scale shorthorn).

You could probably cooper one up with parts. I think you can put a shortscale bass neck on a 59 guitar body... obviously you'd have to mount the bass bridge in the right place & put up with some extra holes, etc., but what the hell it's a Dano.

I've cobbled together several shortscale "Dano basses that Dano never made" using RI Dano U2, U3 and Convertible guitar bodies.

I don't recall ever seeing a reissue shorthorn with a shortscale. For recent shortscales they have the Longhorn RI and '56 Single-Cutaway (I think the '56 is discontinued).

 

[lowplaces]

That's why I could not find one on Google.

 

[moonshinegtrs]

I had to do a little research (okay, I googled it...) but it looks like Jerry Jones was the only one to produce a twenty four fret 30" scale shorthorn bass like the one Joey plays. Here's a (sold) listing for one on Reverb (not a bad price either).

Jerry Jones Shorthorn Bass 4 String Orange

The original Danelectro Shorthorn Bass was short scale (29 7/8") but it only had fifteen frets. Here is my vintage Shorthorn; modified with a Dan Armstrong pickup (possibly either an early Dan Armstrong Modified Danelectro or a Fat Dawg Creation):

Like @mongo2 I have built a couple of Shorthorn Dano basses using Shorthorn guitar bodies and Longhorn bass necks.

Moonshine

 

[lowplaces]

Thanks,
He's got a link to the thread.