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New Danelectro Bass Released - D64

#81
mcgreivey said:
To those who say it needs to be hollow to be a Dano: no. There have been plenty of solid-body Danelectro models, and models without lipstick pickups, and models with shapes other than the three iconic Dano shapes (56 single-cut, 58 longhorn, 59 double-cut), from the original USA Danelectro company, and from the '95+ Evets company.
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If Danelectro put out reissues of solid bodies they actually once made, I'd be totally cool with that. (I still don't consider their vintage solid bodies to be the instruments that made them famous or classics.) It doesn't make sense to me for them to remake the Mosrite. I had the same issue with 90's solid bodies that I have for this new one: they weren't Dano-like. They were P-basses and Strats.

EDIT: I just want to add that I have no problem with Danelectro experimenting. Three of my favorite Danos are basses that they didn't make back in the day: DC long scale, Hodad with 3 pickups, and the '63 Bass. They are undeniably Dano-like.
 
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#83
Dominic D said:
EDIT: I just want to add that I have no problem with Danelectro experimenting. Three of my favorite Danos are basses that they didn't make back in the day: DC long scale, Hodad with 3 pickups, and the '63 Bass. They are undeniably Dano-like.
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The people that complain about Dano experimenting are the same ones who would complain if Dano did nothing but vintage reissues. Then they'd be all like, "Where are the new designs?"
 
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#84
Dominic D said:
Correct, I meant solid body.

Danelectro was famous for affordable hollowbody guitars. So they make a semi-expensive Mosrite copy.
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It's not like their regular stuff is going away. They're just adding this. You're making it out to be the end of the world.

Kirk Bryant said:
This bass has nothing in common with anything resembling a Danoelectro bass. I'm sorry but I think it's a complete fail. There's no hollow or semi hollow body, no lipstick pickups, no reasonable price point, no quirky body shape that anyone would associate with a real Dano, and I doubt it's light weight which all Dano's are. But the public is generally stupid about the history of instruments and won't care. I still don't see this selling any better than any of the existing Mosrite copy/clones. I'll bet nearly everyone who had to have one of those already does so I see no market for it and it's destined to be another failed copy. And really at that price point I'd probably go with an Eastwood because at least they are for the most part pretty well made. Again, FAIL.
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This post is pretty ironic when looking at your signature. Who's making a mountain out of a molehill now?

Rocker949 said:
I'd like to play the bass and hear how it sounds before rushing to judgment on it.
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This is what a reasonable post looks like ^^^
 
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#88
Axstar said:
... Maybe there is a need for a better Mosrite replica out there? I understand that there are wranglings around the Mosrite designs.
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Hallmark has been making the 63 and 65 Customs for a couple years at least:

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Korladis said:
It's not like their regular stuff is going away. They're just adding this. You're making it out to be the end of the world.
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You're reading way too much into my posts. Believe me, I'm not losing any sleep over this. Just expressing my opinion on this one particular model. They don't put out new basses often so I'm always excited to see what they come up with. This new model doesn't make sense to me when the Hodad is already a Mosrite-inspired shape that actually looks like a Danelectro.
 
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Where I live it's hard to find good music stores. I can appreciate that it can be hard to try out basses in person. But it seems to me that when the newest Dano Hodad reissue came out in 2012 there were some people who had only seen pics of it complaining that it looked too much like a Mosrite. For people concerned about looks, the Hodad in the blue metallic finish looks really impressive. Pics can't even do it justice. Four years later Danelectro has discontinued the Hodad at least for a while. If the sales had been better, it seems that wouldn't be happening. Now Danelectro has come out with something else. People have the right to shoot anything down if they feel like it. But from my point of view it seems like a number of people are too trigger happy.
 
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#92
RED J said:
+ 1 Thank you. I can tolerate them on fanned fret instruments, because their IS a valid reason for them for them to be that way. Otherwise, just don't like the look. :vomit:
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A shame about the pickups, because I do think everything else about the bass, cosmetically, looks very cool and funky...especially the pickguard and 'upside-down body' !

I think it's nice to have at least some variety out there.
 
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#95
Kirk Bryant said:
I actually think there is a valid reason to slant the pickups. It moves the pole piece slightly closer to the bridge which I think is a good thing. I've thought for a long time that a split P PU is better reversed and I do in fact own a Power Jazz Bass Special that has just that configuration.
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Yeah, if I was going to own a P-bass, I would want it to be the reverse of the usual configuration. I want a bit more bite on the lower strings and more fullness on the higher two.
 
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