Danelectro Dead on 58 Longhorn Bass

Made in 09
24 fret 4 string
Hollow body
Passive concentric volume/tone controls
2 lipstick tube singlecoil pickups
Plywood satin finish body
Adjustable sliding wood bridge on steel tail
Guitar style tuners
30" scale
Gigbag included

Very broad spectrum of tone from the excellent pickups. Much better than the 90s korean reissue I used to have.
I am playing this through a Traynor YBA200 connected to 2 Avatar cabs loaded with a Hartke 12" driver and a Beyma 12" driver.
Has the usual singlecoil buzz if the pickups are soloed. Quiet with both pickups turned up all the way.
This bass can sound roundwound growly or flatwound thumpy.
Excellent tone available in this instrument.

Set up was fair. The wooden bridge was parallel to the frets so intonation was sharp. I removed the strings,pulled the tailpiece out and adjusted the wooden bridge angle for almost perfect intonation at the 12th fret. Action is very good but there is one high fret that causes buzzing for the A and D strings when played at the 11th fret.This could be repaired/leveled or a change to flatwounds will cure the buzz.Pickups were set at the proper height. The teardrop volume controls were pushed down onto the tone controls so they all turned together. A simple lift of the volume controls allowed individual rotation of each control. Overall this longhorn is better built than the 90s reissue I had.

Bass is well mad and should hold up well.
Hardware is of good quality
Finish is tough.
Strap buttons nice and tight.
One truss rod adjustment and still holding.
No problem with playing this live.

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45 years pro and semi pro.
If is were lost I would get another. I like having a short scale instrument to keep out and pickup at will.
I love the tone and easy playability.
I have owned a few other short scale basses but like the longhorns for comfort and tone.
Shop around for the best price. I would not want to pay anymore for this instrument since it is not my main bass.

After all kinds of improvements on previous reissues since the nineties, this model, as the name suggest, goes back to the features of the original '58 design, like non adjustable rosewood bridge, pointed volume knobs with concentric tone dials, a satin copper burst finish and the notorious plastic binding around the body.
That's allright with me - that's why I bought it - that should earn it a "10" from me, if it weren't for the headstock adjustable truss rod, a questionable and unnecessary deviation from the "Dead On '58" concept, since Dano's necks are renowned for hardly ever needing adjustment (that's minus 1 point) and then the plastic truss rod cover looks really ugly and out of place IMHO (that's minus another point). It doesn't come with a case or bag, but I have a spare Fender deluxe gigbag (Strat & Tele guitar size) which suits it perfectly, so that doesn't matter.

I dont have a real bass amp, I just plugged it into my 15W Blackheart Handsome Devil guitar amp (with 1x12" closed back Blackheart cab) and the sound is just unbelievable - I never got a sound like that out of any other bass - no matter which amp I used.
It reminded me of Pink Floyd's "One Of These Days" as well as The Who's "My Generation" - tone heaven from an extremely lightweighted little card bord instrument - I should be really happy now, but all is not well ...

The first specimen I received by mail had something rattling inside the body, when I plucked the E-string - through the amp it sounded like a fuzz box farting out - terrible! Curiously enough the other 3 strings sounded just like they should. So I sent it right back and within 48 hours received a new one with no rattling inside. This time the neck is installed at an angle and the joint between neck and body is asymmetric - the space between the edge of the fingerboard and the string is 8mm (5/16") on the G-string and 3mm (1/8") on the E-string at the 24th fret - a manufacturing tolerance unheard of, even on way cheaper instruments. So I'll instantly send it back, only now I want my money back. BTW, NO, I'm not going to blame it all on the Chinese - ever since I bought an Ibanez Artcore hollowbody I know they can really make guitars over there - I rather believe closefisted Uncle Dano just payed them too niggardly for them to work any better!

I have been playing bass for many years in my youth. Later I switched to electric guitar and have been struggeling to learn that instument quite earnestly. Recently I thought it would be nice to have a fun bass around - not only for the old times sake, but also to lay down a few grooves and here the lightweighted, medium priced Longhorn seemed to come in quite handy - especially if you consider that I have been a lifelong Who & Golden Earring fan - but alas unfortunately, it was not meant to be. For the time being I'm fed up with fun basses alltogether!

Made China 2009
24 Frets
Solid Top
Two Concentric " Stacked " Knobs Tone and Volume
Two Lipstick Pickups....Passive Single-Coil
Frame: Plywood
Top and Bottom: Pressed Wood ( I think )
Neck: Maple
Satin Finish
Body Style: Double Cutaway
Bridge: Danelectro Rosewood Swivel Vintage Style
Tuners: Individual Kluson Sealed Tuners Vintage Style
Slim Fast Neck 30 " Scale
Truss Rod at the Nut ( Big Improvement over 90's Reissues )
Says Totally Shielded but I am not Sure.

Truss Rod, Brochure Included...No Case or Gig Bag.

Sounds like a 90's Reissue, but looks much closer to an Original Vintage Longhorn Bass in CopperBurst.

Variety of Sounds from Full and Rich to Trebly and Twangy.

Light and Balanced and Very Easy to Play. Set Up Well with some Shimming and Adjustments for Low Action.

Rosewood Saddle means it is hard to Intonate, but I don't care cause this is a Fun Bass anyway, kind of a Novelty. My other Basses are High Quality Vintage Basses.

Too Early to tell.

Concentric Knobs are Cheesy and May Fall Off.

Need to Own and Play this Bass for a While.

I have used it at Open Stage ( I don't Play Gigs much anymore ) and it was Fine.

I have used a 90's Longhorn Reissue at a Gig and there was No Problem.

Too Early to Tell. This Rating is Tentative Y'All.

61' Hofner 182/E1 Solid Body Bass, 73' 500/1 Hofner Violin Beatle Bass, 71' Epiphone ET-280 Bass, 75' Hofner 4890 Acoustic Six-String Guitar and a Couple of Amps, a Fender BXR25 and a Hartke Kickback 10