dmz Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Folks, Anyone managed to get their hands on one yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clauster Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 No, but I want to try one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) 'Guitarist' magazine devoted alot of pages to these in last months issue. The basses are available long and short scale but I immediately found a couple of duff points (and I'm a sucker for a 60s retro design). First the strap button isn't on the horn but behind the neck joint. Second the tuners are guitar style and even the headstock is guitar size just with two holes not drilled. Not showstoppers but a recipe for an unbalanced instrument that don't tune too great :-( Edited May 21, 2008 by cytania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Here's the original. but i think they are miming so that sound could be anything. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PLsoFFEHqo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PLsoFFEHqo[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmz Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 Here's a sound sample from the Danelectro website [url="http://www.danelectro.com/bass_ls_red.html"]http://www.danelectro.com/bass_ls_red.html[/url] Sounds fab ! There's also a good video review on www.bassplayer.tv Thomman won't be getting their first deliveries until 25th August Bummer ! - so a bit of a wait then........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 [quote name='beerdragon' post='203607' date='May 21 2008, 11:25 AM']Here's the original. but i think they are miming so that sound could be anything. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PLsoFFEHqo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PLsoFFEHqo[/url][/quote] That's a longhorn, not a '63. I have a longhorn reissue (blueburst 1st version) & its luvverly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoombung Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 (edited) [quote name='dmz' post='203322' date='May 20 2008, 09:35 PM']Folks, Anyone managed to get their hands on one yet ?[/quote] Yeah I've got one! Sounds great. Nice feel to the neck and body and very playable. Needed a big set up; the frets were very high. The bridge rattles a bit now it's been lowered - there are two screws holding it the plywood body. Oh, the white design around the body is TAPE -yes, I know- and guess what? It's already started to peel from the body around the contours of the bass. I think owners will end up peeling the tape off eventually.. Edited November 4, 2008 by Spoombung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoombung Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 [quote name='cytania' post='203594' date='May 21 2008, 10:08 AM']Not showstoppers but a recipe for an unbalanced instrument that don't tune too great :-([/quote] It's well balanced but it is slightly out of tune further up the neck. The bridge doesn't really allow much adjustment so I'm going to live with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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