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Having just acquired another reissue Danelectro Longhorn and absolutely loving it, thought I'd see if we have any other Dano aficionados out there? My current two blue ones shown - one on the left is a late 90's Korean model, whilst the other is a slightly later Korean 'Pro' with upgraded hardware and (non vintage correct!)vol/tone controls and a 3 way switch. Both sound great to my ears, and really suit the country rock band I play in.
The other one is a grey/black sparkle model, again with updated hardware but original style concentric controls. Rather stupidly sold this on BC, wish I'd kept it!
Would like a DC bass (in silver sparkle!!)but they rarely seem to come up these days - anyone thinking of moving theirs on please get in touch.
Anymore anyone?

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Yes, the original pup covers were lipstick tubes, afaik. Myself, I fancy a copper longhorn (ooh, matron) and I can vouch for the general cheerfulness of Dan's thanks to my Korean U2 RI.

The originals are surprisingly cheap for 50's icon guitars - Sears, Silvertone (IIRC) and Dan-badged.

The trick to sorting the bendy-bridge syndrome is to straighten it out and add a third round-head screw between the existing two flatheads to stop the centre collapsing. Bit of a balancing act, but works fine and it's cheap.

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I missed out on a copper Jerry Jones Longhorn a couple of years ago, should have got it as they have quite a good reputation as having a better build quality than Danos? Now out of business I believe too.
Cheers for the bendy bridge tip - my RI seems okay at the moment, but will keep an eye on it. My other one has the upgraded bridge which although much improved does n't have the ..err...'charm' of the original design!

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[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1369902637' post='2094048']
Mmmm... as I thought - not a lorra love for the humble Dano on here?
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I like some Danelectros but I reckon not a lot of folk will have one. I had a Danelectro U2 back in second year of high school, so approx 2000/01, I sold it to a pal of my brother for £60, I wish I still had it.

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I have a blueburst 90s one - it looks just like 12stringbassists one.

A few things I've discovered about it over the years:
It fits in any case or bag that a telecaster fits in
La Bella make a 30" scale set of flatwounds specifically for the dano with smaller ball-ends to fit the bridge
Its a lot of fun to play

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