Moderators ThudMaker 33 Posted January 19 Moderators Share Posted January 19 Tagging along with Isaac42's cheap bass thread, years ago I bought a Longhorn because I loved the look and I didn't have a short scale, so it all made sense. Of course I couldn't handle the tone and some of the cheapness of the feel from the tuners and the plastic concentric knobs and the wood on the bridge. I get the bass was originally designed for the dub dub sound, but not for me. That white tape around the body was the first thing I customized. It took it off. It looked cheap. It wasn't charm. Next thing I did was a couple of years later was buy an all metal bridge for sustain. The rosewood bridge had to go! The new bridge also allowed each string to be individually intonated. So...wait a few more years, I'm sitting around during Covid time and finally decided to finish that project. I purchased chrome tuners with chrome keys instead of the ivory. the screw holes lined up very well. The last bit that was difficult was replacing the plastic concentric knobs. The knobs and the pots are proprietary. Checking the Dano parts online, they had some chrome concentric knobs, but were sold out. So I did something better. I bought a couple of concentric 250k mini-pots (Dano I think is 100k/1 meg), soldered them up and used a .47 cap just like most basses I have, and put the chrome concentric knobs on. Done! It sounds really good. Much better than previous, IMHO! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Members lug 48 Posted January 20 Members Share Posted January 20 There seems to be an amazing lack of pictures of said bass................... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderators daddymack 3,535 Posted January 20 Moderators Share Posted January 20 'dub dub'? The first Longhorns came out in 1958... I will agree that there was a certain lack of 'craftmanship', and the recent reissues are disappointing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderators isaac42 1,230 Posted January 20 Moderators Share Posted January 20 Good job! Always nice to finish a project. Even better when it works out the way we want it to! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Members DeepEnd 2,790 Posted January 21 Members Share Posted January 21 10 hours ago, lug said: There seems to be an amazing lack of pictures of said bass................... I would also like to see the result. It sounds like a cool project. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderators ThudMaker 33 Posted January 31 Author Moderators Share Posted January 31 On 1/20/2021 at 9:10 AM, lug said: There seems to be an amazing lack of pictures of said bass................... I wasn't sure how to get them here since Photobucket is no longer. Perhaps I can take pics and upload? I will do that later this evening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Members badpenguin 798 Posted January 31 Members Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, ThudMaker said: I wasn't sure how to get them here since Photobucket is no longer. Perhaps I can take pics and upload? I will do that later this evening. 1) Take pictures. 2) edit them to be 1800dpi at it's widest. 3) drag or choose files, like it says below where you type. 4) let the world enjoy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderators ThudMaker 33 Posted February 2 Author Moderators Share Posted February 2 So here are a few pics. I really enjoy playing this now. It has it's bumps and bruises but plays like a new bass. Not sure if I should get a custom pickguard or not. Something that looks like tan rattlesnake or something like that. I'm leaning to keeping it as is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Members lug 48 Posted February 4 Members Share Posted February 4 Sexy! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Members DeepEnd 2,790 Posted February 6 Members Share Posted February 6 Quite nice. It looks good as is but I have to admit the rattlesnake pickguard is intriguing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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