Danelectro 58 Longhorn Bass — White

The Longhorn is one of those designs that's been around since 1958, and nothing else sounds or looks quite like it. Danelectro's Red Hot version takes the iconic lyre-shaped body and does something the company had never done before — makes it semi-hollow with a proper F-hole on the bass side. The result is a noticeably more resonant, more open-sounding instrument compared to the standard Longhorn, with the kind of sustain that rewards you for letting notes ring out.

The construction is spruce with a hardboard top, keeping the weight down where Danelectro basses have always lived — featherweight territory. The 29.75-inch short scale and 24-fret maple neck make this one of the most effortless basses to play at any price, and the C-profile neck sits comfortably in hand whether you're a finger player or a pick player. The pair of high-output, high-impedance Lipstick pickups are wound hotter than the ones on the standard Longhorn, and the Red Hot swaps the traditional stacked volume/tone pots for a simpler setup — master volume, master tone, and a CRL 3-way pickup selector for moving quickly between neck, bridge, and both.

The White finish puts a white top against black sides, back, neck, and headstock with cream binding around the body and F-hole — it's a sharp look that stands out in a crowd of sunbursts and natural finishes. If you're after a bass with genuine character and a voice that sits in a completely different space than a P or a J, the Longhorn has been delivering exactly that for nearly seventy years.

Body: Semi-hollow, 1958 Longhorn shape with F-hole
Body Material: Spruce body, hardboard top
Finish: White top, black sides/back/neck/headstock, polyester
Binding: Top of body
Neck: Maple, C shape, bolt-on
Neck Finish: Polyester, black
Fingerboard: Rosewood, 14" radius
Frets: 24
Scale Length: 29.75"
Nut: Aluminum, 1.65"
Inlays: Dot
Pickups: 2x Danelectro high output, high impedance Lipstick single coils
Controls: Master volume, master tone, CRL 3-way pickup selector
Knobs: Black die-cast
Bridge: Traditional bridge with single Pau Ferro saddle
Tuners: 2-on-a-side
Hardware: Chrome
Strings: D'Addario (factory)