Hondo II H-1181 - longscale longhorn!

[Paul S]

If only this were a shorty I'd have bought it not posted about it!  Solid body with DiMarzio pickup, 2 octave neck, proper bridge, brass nut all sorts of other nice things.  Bit scruffy but I bet it is a monster.  £290!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135312739262

 

[dudewheresmybass]

I'm actually really tempted with this

[oldslapper]

That is very cool. 

[Bassassin]

You never see these. One of the rare MIJ Hondos too - most were Korean. Good price for a rare bass too.

 

If it was a P/J or J/J I'd be tempted (although neither actually existed!) but I have too many single P basses I barely play as it is. So one of you lot will have to do the right thing!

[AndyTravis]

It’s on my watch list with very little intention…but the initial “OOOOH” was big

[ezbass]

30 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

very little intention

I foresee a late night, alcohol driven, purchase in the not so distant future .

[AndyTravis]

9 minutes ago, ezbass said:

I foresee a late night, alcohol driven, purchase in the not so distant future .

Unfortunately, unlikely…

 

House renovation means Ripper might be up for sale tonight 😢

[lemmywinks]

Is that solid mahogany? Will weight about as much as 26 real Danelectros if so!

 

Cool thing though.

[Maude]

I'm assuming that's a DiMarzio Model P pickup as well. 

[oldslapper]

Put an offer in, was declined thankfully. Don’t need it, but so what. 
Do I increase the offer or walk away 🤪

[Maude]

 

3 minutes ago, oldslapper said:

Put an offer in, was declined thankfully. Don’t need it, but so what. 
Do I increase the offer or walk away 🤪

I was also tempted to put an offer in, but I'll assume my offer would be lower than yours (as I really don't need another bass) so yours being declined has relived me too. 😁

[oldslapper]

Thing is I’ve always wanted a danelectro longhorn long scale. Now I’ve put an offer in it’s hard to not keep going 🤣

[Maude]

If I was actually after a longscale Longhorn then I think the asking price is a very fair price for this. If an offer of £250 got it then I'd snap it up, if I was really looking for one. 

 

Am I helping? No? 😂

[oldslapper]

I upped my offer now it’s “being considered “

[NikNik]

That's a beast of a neck! Dimarzio with coil tap, or?

[Paul S]

21 hours ago, oldslapper said:

I upped my offer now it’s “being considered “

It's gone now - 'best offer accepted' - was that you?

 

[oldslapper]

[oldslapper]

Did a bit of research and reviews on this model. All had good right ups. That Dimarzio with the switching seems to be the star billing. But I always thought that the Longhorn design is cool as flock but I don’t get on with short scale necks. I’m a bit worried about the strap pin placement as I tend to like the horn strap pin on the 12th fret, like Ps and J style. But I’ll get over it, coz I’m shallow. 🤣 

I’ll do a review. 

[oldslapper]

I’m aware it’s a punt, and it’s covered in scratches and dings. No idea if the truss rod works and what condition structurally the neck is in. But from images it doesn’t look like anything I can’t sort. 🙏🤞