The HotWire Dann Glenn Signature Fretless Four “Extreme.”
This is the new Dann Glenn signature bass from Hotwire! DG is now playing the HWDG Extreme exclusively. This bass is the pinnacle fretless. The body is a very light and rare single piece of swamp ash. The neck is German flamed maple, with a Macassar ebony fingerboard, lightly coated with boat lacquer.
One hand-wound Hot Wire Jazz pickup does the trick, along with tone and volume controls, all passive. Top it off with a Badass II bridge, and you’ve got the finest bass DG has ever played.
Still available: the HWDG 4!
This is the first four string fretless bass we designed to the specs of
fretless virtuoso Dann Glenn in 2001. We are very proud to have Dann on
the Hot Wire Bass wagon.
HWDG Bass Features:
Alder or Swamp Ash body
higloss finish
bolt-on Maple neck with rosewood lined fretless fingerboard,
finished with special recipe boat laquer (also available unfinished)
also available fretted and fivestring
Hot Wire pickups
BadAss bridge
Schaller machines
passive control layout: volume/volume/tone
Dann Glenn about his HWDG Bass which he calls his "Venus":
This bass just KILLS with low end. The lows/mids/highs are reminiscent
of an old late 50's early 60's Fender Jazz I once played for about 30
minutes never forgetting the experience. Now I have my own.
I am AMAZED how light this bass is. The lightest I ever played, yet sounds
HUGE.
I had the pleasure and privilege of playing Jaco's infamous Jazz bass
when he stayed with me on occasion when I lived in North Hollywood years
ago. This bass is the first bass I've ever played that actually resembles
his bass's tone and signal shape. This is very eerie and interesting.
This bass makes a deep yet clear sound. It is extremely warm in terms
of tone.
After spending many hours playing Venus in, I have become almost alarmed
at how closely this bass behaves and SOUNDS like Jaco's. Yes, I know Jaco's
sound came from his hands, as does mine. But I am speaking of the sound
of the BASS itself....
HWDG Signature Fivestring
This is the head of the first HWDG Fivestring, built for
Jon Pomplin!
American rock bass sensation Jon Pomplin already owned a four string fretless
HWDG signature, but was interested in a five string fretted. Well...here
it is in all its splendor aptly named "Aurora" by Jon himself.
Jon was very concerned about asking for a DG signature with frets on it.
Jon has studied with DG on fretless but also needed a five string fretted
to augment his needs with his next CD and tour for Project 814.
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and listen to Willi Langer playing this bass!
DANN GLENN BIO
Dann Glenn is known primarily for his blazing chops and obtuse use of
time and space as a composer.
During his formative years he was most fortunate to have as his mentor,
bass pioneer Monk Montgomery. Monk (Wes' brother) was the first bass player
to record a jazz session on electric (then known as 'Fender bass') with
Lionel Hampton.
After bailing on LA, Dann moved into seclusion, becoming known in the
press as "The Mad Professor of Bass", spending all of his time
in the studio. This has yielded 10 solo CD's, two of which are full neo
classical symphonies. His latest CD "Subharmonia" has turned
heads as Dann has played all parts via MIDI and organic bass, culminating
in music that sounds like it's from other worlds.
Highlights are his "Opus for Three Basses" and "The Old
Harbor at Honfleur", where Dann's dazzling solos over obscure chord
changes boggle the listeners mind. Occasionally confrontational and always
controversial, DG's fiery temperament has been compared to that of the
late great Charles Mingus.
Dann's new signature fretless Jazz Bass has just been unveiled by HotWire
Basses of Germany.
DG states, "I feel like I've come full circle now that I'm back to
playing my own Jazz Bass!" "It's good to be home."
