players who use short scales - Page 3

jerry · #41 12-05-2007, 03:52 PM

I'm getting senile, I forgot the late, great Ronnie Lane!

lm183902 · #42 12-05-2007, 10:52 PM

I'll second Jesse murphy of Brazilian Girls. What an amazing player/ tone. He used his mustang with John Scofield at times as well.

sir juice · #43 01-12-2008, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by groovejam

What bass did Colin Moulding play? I thought he played a fretless. Dont see many fretless short scale.

I play a fretless short-scale

scarekrow · #44 01-13-2008, 09:20 AM

A Fender Mustang player while in Trapeze. Cool bass tone for a 3 pc band, too. He went on to play & sing for Deep Purple ( a sort of backwards move IMO

) and I'm not sure if he stayed with the Mustang there or not.
I picked up a new Fender Squire Bronco bass for my daughter's 4th b-day and I play it more than she does, so far. So count us in too.

Kink Rimson · #45 01-13-2008, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jel

Geezer Butler, Dan Armstrong Plexiglass on all of Sabbath 4
.

Where did you find this out? I've often wondered what he used on the earky Sabbath stuff, other than the Precision.

tempo2112 · #46 01-13-2008, 12:51 PM

Simon Gallup (The Cure). Used a Gibson of some sort.

Lesfunk · #47 01-13-2008, 01:00 PM

Did anyone mention Stu Hamm yet?

Lesfunk · #48 01-13-2008, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Kink Rimson

Where did you find this out? I've often wondered what he used on the earky Sabbath stuff, other than the Precision.

Theres a picture of him playing one on the inside sleeve of Vol 4

Kink Rimson · #49 01-14-2008, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Lesfunk

Theres a picture of him playing one on the inside sleeve of Vol 4

I know that. Doesn't mean it's on the record though. the booklet to SBS shows him playing a John Birch 8 string, fingerstyle!

sarcastro83 · #50 02-05-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by corinpills

God, there are some classy bass players being mentioned in this thread. I'll add another: Chris Murphy of Sloan.

and bringing back the Canadian connection, Nick Sewell from the Illuminati played a shortscale Gibson... not sure of the model...

Sad that they're not a band anymore... sadder that they were something of a local phenomenon. They were amazing.

volker · #51 02-13-2008, 05:44 PM

The guy playing bass in Heather Nova's live band uses Gibson shorties, too - Anyone know his name?

jel · #52 02-14-2008, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoover

Any idea whether Fred actually used that Ampeg on any of their albums? He's pictured playing a Fender Precision on the inside sleeve of Marquee Moon

Fred played the SSB on Marquee Moon and the reunion album.
Seen some pics of him recently playing a hollow-body shortie, possibly a Harmony.

Mojo-Man · #53 02-14-2008, 08:41 AM

Chris Wood

Phantopeth · #54 02-14-2008, 09:08 AM

Were all Guild Starfires short-scale? If so, then I believe Mr. Phil Lesh would be included in this list. Unless when Alembic modified it, the scale was lengthened... I don't know the details.

Oh yea, and the guy who played bass in Tomahawk. I saw a vew videos of them performing and he was playing a Danny Longhorn

thombo · #55 02-14-2008, 09:13 AM

does anyone rock one 'o' these shorties?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ashbory-DeArmond.jpg

Hughsie · #56 02-14-2008, 10:35 AM

Just watched the 'Electric Ladyland' Classic Albums doc, and Noel Redding was playing an EB3 in the promo for 'Burning Of The Midnight Lamp' - don't know if he used it regularly otherwise, though.

BassMan250 · #57 02-14-2008, 02:39 PM

Jonas Hellborg's signature Warwick is a 32" scale.

jel · #58 02-15-2008, 01:46 AM

Just read an old interview with John Paul Jones in bassplayer and he says he used a Gibson EB1 on Zep III, anyone have any ideas which track(s)? He also said it was previously used in Little Richards and James Browns bands. I've seen old clips of Little Richard with that bass being used, who was Little Richards bassist for all those old Speciality records?