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12-23-2011, 10:41 AM
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12-23-2011, 10:48 AM
|  | Your life is your message. | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | The Last bass I ever buy?
Seriously. This is likely the last bass I buy for a LONG time. It fits me perfectly, sounds exactly the way I want, feels great, and looks great.
Shortscale Stambaugh 
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12-23-2011, 10:53 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Cave Passive Pedals | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ohio | | | It looks purdy. |
12-23-2011, 11:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Saint John, NB, Canada | | Sub'd for future reference.
Yep, that's one right purdy bass there. 
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12-23-2011, 11:13 AM
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12-23-2011, 11:18 AM
|  | Short Scale Addict | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NE CT | | Awesome! But I'd be afraid of carrying around a $2k+ bass  . My Cort has a similar look at 1/10 the price: 
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12-23-2011, 12:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sag Harbor, NY | | New thread, old picture. Still my favorite bass.  |
12-23-2011, 12:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Redford, MI | | | The Stambaugh is a beaut. If that Cort sounds anywhere near as good as it looks, it's a winner. However, I'm posting to subscribe.
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12-23-2011, 12:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | I had the black version of that Cort - it was a sweet little bass.
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12-23-2011, 02:05 PM
| | Your life is your message. | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadkill  Awesome! But I'd be afraid of carrying around a $2k+ bass . My Cort has a similar look at 1/10 the price: | I hear you. My first few gigs with it, I was a bit freaked, but now that its seen many, many gigs and has a bit of mojo... not so much.
I have a $169 Squire short Jag that I can use for really dumpy places or bad weather.
May as well put a pic of that up too! 
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12-23-2011, 02:07 PM
| | Your life is your message. | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by saltymonkey New thread, old picture. Still my favorite bass. | A real beauty! How much?
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12-23-2011, 02:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northern California | | | Yep. This short scale Lakland Decade is one of my favorite photos posted in this forum. Gonna go play one next time I'm in Chicago. |
12-23-2011, 02:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northern California | | Lets keep this Club going! Since its inception, we have 319 Official Short Scale Bass Club members -- 2005 posts and 179,227 page views. Fender has started making short scale basses again. Gibson reissued its EB/SG bass and even made a Thunderbird shortie. Lakland, Stambaugh, Birdsong, Alleva, Guild, Reverend and even Warmoth -- all offer short scale options.
Word is out... short scales are not just "starter" basses or basses for women and kids. Can't help but think that threads like this have something to do with that change in perception. 
Any bass manufacturer that sees 179,227 page views on a short scale bass thread has to know that there is a market for these basses. Lets keep them on their toes and see what offerings they give us between now and Part IV of this thread!
Thanks everyone. Keep posting your shorties! |
12-23-2011, 07:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lansing, Kansas | | | I have been playing for about a year. Originally I had an Ibanez Jumpstart GSR190. My bass teacher suggested I go to a short scale (small hands). I bought my first short scale about a month ago. It is a Squier VM Jaguar Short scale.
I love it.
I put GHS Stainless flatwounds. The sound is phenomenal thru my Peavey Max 110 practice amp |
12-23-2011, 07:33 PM
| | Your life is your message. | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | I have the same bass, strung with the same strings. Definitely a great combination!
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12-23-2011, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ::::BASSIST:::: I have the same bass, strung with the same strings. Definitely a great combination! | I love the feel and the sound |
12-24-2011, 11:47 AM
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12-24-2011, 01:45 PM
| | | | I'm not a beginner.
I'm not a child.
I have big hands.
My SS fits me just fine.
My SS sounds wonderful.
I would not believe it until I tried it.
Us "know it all's" miss out on some good stuff
sometimes. I'm glad I found out before I hit 70,
Tabdog
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12-24-2011, 02:58 PM
|  | Just days from retirement. | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lincoln, NE | | | To Bassplayer95
"Someone tell me why I should buy a short scale? I'm thinking strongly about it 'cause I'm pretty small (well, average for a girl) and my fingers/hands are small. My biggest problem is stretching my fingers between frets. Will a SS take care of that?
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Also have small, short hands. That's why I only have SS basses. Much easier for me to play. Also with arthritis being genetic, don't have the ability to stretch the fingers like I did when I was young.
You can get all the tone out of a SS that you can get from a med, standard or long scale. Might not be true for basses using more than 4 or 5 strings, but there are some 5 and 6 string shorties out there. Not real sure about the availability of left handed SS basses though.
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12-24-2011, 03:07 PM
| | | | Dear bassplayer95
I say go for it, I have small hands and to make matters worse I broke the knuckle of my little finger on my left hand which left me with reduced movement in my pinky, as a result of this I found getting around the frets really hard work, in a last ditch attempt to carry on playing I got a short scale, best thing I ever did! It's awesome and really got the bug again.
On a separate note all together merry Christmas and a happy new year to all shorties out there!!!! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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