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Guitar Scale Electric Basses

B-Mac

B-Mac

Happiness is a Warm Puppy and a Great Bass!!
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#1
Just came across this on REVERB. sort of looks like a resized Warwick Rockbass.

I know we have a thread for Guitar Scale Acoustic Basses, but wasn't sure about this besides the Mikro basses by Ibby which are slightly bigger than this

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Glen Burton GBMB-NT Half Scale P-Style 4-String Electric Bass Guitar w/Gig Bag, Strap & Cable

Description:

Glen Burton GBMB-NT Half Scale P-Style 4-String Electric Bass Guitar w/Gig Bag, Strap & Cable.

Important Specifications:

  • Body: Bass Wood.
  • Neck: Maple.
  • Scale length: 25.5".
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood.
  • Pickups: P-Style.
  • Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone.
  • Bridge: Fixed Adjustable Tailpiece.
(obviously this is J Style)
 
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TheGreatSealof said:
It has Jazz pups.
Important Specifications:

  • Body: Bass Wood.
  • Neck: Maple.
  • Scale length: 25.5".
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood.
  • Pickups: P-Style.
  • Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone.
  • Bridge: Fixed Adjustable Tailpiece.
Important Specifications: reads Pickups: P-Style.
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It certainly does!
I had to point that out to the seller!
The above was cut and paste from the Ad
 
#8
I bought that Glen Burton bass from a post I saw on TB to add to my collection of extra short scale basses. I really like it. I've posted these on other threads, but here they are again.
Bass Collection.jpg
 
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Just thought I'd give this a little bump.

What is Scale Length
A guitar’s scale length is the distance between the nut and the bridge.

scale-length-diagram.jpg


Different types of guitars use different scale lengths. Here is a comparison of different types of guitars and their scale length:

  • 24″ (610mm) Fender Jaguar, Fender Mustang
  • 24.5″ (622mm) Paul Reed Smith Santana Signature series
  • 24.75″ (628mm) most Gibson and Epiphone models
  • 25″ (635mm) most PRS, Carvin, and Danelectric models
  • 25.5″ (648mm) most Fender, Ibanez, Jackson, Kramer, Schecter, Squier, and Steinberger models
  • 26.5″ (673.2mmm) most 7 string models by Ibanez, Jackson & Schecter
  • 27-30″ (686 – 762mm) guitars in this range are called ‘baritone’ guitars. Also used by most 8 & 9 string guitars

As you can see, there is no ‘normal’ scale length for an electric guitar. The normal scale length for a Fender is 25.5″, but the normal scale length for a Gibson is 24.75″. Taken from Ultimate Guide to Guitar Scale Length - Guitar Gear Finder

So, I thought I'd add my recent NBD Letts Woden 2023 by Jon Letts which is 27" scale and all Padauk.
IMG_1189 rot crop.jpg


NBD
 
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