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I find these super short scale basses interesting. The Bee Bass Baybee has a 23.5" scale, the Fanner Guitar Works PeeWee bass has a 22.8" scale, and the Marleaux Consat Soprano has a 22.44" scale. Seems like with this scale length you could take a regular set of EADG strings and tune it BEAD -...

Steve Swallow is a name that comes up when folks list bassists that use a pick. Also of interest is his 5-string electric bass tuning of EADGC. Wikipedia's discography list for Swallow is a mile long. Can anyone recommend some albums or links to live performances that showcase his bass playing...

I feel late to the party, but I just got hip to a bassist named Charnett Moffett, via his superb new album called New Love. A best of 2021 contender, for sure. Moffett's playing and arrangements kind of reminds of jamband guys like Phil Lesh and Mike Gordon of Phish. I could be way off the...

New member and new to bass playing. I've written a bunch of monophonic melodies and now I'd like to add some bass-lines. If I were to share some recordings would anyone like to try and help me compose the bass parts? I've attached an mp3 as an example. The tune is called Sixth Noon of Midnight...

Hello, I'm thinking of working with a local acoustic stringed instrument maker (guitars, wood-topped banjos, mandolins) to make a no frills unamplified "bass" type practice instrument. Lower pitched than the low E on an acoustic guitar, but maybe not as low as a the low E on an acoustic bass...

New member here. I'm considering getting my first bass guitar for home use only. No gigging. Simply to add bass-lines to some melodies I've written and study harmony. I definitely want short scale. And it has to be lefty. The two options I've found are: Ibanez Mikro Bass Pros: brand name, very...