35 Inch Scale 4 String - Help Me Find

[Fair Warning]

Ok TB help me out here. I am still looking for a 35" scale, medium/high quality bass that I can tune down to A and sometimes Ab. I am looking at 5 stringers too, but for my purposes, I will use a heavier set of BEAD strings to try to achieve a good grindy report down in the dark tones, and interested in anyones knowledge of 35-scale 4 stringers.

 

[PSPookie]

Dingwall
maybe Modulus

Not too many choices in the way of 35" 4 bangers. If that's what you really want you may have to go custom in order to have many material/layout choices.

 

[G On Bass]

Do you prefer 35" or are you looking for one to accomodate the drop tuning?

 

[Darkstrike]

Some Peaveys or Trabens are 35" 4 stringers.

 

[Josh Pelican]

Spector Euro 4LX-35.

I know these companies have made four string basses with 35" scales:
Modulus
Elrick
Stambaugh
Vadim
Some ESP/LTD

Any company/luthier that does custom work will probably do it.

 

[FunkMetalBass]

I believe Dean and Peavey make 35" scale 4-strings.

 

[DeliriumTremens]

Peavey G-Bass. They can be found used pretty cheap and the graphite neck would work well with clarity on downtuning

 

[ModulusQ5-122]

Lakland makes 4 string 35" scale and are great basses. You can pick up a used Lakland 44-02 at a descent price.

 

[peledog]

Spector Euro 4LX 35" or Euro 4LX-TW 35" scale, with BEAD tuning (nut is made for it)



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[smcd]

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[XtheDeadPawn]

Paul Grey tuned lower than Aa and he used a 34".

Basses he used:
Warwick Corvette
Warwick Fortress
Various Ibanez ATK's
His sig. ATK PGB1

 

[JTE]

Peavey Cirrus basses (at least the first ones) are all 35" scale whether four or five string. I learned the hard way because the first Cirrus I played was a four string fretless without lines. I assumed it was a 34" scale and started to play "Badge" on it... hopelessly out of tune...

Also Lakland now makes all their basses available in either 35" or 34" scale regardless of number of strings.

John

 

[grendle]

Spector all day long...

 

[superqwertyboy]

The Ibanez BTB series is a good value, some of them come with Bartolinis. They can be had cheap sometimes on Ebay

 

[AtomicPunk]

Peavey Cirrus. Bad Ass Basses.

 

[JimiLL]

Ibanez BTB
Peavey Cirrus

 

[Spaldo]

Yamaha TRB5

Yamaha TRB 5II - YouTube

 

[Red Planet]

I want to say my old Gibson RD Artist was somewhere in that region.

 

[metallutca]

MTD 435. But they are a bit hard to find used. There is one at Invalid Link Removed

 

[metallutca]

MTD 435. There is one here Invalid Link Removed