I have a 32” scale bass. I like it ok, but didn't know it was short scale for a couple of years that I owned it. I don’t understand the allure for short scale, I wouldn’t actively seek one out. At 30” you’re getting into baritone guitar territory and I certainly wouldn’t pay a premium for one.
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Anyone actually try the new short scale Stingray?
- Thread starter Green Knight
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That is frikkin cute, but not two grand cute.
Completely different? Not at all. Tune any 34" down a whole step to hear what it would sound like at roughly 30". It won't sound lousy at all.
They will beg you to buy it soon for sub $500. Just watch.
US corporate World is out of their minds.
US corporate World is out of their minds.
To me a short scale Stingray is as silly as a long scale Hofner bass.
I hate to sound like a broken record, but if EBMM has stuck to the original pricing of the Cutlass and Caprice, plus had this short scale StingRay available, they would have grabbed a lot more market share.
But even at the original pricing, the Caprice / Cutlass basses weren't selling. They are fantastic basses, I own a Caprice that I got at an amazing price, but it sat on the wall for far too long. People want Fenders. I'm just sad that there was never a 5 string Caprice. That would be an incredible instrument but the market wasn't there.
Right, and Scott Ball told me they most likely will be doing a second batch next year. His exact message to me was...
"We plan on doing another run...I can't say for sure when but probably sometime in 2020. Thanks for your interest!"
Ime it does indeed sound lousy but to each their own...it effectively changes the pickup position
I'm not an industry insider, but people I talk to tell me the Caprice and Cutlass were selling until EBMM raised the price nearly 30%. That's when they stopped selling. In other words, why pay the same price as a Stingray for those? EBMM killed those models with their pricing, not the market deciding they didn't want them.
I'm like you - I bought a demo Caprice at a great price and it's been absolutely superb.
As far as the popularity of Fender goes, I think that a lot of people that buy them only because they see so many other people playing them. A lot of people buy Fenders without trying or investigating other options.
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Would you say that everyone who downtunes to D sounds lousy? And can you share which basses you used to form your opinion?
Re: Fenders, absolutely. Talkbass would make it look like every bassist owns 10+ instruments, but a friend owns a music store and doesn't regularly stock basses. He says that most bass players own one bass, an amp and maybe a tuner. Lawyer guitarists will buy many $5000+ guitars and they never leave their man cave. Oh, the other part of the story, the one bass that they own is usually a Fender P or J.
