Bass for small fingers

[morf]

Try Peaveys as well, my Peavey Millenium has a really small neck

 

[beyondhairy]

according to my tailor, i have short arms and short fingers.

ontop of that, both of my pinkys are triple jointed or something, i cantm ove them gradually ifmy life depended onthem, they both snap back and forth, so they are only good to me if i want to move them sideways.

i play an ibanez rd300. and its kinda big, playing songs that include a big quick reach from the fingers tends to hurt my wrist a lot. and since i play mainly metal, there are a lot of long reaches up on the E string.

heres my dilema.. i can fret a lot easier and i have better technique when the bass is strapped on high, but when its strapped high, i have to adjust my wrist at an odd angle and get the pains. i need both a short scale, close string spacing, and thin neck.

i played a Ric a few weeks ago, and its exactly what i want

and also iv noticed that the more strings a bass has, the thinner the necks and closer the frets.

 

[Atoz]

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i played a Ric a few weeks ago, and its exactly what i want

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You beat me to it.

I have somewhat short fingers, and my Ric 4003 is perfect. Damn fine looking and sounding instrument as well...

 

[beyondhairy]

You beat me to it.

I have somewhat short fingers, and my Ric 4003 is perfect. Damn fine looking and sounding instrument as well...

thats the one i played

i didnt like how it didnt have a master volume thoug, when i eventually pick it up, im going to get rid of that stereo switch and replace it with a volume knob.

 

[Bassman62]

This is a shot of my 1962/3 Burns 6 string bass, it is the same scale as the standard guitar with standard bass tuning not baritone.
If it could be done then why not now and applied to 4 and 5 strings as well?

 

[chasfr]

If I recall the first post in this thread correctly, the query is from someone who wants to learn to play bass, i.e., a beginner. So how come there are so many recommendations for basses in the $700-$3,000 range? I'm sticking with my first suggestion, an SX from Rondo. A low-end Ibanez would also be fine. But don't give the impression that you need to spend big money to compensate for small hands. You'll scare the poor newbie off!

Chas

 

[12stringbassist]

The new Danelectro Longhorn should be brillaint for short fingered players.

 

[lug]

also a Hamer Slammer short scale. Under $200.

 

[bassfacekevin]

Hey, I have fairly small hands, and I've found that whatever physical limitations you have can be completely surpassed with good technique. So as it's been said before, get a bass for tone, and relative playing comfort, and you can make it work. But I suppose that's the way I like to do it, because I can learn to like any kind of bass (well, almost) but I can't always learn to like the tone.

~K