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Guitar Scale Electric Basses

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by B-Mac, Jun 12, 2019.

  1. B-Mac

    B-Mac Happiness is a warm puppy and a great bass Gold Supporting Member

    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)
     
    Last edited: Jun 24, 2019
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  2. B-Mac

    B-Mac Happiness is a warm puppy and a great bass Gold Supporting Member

  3. B-Mac

    B-Mac Happiness is a warm puppy and a great bass Gold Supporting Member

  4. Jaymo

    Jaymo

    Jul 7, 2017
    If that was available in left handed, I'd be all over it.
    Doubly so, if it was in PJ configuration.
     
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  5. 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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  6. B-Mac

    B-Mac Happiness is a warm puppy and a great bass Gold Supporting Member

    It certainly does!
    I had to point that out to the seller!
    The above was cut and paste from the Ad
     
  7. KohanMike

    KohanMike Gold Supporting Member

    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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  8. B-Mac

    B-Mac Happiness is a warm puppy and a great bass Gold Supporting Member

    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.


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    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
     
    Last edited: Jun 24, 2023
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