My daughter is 5’3” and plays a short-scale Squier Jaguar bass
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Help, my tiny wife needs a bass
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Oooo! Love the Ana! What color/fretboard is yours? Oh. Blä. You're on the wrong continent, or you'd be getting a PM...
I knew a 93 pound 5 foot tall lady bass player who played a Hofner 500/1 with no problems.
I received a Mikro as a gift; I saw a blacked-out SS VM Jaguar and had to have it; I play them both all the time and would recommend either. I prefer the pickups in the Ibanez, and everything else about the Squier (which will get DiMarzios if I ever get a few moments to myself to re-learn soldering), but again, would recommend either. I think if you want to just buy something and be done, get any Ibanez short or medium scale that suits her style; if you don’t mind putting a bit of work into something, a Squier can go from pretty good to great—and personalized, even—pretty easily.
Congratulations on her getting started! You can understand each other when the new gear itch hits, haha.
Congratulations on her getting started! You can understand each other when the new gear itch hits, haha.
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Definitely NOT a Warwick Thumb bass! That first fret feels like it’s a mile away.
(It sounds SO GOOD, though!)
(It sounds SO GOOD, though!)
To add to the list of available short scale instruments, Schecter introduced one for 2020 in their lineup: The Banshee
2020 : Banshee Bass
EDIT: I can't speak for it personally, but the fact that it's there as an option is cool. There are a lot more options for short scale basses nowadays than there were a decade ago, that's for sure. I think Schecters are solid instruments. In my years I've seen several gigging bassists use Schecter Stiletto Studio basses, and since those folks play bass more than talk bass...
2020 : Banshee Bass
EDIT: I can't speak for it personally, but the fact that it's there as an option is cool. There are a lot more options for short scale basses nowadays than there were a decade ago, that's for sure. I think Schecters are solid instruments. In my years I've seen several gigging bassists use Schecter Stiletto Studio basses, and since those folks play bass more than talk bass...
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Schecter Banshee is looking pretty nice shorty. A bit more $ than the others OP mentioned, but looks to be a sweet little P bass.
Just as an outsider looking in...., fender mustang, you could use it too, plus resale value!
If reach to first position is really the issue (not fingering/fret spacing) there are a couple of factors that will be much more important than scale length: (1) how close the front strap button is to the nut (i.e., how far up the neck the top horn reaches); and (2) how close the bridge/saddles are to the ass-end of the bass.
Look at the two basses below. They are both 32” scale, but the bridge of the Muckelroy on the left is much closer to the bottom of the body, so the distance to the nut from the left shoulder winds up being significantly shorter than the Beardly because the bass hangs more to the right side of the body (for present purposes, just ignore the difference in horn lengths).
Similarly, look at the next two basses. They are both 34” scale, but the top horn of the Jazz Longhorn reaches all the way to the 11th fret, plus I use an elongated strap button that reaches to the 10th fret to move the strap connection even closer to the nut, so the reach from the left shoulder winds up being significantly shorter than for the G&L, which has a top horn that only reaches to the 12th fret and doesn’t have an elongated strap button.
Look at the two basses below. They are both 32” scale, but the bridge of the Muckelroy on the left is much closer to the bottom of the body, so the distance to the nut from the left shoulder winds up being significantly shorter than the Beardly because the bass hangs more to the right side of the body (for present purposes, just ignore the difference in horn lengths).
Similarly, look at the next two basses. They are both 34” scale, but the top horn of the Jazz Longhorn reaches all the way to the 11th fret, plus I use an elongated strap button that reaches to the 10th fret to move the strap connection even closer to the nut, so the reach from the left shoulder winds up being significantly shorter than for the G&L, which has a top horn that only reaches to the 12th fret and doesn’t have an elongated strap button.
I've not been around the Sire or the SX, but of the other three I can state with fervent conviction that the short-scale Stingray is by a considerable margin the highest quality and the Mustang is by a much narrower margin the most versatile. I can also say that the 'ShortRay' is the least short-scale-sounding short-scale I've ever played or heard, whether or not that's a boon to you is for you to decide. I've yet to play a USA ShortRay, but once I can, I fully expect it to be my next bass purchase.
I have 2 dude! The black one and the one with the spalted top and both are great. Super fun to play and you can't beat the tele shape. Is this a good time and place to start the discussion that bass players are really not looked after when it comes to design? So many cool guitar outlines and for some reason the same outlines are not carried over into basses or they have stopped from production or the are made from the cheaper sister companies. Flying V's is a general one.
The Epiphone EB-0, with D'Addario ETB92S Nylons. A 30.5" short scale, with a Jazz size 1.50" nut. A good playing short scale, with a fine tone.
The King of short scales..
Gibson | SG Standard Bass - Heritage Cherry
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Ibanez MIKRO GSRM20, they're cheap and sound great, and of course are small. My first bass was one of them, still have it, fun little thing. Oh and usually around or under $200 too! (at least where I am) I would also recommend the Talman, wanted that as my first bass but the shop sold out before I could get one. They came back into stock about a year later and I got to play one, very comfortable, although larger than a mikro.
These are cool too..
Gibson | Les Paul Junior Tribute DC Bass - Worn Ebony
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