Short description:
I am looking for a short scale acoustic bass guitar that has steel strings. The ones I am looking at are the Spector Timbre Junior (Invalid Link Removed) and the Luna Tribal (Invalid Link Removed). What do you think of these basses?
The backstory:
I used to have a huge Ernie Ball bass. I put light gauge Ernie Ball flatwound electric bass strings on it (which are only slightly heavier than the ABG strings that I had been using), and I loved the feel of them. But I didn't like the size of the bass. It was the larger of the Earthwood models, so its body depth was eight inches and it was unwieldy to play. I decided to go from one extreme to the other and sold my Earthwood bass and bought a Gold Tone 25 microbass. I found that although the Thundergut strings that came with it sounded cool through an amp, I couldn't get used to playing with those strings on it, so when Gold Tone came out with what they call Silverback strings (MicroBass LaBella 'Silverback' Strings | Gold Tone Folk Instruments), I bought some and put them on. They also have flatwound strings, but Gold Tone discourages using them on the fretted acoustic microbass because the bridge can't be adjusted to get the right intonation. I also find that I don't like these nylon core strings either. So I'm looking at basses with the shortest scale that take steel strings, and so far I have found the Spector Timbre Junior (Invalid Link Removed) and the Luna Tribal (Invalid Link Removed), both of which have a 30 inch scale length. I'm just a bass hobbyist and my hands aren't all that big, so I want an acoustic bass guitar that is easy to play in informal settings, projects ok without an amp in a living room sized room with other unplugged instruments (although I have a small amp and a very small amp), and that I can put Ernie Ball light gauge flatwound strings on. I am looking for any comments, suggestions, reviews, etc. that you can provide. Thanks.
I am looking for a short scale acoustic bass guitar that has steel strings. The ones I am looking at are the Spector Timbre Junior (Invalid Link Removed) and the Luna Tribal (Invalid Link Removed). What do you think of these basses?
The backstory:
I used to have a huge Ernie Ball bass. I put light gauge Ernie Ball flatwound electric bass strings on it (which are only slightly heavier than the ABG strings that I had been using), and I loved the feel of them. But I didn't like the size of the bass. It was the larger of the Earthwood models, so its body depth was eight inches and it was unwieldy to play. I decided to go from one extreme to the other and sold my Earthwood bass and bought a Gold Tone 25 microbass. I found that although the Thundergut strings that came with it sounded cool through an amp, I couldn't get used to playing with those strings on it, so when Gold Tone came out with what they call Silverback strings (MicroBass LaBella 'Silverback' Strings | Gold Tone Folk Instruments), I bought some and put them on. They also have flatwound strings, but Gold Tone discourages using them on the fretted acoustic microbass because the bridge can't be adjusted to get the right intonation. I also find that I don't like these nylon core strings either. So I'm looking at basses with the shortest scale that take steel strings, and so far I have found the Spector Timbre Junior (Invalid Link Removed) and the Luna Tribal (Invalid Link Removed), both of which have a 30 inch scale length. I'm just a bass hobbyist and my hands aren't all that big, so I want an acoustic bass guitar that is easy to play in informal settings, projects ok without an amp in a living room sized room with other unplugged instruments (although I have a small amp and a very small amp), and that I can put Ernie Ball light gauge flatwound strings on. I am looking for any comments, suggestions, reviews, etc. that you can provide. Thanks.
