I'd think the Status Kingbass would be the best option, though still somewhat expensive, even then it's still 32" scale.
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Shortscale headless ???
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Yup. I owned a nice one of these. Flew from Boston to Dallas with it. They are a solidly built bass, 30" scale, usually come with a Schaller bridge and pickup along with Grover tuners mounted into a routed area in the body. Many have been beat to c&*p but if you find a good one, you have a nice bass that is about as compact as anything can be. It is a tiny bass that can hold it's own in many real performing situations as long as you dont mind the Steinberger style appearance.
Peace,
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Ditto, and usually about $US350 in nice condition.
Though it's 30.5" scale, it's only maybe an inch or so shorter than a n XL2 type Steinberger or clone, which are 38.5" long according to the Musicyo site.
also the shamray p-00, is headless and 30" with 27 frets and built like a tank, ebony fingerboard, emg dc35 pickup and later I upgraded it with a seymour duncan hot stack, and I am very happy with it¡
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but, perhaps in future, I will let it go, too many basses in my life...
regards
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but, perhaps in future, I will let it go, too many basses in my life...
regards
Wow. That one looks great ! What's the size/weight and how does it sound ? Do you need doubleball strings for this ?
How about this chap?
Short scale, tuned a-c and complete with built-in octaver!
Ridiculous.
You could buy a Steinberg spirit and cut the neck at any suitable fret
I built one on that concept some time ago: short scale, "no" body. It came out nicely. 764mm scale birch neck, fret free, spruce "body", MM pup and ABM headless gear. Even built a (very!!!) simple headphone amp into it.
Works quite well, and is very nice to carry around. The perfect case for it is a padded and compressed PVC pipe.
It would be neck heavy, with ordinary strapping, but OTOH, I haven't used that for 8 years (except on the bassLab).
What's your take?
I built one on that concept some time ago: short scale, "no" body. It came out nicely. 764mm scale birch neck, fret free, spruce "body", MM pup and ABM headless gear. Even built a (very!!!) simple headphone amp into it.
Works quite well, and is very nice to carry around. The perfect case for it is a padded and compressed PVC pipe.
It would be neck heavy, with ordinary strapping, but OTOH, I haven't used that for 8 years (except on the bassLab).
What's your take?
Cliff Bordwell
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Does this luthier still build? I took a second look at your pics of the Piccolo and that design with the head removed and some of the ABM/Status rail tuners would fit perfectly. I'll have one too please.
Yes, he does. His name ist Johannes-Dieter von Paris and he has been working as a master luthier at Schack Guitars in Frankfurft before he founded his own business. His website can be found at Link Removed . (btw: you'll find my piccolo4 on his website too). Since he prefer's to spend most of his time building instruments, he didn't provide any email and prefers to be contacted by phone (listed on his website).
Thanks for the link. There are some very nice basses there. I've always liked the Schack basses too.
I saw this in some local classifieds and thought I'd point it out here. I have no affiliation whatsoever with whoever is selling, I just saw the ad online:
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Says mint cond, with new bag, and comes w/ a guitar....
speaking of short scales; so far I could only think of Ibanez (mikro) and Jackson (minion and dinky) selling short scale electric basses and guitars as far as in "mainstream" stores go (i.e. Guitar Center, etc.). I'm sure there's other brands that sell short scale guitars and basses that I have yet to look into. I have yet to find a headless short scale bass guitar that's contemporary, other than what Steinberger sells, I think Hohner has one?
I do have the Ashbory bass and a Steinberger Spirit headless guitar, as well as the Ibanez Mikro bass and guitar.
To get even more deep into the niche, any idea who has the fretless version of any of these? I have a fretless electric guitar by Hadean that I rarely play. I think it's because it's a standard size, wished they sold a short scale version of a fretless guitar!
I do have the Ashbory bass and a Steinberger Spirit headless guitar, as well as the Ibanez Mikro bass and guitar.
To get even more deep into the niche, any idea who has the fretless version of any of these? I have a fretless electric guitar by Hadean that I rarely play. I think it's because it's a standard size, wished they sold a short scale version of a fretless guitar!
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