Small bodied basses

I've found that there's very little difference in the sound of basses based on their bodies unless they're hollowbodies. Others have said that they hear differences, but I don't.

 

Probably not the smallest body ever, but yet to me it appears to belong to the "small" category. And huge tone, so the influence of the size of the body into tone might be negligeable.

 

Small bass (smallest playable bass I know of), big fat deep tone:

 

Small bass, amp, and cab ... BIG sound!

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Are these real, playable strings?!

 

Warwick Thumbs may have small bodies...but they're hefty as hell! They're comfortable to wear but feel like 100% pure beef. I love my Thumb BO...

 

My Yamaha SBV has a small body, but the range of tones it can produce is amazing.

 

I had the hardest time trying to play one of those.

 

I played an Ashbory once.
Loved the sound.
Hated that I couldn't play it in tune or in comfort.

 

A friend of mine has one and I played his before he moved. At first it was odd, but then I began to really like it. I wanted one, and now kind of want one again.

Really? Size wise?

Yep

 

Here is my Gibson SG-Z. These SG style basses are small and light, some models have a short 30" scale such as the new SG bass series.

 

As far as tone, it's really neither here nor there. Balance (i.e. neck dive), however, sure makes them a lot less tenable.

 

The Ibanez MC888 bean Bass has a very tiny body, and its a 34" scale, unlike the Ashbory

This photo is the DS bean bass ( dark stain )



And just for reference, check its size next to a regula 'ol Jazz

 

This is another tiny bodied bass, The Yamaha Motion B MBII

 

Roscoe LG series basses. This one is an LG-3005 fretless. Roscoes have INCREDIBLE tone.



Peace,

James

 

the thumb is probably the absolute best bass i've ever played, small bodied, screams neck dive and is really heavy, but the tone is well worth it, and its price tag

 

Do ritter's have really small bodies. It seems like, but i haven't played one or seen one in person.