Small body basses?

[Baryonyx]

Alembic Stanley Clarke Signature (it's also short scale)

Small body, big sound! I gotta get me one of these one day!

 

[AllenBass7]

Warwick Corvettes are small but VERY powerful.

better yet

a Corvette Proline. comes with my EQ options and Active Pickups(which you can switch to Passive with the push of a button). It's what i have. i love mine
Get a nice used one though.

 

[the JT]

I'd like info on this mini bass, please.

I've got a daughter (4), who I want to get started early.[/QUOTE]

Thats a Greg Bennet short scale (maybe called a corsair?) It has a surprisingly fat and warm sound and plays great with new strings. Get one they only cost a couple hundred.

 

[mantelclock]

u.s. masters. very small bodies

 

[El-Bob]

someone in this thread mentioned a peavey millennium, and for the first time i'm gonna have to disagree. i own a 5 string millennium, and have played many 4's, and while the bodies aren't huge, they're not exceptionally small either. they're great basses, well balanced, comfortable, fast necks, but there are many other basses with much small bodies.

 

[oddgrowth]

Thats a Greg Bennet short scale (maybe called a corsair?) It has a surprisingly fat and warm sound and plays great with new strings. Get one they only cost a couple hundred.

thanks bud.

Warwick Corvettes are small but VERY powerful.

better yet

a Corvette Proline. comes with my EQ options and Active Pickups(which you can switch to Passive with the push of a button). It's what i have. i love mine
Get a nice used one though.

yea, mine's a '94 proline no eq options tho.

It was the first bass I found that really "fit". That was 12 years ago. I use a different primary bass now, but when I found that 'vette...oh boy.

 

[CaioBM]

Dude, I've heard that W Thumbs have the neckdive problem. But I totally vote Sterling.

 

[nickbear]

the best quality small bodied basses ive owned are the warwick streamer and the musicman sterling. the warwick thumb has a really reallllllly small body but the way it hangs on a strap makes the reach to the first fret a bit of a stretch to some people like me.

i would try a sterling

 

[bassteban]

I hope the OP's found something- it's bee a coupla YEARS

 

[Jeff Scott]

Martin Keith Guitars

 

[lomo]

I am looking for small body basses, 4 string. I have a Schecter Silletto and I do like the smaller bodies. I am not looking for a Steinberger, or violin bass but a conventional looking bass with a smaller body. Any recommendations?

Are Spector bass bodies smaller?
Thanks

Yes Spector bodies are very small and sleek, as are Warwick
Corvettes and Streamers. If you want something that looks traditional but is very downsized, the Lakland Darryl Jones is (IMHE) superb in sound and tone.

 

[seedvicious]

how are the sterling sub bases like? i mean size wize? are necks nice and slim too like on fender jazz for example?

 

[Davo-London]

This is what I would get:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Ja...r-/131113225339?pt=Guitar&hash=item1e86f50c7b

Davo

 

[JH Statts]

Aren't the Fender American Deluxe Active Jazz & P-Basses smaller bodied?

 

[Munjibunga]

Roscoe LG3004.

 

[Mike Sorr]

Zombie thread resurrection. This is why it pays to do a search. I was going to ask the exact same question about currently produced smaller bodied, light weight basses, other than Spectors and Warwicks. My budget would be in the ballpark of $1000 (preferably under).

After decades of being primarily a Fender player I have decided once and for all that I much prefer smaller bodied basses, especially under 9 lbs. My first experience with one was an Ibanez Roadstar II RB850 in the 80s. I also had an Ibanez Bean bass, which was crazy small. Too bad they don't make these anymore. I loved those basses, but for some reason it never dawned on me that they could replace my Fenders as my go to instruments. I have also owned Steinbergers and Spectors, and my current number one is a Warwick Dolphin Pro II. I'd own an army of these if I could find them. My Rebop 5 weighed in at 8.2 lbs and I'm still wondering why I sold it.

 

[Nephilymbass]

I am looking for small body basses, 4 string. I have a Schecter Silletto and I do like the smaller bodies. I am not looking for a Steinberger, or violin bass but a conventional looking bass with a smaller body. Any recommendations?

Are Spector bass bodies smaller?
Thanks

The Warwick thumb bass is the smallest body bass I've owned. Its definetly thick though and bubinga is pretty heavy so while its small it feels pretty substantial, I would call it over the top heavy but let's jus say it doesn't feel like a toy when you pick it up.

 

[malthumb]

Zombie thread resurrection. This is why it pays to do a search. I was going to ask the exact same question about currently produced smaller bodied, light weight basses, other than Spectors and Warwicks. My budget would be in the ballpark of $1000 (preferably under).

After decades of being primarily a Fender player I have decided once and for all that I much prefer smaller bodied basses, especially under 9 lbs. My first experience with one was an Ibanez Roadstar II RB850 in the 80s. I also had an Ibanez Bean bass, which was crazy small. Too bad they don't make these anymore. I loved those basses, but for some reason it never dawned on me that they could replace my Fenders as my go to instruments. I have also owned Steinbergers and Spectors, and my current number one is a Warwick Dolphin Pro II. I'd own an army of these if I could find them. My Rebop 5 weighed in at 8.2 lbs and I'm still wondering why I sold it.

If you are starting with $1,000 and are not in a hurry, I'd strongly suggest saving some more $$$ while looking for a used LG-3000 (4-string) or LG-3005 (5-string). You will not be disappointed.