Suggestions on a Starter Bass for 9 Year-Old

All I'll say is I love my Bronco Bass. After a simple pickup change, it sounds fantastic, too.

The neck is absolutely great. Just make sure you get it dressed properly. Between my Bronco, Musicmaster, and Mustang Basses, I think the Bronco has the best neck.

 

My buddy has a Bronco. It plays nice but doesn't sound very good IMO. Maybe because its going through a 10 watt Traynor. Otherwise a decent bass for the money ($170 CDN or so)

 

Change that crappy 6-pole Strat pickup and I promise you, it'll sound good, too.

 

As far as a short-scale, I would definitely reccomend the Bronco, I used to use one in my rehearsal space before someone came by and took it home with them, they play great, well worth the $.

 

There is a used squier musicmaster on gc online its worth the money

 

my friend has his 8 year old playing his EBMM:




he also has a few youtube vids of him playing it.
http://www.youtube.com/user/periii1963?feature=mhum#p/u/1/dHhu23w2Xqc

so cute...lol

He only did that because why start out on something that in a couple years is gonna be replaced anyway....

now I understand that you may not want to go out and buy your daughter a full scale 1000.00 bass to begin with, but if you have something for her to use...let her get used to it

 

Three good options for a young beginner:

Squier Bronco
SX short scale from Rondo Music Home Page
Ibanez Mikro (young girls seem to like these a lot)

Hope that helps.

 

Should definitely consider this one. The four-saddle bridge means that really the pickup is the only weak point here.