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rj1972
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- Nov 17, 2008
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Here is one I made for myself, I make these J basses in 34" for customers. This one is a 32" conversion neck made out of walnut with a bocate fingerboard. Swamp ash body in Miami blue. Hipshot hardware including string through A bridge. 8.4 lbs and I am loving it.
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NBD - MTD Kingston LK4 32" scale. Just got this yesterday. "B" stock at a great price! Here are some pics and thoughts:
I don't know why it was "B" stock. I suspect it was the finish flaw on the back of the body (see pic), although the back contour seems a bit, well, angular (see pic). Being a bolt-on neck, I'd have thought they'd just swap the neck onto a nicer body, as the neck is great! Awesome fretwork! 2 octaves. Each fret is rounded at the end and there are no sharp ends. I wonder if it was made where my Firefly double-neck was made. That's the only other recent instrument I've see with that sort of fretwork. Perfect (for me) relief. The action was a bit too low (!) for me, but not unplayable, and I'm kinda fond of low action! There is a neck/headstock joint that's pretty odd (see pic), I've only seen one other in that location, on a BC Rich Mockingbird I had in the '80's. The battery compartment is NOT a quick access, held by 2 screws. The battery itself is wrapped in a foam "cradle" so you have to pull the foam out to extract the battery. Odd...
It comes equipped with a zero fret and a Buzz Feiten tuning system, which is a bit esoteric but does make for a nicely in-tune bass. Doubt I'll ever be able to replicate it. There are YT videos explaining it. Guess I'll just have to restring it with whatever it came with! No silk on the bridge end, yellow silk on the tuner end. Anyone know what they might be?
Electronics are: Active mode - V, Passive Tone, active B/Mid/T, Pan pot. Passive mode - V/Bal/T. Active/passive switch. P/J pups. Don't know the brand but they sound pretty great even through my old Crate BT25 living room amp. They are, of course, positioned differently than a standard P, J, or P/J given the scale length and 24 fret neck. The sonic options are really great and useable. I was very pleasantly surprised! Smaller body, lighter weight (sorry, I don't have a scale). Worth the street price? I dunno... Worth the "B" stock price? Yeah! Looking forward to a gig test drive next weekend but this week's gigs call for a 5 string, but they do make an LK5!
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The Bar Band Bassman
I don't know why it was "B" stock. I suspect it was the finish flaw on the back of the body (see pic), although the back contour seems a bit, well, angular (see pic). Being a bolt-on neck, I'd have thought they'd just swap the neck onto a nicer body, as the neck is great! Awesome fretwork! 2 octaves. Each fret is rounded at the end and there are no sharp ends. I wonder if it was made where my Firefly double-neck was made. That's the only other recent instrument I've see with that sort of fretwork. Perfect (for me) relief. The action was a bit too low (!) for me, but not unplayable, and I'm kinda fond of low action! There is a neck/headstock joint that's pretty odd (see pic), I've only seen one other in that location, on a BC Rich Mockingbird I had in the '80's. The battery compartment is NOT a quick access, held by 2 screws. The battery itself is wrapped in a foam "cradle" so you have to pull the foam out to extract the battery. Odd...
It comes equipped with a zero fret and a Buzz Feiten tuning system, which is a bit esoteric but does make for a nicely in-tune bass. Doubt I'll ever be able to replicate it. There are YT videos explaining it. Guess I'll just have to restring it with whatever it came with! No silk on the bridge end, yellow silk on the tuner end. Anyone know what they might be?
Electronics are: Active mode - V, Passive Tone, active B/Mid/T, Pan pot. Passive mode - V/Bal/T. Active/passive switch. P/J pups. Don't know the brand but they sound pretty great even through my old Crate BT25 living room amp. They are, of course, positioned differently than a standard P, J, or P/J given the scale length and 24 fret neck. The sonic options are really great and useable. I was very pleasantly surprised! Smaller body, lighter weight (sorry, I don't have a scale). Worth the street price? I dunno... Worth the "B" stock price? Yeah! Looking forward to a gig test drive next weekend but this week's gigs call for a 5 string, but they do make an LK5!
Features;
- •32" scale 4-string
- •24 medium jumbo frets
- •Zero fret 40mm nut
- •One-piece neck with satin polyester finish
- •Carved Basswood body
- •Metallic Gloss finish
- •MTD quick release bridge, 19mm string spacing at bridge
- •Double-action truss rod
- •Maple fingerboard
- •Black front and side dots
- •Five controls: volume, blend, passive tone, mid, stacked bass/treble, active passive switch.
- •MTD P/J pickups
- •Shielded electronics compartment
- •Buzz Feiten Tuning System
- •Weight - 7.5 - 8lb/3 - 3.5kg
The Bar Band Bassman
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rj1972
Supporting Member
- Nov 17, 2008
- 308
- 573
- Disclosures
- D'addario Endorsee, Tom Clement Bass Endorsee
I had Potvin Templates make a template and my partner did. I am not that talented! He is a sparkle 4 string I did also.
Love it. B stock price prob brings it into really good value. 2 octave neck on 32" is a huge feature. Not sure it's worth the $$ over my Squier Jaguar H right now, but these do look great. Also not a huge fan of the color options.
Meridian Mojo II 4 Fretted - Val Di Fiamme Red Spruce | Reverb
Love everything about this except the inlays. Hate hate hate block inlays, and oval ones look even worse. Apart from that this is a fine looking med scale.
Love everything about this except the inlays. Hate hate hate block inlays, and oval ones look even worse. Apart from that this is a fine looking med scale.
Nicely balanced. No neck dive. Not sure about the 5 string version. It's quite light.
The Bar Band Bassman
Yes, Lake Placid Blue seems to be everywhere this year... Red would have been nice.
The Bar Band Bassman
Here my medium scale Fender P bass.
Is that a standard sized pbass body? My jag H neck fitted great on an empty pbass body but it was obvious that I was gonna have to move the bridge forward and wasn't sure how the (missing) pup would sound.
Yes it's a 2005 squier pbass alder body and 2022 jag H neck. I only has to move the bridge about 1/2 inch to get to 32".
I was going to fill the holes but decided to just use black screws to hide them. Picture attached.
Replace the squier electronics with and older emg set I had. Sounds good !
I was going to fill the holes but decided to just use black screws to hide them. Picture attached.
Replace the squier electronics with and older emg set I had. Sounds good !
Just noticed this The Official Medium Scale Bass Club,while doing search on Squier modified Telecaster Special,32 inch scale model. Been noticing this style Tele for awhile,and managed to find one at decent price. Real nice,and clean to be 10 years old. Only thing noticeable was on pick guard and control plate. Just received it this past Wednesday 5th of July. Been checking it out here at home last couple days. Really liking the bridge pickup,Fender Humbucker real deep bassie tone. Noticed increased in the price since first come out,on Reverb. Thought I would share some pictures.
When I had my MTD Kingston Z5 (which I regret selling but 35" scale really didn't work for me) I found something online called "TB Stobe Tuner" for only 5 bucks that allowed me to properly tune my bass for the Buzz Feiten Tuning system. Worked like a charm and super cheap. I just thought I would give you a heads up about that so you can use whatever strings you want for that bass.
Double header in the medium scale world:
The 1st is a Squier Katana Bass that I randomly found on GC used after searching for nearly a year to find one. The 2nd is a Squier medium-scale MIJ bass that I picked up off Reverb (not labeled as medium scale) for $400. The Katana needed a ton of TLC and a strap at all times but is so fun to look at. I am in love with this Squier P though, less than 8 lbs and the neck is incredibly comfortable.
The 1st is a Squier Katana Bass that I randomly found on GC used after searching for nearly a year to find one. The 2nd is a Squier medium-scale MIJ bass that I picked up off Reverb (not labeled as medium scale) for $400. The Katana needed a ton of TLC and a strap at all times but is so fun to look at. I am in love with this Squier P though, less than 8 lbs and the neck is incredibly comfortable.
Hi. I'm fairly new here but actively looking to join in the fun! I'm especially excited to find a medium scale club because medium scale is a thing — and a good one! I was so perturbed when a dude at one of my local shops — an official Fender/Squier retailer with a 32" Squier CV Jaguar hanging on the wall — insisted that "it's a short scale. Anything less than 34" is a short scale." Uh, no. Have you read your own brand literature? Because I have, and this Jag is clearly labeled medium-scale. And besides, if everything below 34" is a short scale, why does D'Addario (whose stuff is also on the wall) sell a set of 32" mediums?! [I didn't say this out loud because I'm not like that, but man did it run me the wrong way. The guy's always like that about everything. Anyway…]
I bought the Jag as my second bass after having started on an actual short scale, the Gretsch G2220 Junior Jet. Now that I've played for a while (been on bass about a year and a half, previously played guitar, mandolin, banjo), I think I would feel comfortable playing a full scale, but coming from those other instruments I thought it'd be easier to play something not so dauntingly large.
I'd love to be an official member of the medium gang; until then, I'll poke around and catch up on some of the previous content.
I bought the Jag as my second bass after having started on an actual short scale, the Gretsch G2220 Junior Jet. Now that I've played for a while (been on bass about a year and a half, previously played guitar, mandolin, banjo), I think I would feel comfortable playing a full scale, but coming from those other instruments I thought it'd be easier to play something not so dauntingly large.
I'd love to be an official member of the medium gang; until then, I'll poke around and catch up on some of the previous content.
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