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THE SHORT SCALE BASS THREAD!
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Nice collection! I'm a big fan of those Epiphones. It's one of the best looking basses out there, IMO.
Yep, Mosrite Combo bass. Sounds awesome and they're still pretty cheap relatively.
Ibanez Mikro Bass. I got it after a spine surgery and I still play it since I've healed because it's just fun!
Next up for me is probably a Mustang or Musicmaster. These short basses start to grow on you.
I have a Mustang, a Bronco and the result of the unholy union of the two, a "Mustonco", but today I bought a Mikro (mine's black). It's also very nice.
I guess it can get kind of fuzzy but I define 31" and under as shortscale, over 31" to 33" as medium scale, and over 33" as long scale.
Yesterday I got the urge to see what a set of Bartolini P/J pickups I had laying around sounded like in my Mikro.
My Mikro is black and previously I had made a couple of cosmetic changes to partially "black out" the Mikro such as black strap buttons, black pickup and trussrod cover screws, black "tophat" knobs (they "go to 11") and I also installed a set of my favorite strings: Labella nylon tapewounds.
Nothing was really "wrong" with the OEM pickups other than the noise from the J but I like Barts so I gave it a go.
First off the Bart P pickups are a bit smaller than the OEM P pickups so there's about a 3/16" gap at the rounded portion of the outboard sides of the pickups, but it's not really noticeable from 10 feet.
Other than that everything fit fine and IMO it sounds even better. The lows are fuller, the mids and highs are smoother and less aggressive, and the bass is noiseless.
My Mikro is black and previously I had made a couple of cosmetic changes to partially "black out" the Mikro such as black strap buttons, black pickup and trussrod cover screws, black "tophat" knobs (they "go to 11") and I also installed a set of my favorite strings: Labella nylon tapewounds.
Nothing was really "wrong" with the OEM pickups other than the noise from the J but I like Barts so I gave it a go.
First off the Bart P pickups are a bit smaller than the OEM P pickups so there's about a 3/16" gap at the rounded portion of the outboard sides of the pickups, but it's not really noticeable from 10 feet.
Other than that everything fit fine and IMO it sounds even better. The lows are fuller, the mids and highs are smoother and less aggressive, and the bass is noiseless.
It's not fuzzy at all. Anything up to 31" is short scale. 32" to 33" is medium scale. 34" to 35" is long scale. And 36" and above is extra long scale.
You'll have to change the bridge on the SX. .110 is about as thick as you can go with the standard SX bridge, and it's a tight squeeze.
Jealous of the vast collection of shorts others have shown. I didn't realize there were so many different models out there. Anyway, I picked up this used Gretsch G2202 tonite. Plays and sounds great BUT had a Bad Ass II bridge laying around from a project bass so I slapped that on there. New strings tomorrow.. which leads me to... what kind of strings? I used d'addario XL's on my other basses for years and may give them a try first but this is my first short scale and any input would be welcome. E-string seems a bit floppy so a higher gauge may eliminate that?
Here are mine:
I got the Sky to have something to play when I didn't want to turn on an amp. I found that I liked the short scale. This was confirmed when I was trying out some basses at GC and found that I liked a Squier Bronco, which was by far the least expensive one I tried, the best. I got the Epiphone to have an electric shortie.
I got the Sky to have something to play when I didn't want to turn on an amp. I found that I liked the short scale. This was confirmed when I was trying out some basses at GC and found that I liked a Squier Bronco, which was by far the least expensive one I tried, the best. I got the Epiphone to have an electric shortie.
