THE SHORT SCALE BASS THREAD!

[georgiagoodie]

I've been playing a lot of short scale basses lately, with my left shoulder still sore from my moto wreck in March.

Early '60s Truetone, made by Kay
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Goldtop H500/1 CT
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Kay Jazz Special Reissue
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Squier VM Tele Special, modified
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Epi Allen Woody Sig, modified
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[fermata]

Wow--that's a great collection! What's your favorite?

 

[georgiagoodie]

Wow--that's a great collection! What's your favorite?

Right now it's a tie between the Truetone and the Kay. The Truetone is really set-up well (Thanks Lakland!). The speed bump pup has low output, so I boost the input pad, and the arrangement results in a tremendous amount of dynamics. You can just keep digging in, and it gets louder and louder. 'Sounds great using a fat pick (V-Picks "Extremely Large") with palm muting. I am really digging this bass. The Kay Jazz Special Reissue is pretty dang cool too. Looks alone make this bass first class. It gets a great double bass sound. 31" scale!?! The really narrow neck takes a little getting used too. Both basses are super-cool! I dig them both.

 

[NKBassman]

Very cool collection!

The Squier Tele basses were short scale?

 

[georgiagoodie]

Very cool collection!

The Squier Tele basses were short scale?

32" scale.

 

[KulNova]

My son is turning 4 year-old in the next few weeks (mid of July). He used to practice on my Sandberg bass which is too long and heavy for him. I bought him a short scale bass, which is 25" scale, with small body. Check this out.

 

[jasper383]

Band practice last night. When it's just three of us: guitar, bass, and drums, the Allen Woody is a great choice. It takes up a LOT of space in the mix.

 

[RED J]

Short. Like that guy from Brooklyn named Joey who's 5'7" and 185 lbs. of solid muscle.Somehow the short don't matter, capische ?

 

[fermata]

@RED J Who made your violin bass? It looks like a Hofner Ignition. If so, can you tell me about the modded control panel?

 

[powmetalbassist]

I just recently tried a U-bass. Was awesome, but at the same time very weird. I saw it in a local music shop and tried it out. Had pasticy strings (like flats but made of plastic. I had a blast wanking on it. Would I buy one? not likely. I like the Lakland Skyline short scales. Would love one of those. The U-Bass just wasn't for me.

 

[RED J]

Who made your violin bass? It looks like a Hofner Ignition. If so, can you tell me about the modded control panel?

Good eye, it is an Icon, same difference. It's Black Cherry Red, a limited run they did in several colors some years back. I made the modified control panel, V-V-T, myself. I just like it much better than the usual Hofner rig which I don't find very useful. I set it aside. I also changed the tuners from the wimpy buttons to lightweight Grover type. I'm also one of the few who likes rounds on a violin type bass. It'll thump or bite, if you dial it in right.

 

[fermata]

Good eye, it is an Icon, same difference. It's Black Cherry Red, a limited run they did in several colors some years back. I made the modified control panel, V-V-T, myself. I just like it much better than the usual Hofner rig which I don't find very useful. I set it aside. I also changed the tuners from the wimpy buttons to lightweight Grover type. I'm also one of the few who likes rounds on a violin type bass. It'll thump or bite, if you dial it in right.

Nice--I was wondering about that color! I'm thinking of a control panel mod, too. What value capacitor did you put on your tone control? And did you use 250k or 500k pots?

 

[RED J]

What value capacitor

.047 500K pots.

 

[RED J]

Just checked, bought that little gem back in 2008. time gets away.

 

[honeyiscool]

My shortie and I have been together for almost 9 years now. It even has a matching guitar to go with it.

 

[Bassnomer]

For anyone interested, I have this Squier Jaguar short scale up for sale in the classifieds!

 

[Temcat]

My son is turning 4 year-old in the next few weeks (mid of July). He used to practice on my Sandberg bass which is too long and heavy for him. I bought him a short scale bass, which is 25" scale, with small body. Check this out.

What model is this? I see that it has Fender decal.

 

[Count Bassie]

Last night's reggae festivities... Aria EB 3 saves my healing was-broken-and-still-sore left hand index finger.

 

[KulNova]

What model is this? I see that it has Fender decal.

It has a Fender precision decal on the headstock indeed. But I'm quite sure it's nothing todo with fender, as I bought it very cheap ($100). I think it's a local made bass. Quality is not good, but it's a good size for my son to practice

 

[CalBuzz51]

It has a Fender precision decal on the headstock indeed. But I'm quite sure it's nothing todo with fender, as I bought it very cheap ($100). I think it's a local made bass. Quality is not good, but it's a good size for my son to practice

If it's the Precision Bass Jr, 28" scale, it coul be worth $300-500. These typically have only one knob for volume, although a few were made/modded with a tone knob. (old cg ad attached).