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THE SHORT SCALE BASS THREAD!
- Thread starter de la mocha
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About half a year ago, I bought this short scale Hagström Swede-inspired bass built by TB:er MPU:
It's now my favourite bass, and has made me a short scale convert. No more long scales for me, I think.
You can hear it on my Link Removed.
It's now my favourite bass, and has made me a short scale convert. No more long scales for me, I think.
You can hear it on my Link Removed.
Couldn't agree more, thanks for the kind words. It also plays and sounds beautifully.
It's a DarkStar.
for some reason i absolutely love the gibson short scale basses. tho since i am also a guitarist (another reason i like shorts) i will will never be able to afford the real thing cause i spend most of my money on my guitar set-up. but i have played a couple of 70's ibanez sg style basses and they kicked so much ass! which really pissed me off cause my friend who never plays bass got one given to him for free in awesome condition with case 
damn him! the pickups on those are just awesome. i do have one short scale bass but it is definately a project, it is a hagstrom sg style bass and despite being totally thrashed within an inch of its life it is a strong bass. the pickups remind me of the ibanez ones, the sound was just awesome despite the bass being beaten badly and the feel of the neck is just great even tho the person who had it before me sanded the neck for some reason.
when i got the bass it was so far gone, if i knew who was responsible for the crimes against this bass i would teach them a lesson. a lesson in violence that is
damn him! the pickups on those are just awesome. i do have one short scale bass but it is definately a project, it is a hagstrom sg style bass and despite being totally thrashed within an inch of its life it is a strong bass. the pickups remind me of the ibanez ones, the sound was just awesome despite the bass being beaten badly and the feel of the neck is just great even tho the person who had it before me sanded the neck for some reason.when i got the bass it was so far gone, if i knew who was responsible for the crimes against this bass i would teach them a lesson. a lesson in violence that is
My EB-0 project bass. It had a new neck grafted on, the original bridge, body & mudbucker when I bought it on Ebay for $200. I added sperzel light weight locking tuners, a Big D varitone switch and a Rio Grande Pitbull. Finished in Alpine nitro white. A great little bass and the mudmucker is it's own animal. When blended with the Pit Bull it has Great growl, almost like a Yamaha Attitude sound. On the short scale the G & D strings sound amazing.
Before as I recieved it.
Hanging with the shovels!
Finished after a year!
Before as I recieved it.
Hanging with the shovels!
Finished after a year!
My EB-0 project bass. It had a new neck grafted on, the original bridge, body & mudbucker when I bought it on Ebay for $200. I added sperzel light weight locking tuners, a Big D varitone switch and a Rio Grande Pitbull. Finished in Alpine nitro white. A great little bass and the mudmucker is it's own animal. When blended with the Pit Bull it has Great growl, almost like a Yamaha Attitude sound. On the short scale the G & D strings sound amazing.
Before as I recieved it.
Hanging with the shovels!
Finished after a year!
Wow...she's beautiful.
i figure john howard is always frenching bushes behind that if george is on fire then both would be taken out
omg, it is beatiful *drools*My EB-0 project bass. It had a new neck grafted on, the original bridge, body & mudbucker when I bought it on Ebay for $200. I added sperzel light weight locking tuners, a Big D varitone switch and a Rio Grande Pitbull. Finished in Alpine nitro white. A great little bass and the mudmucker is it's own animal. When blended with the Pit Bull it has Great growl, almost like a Yamaha Attitude sound. On the short scale the G & D strings sound amazing.
Before as I recieved it.
Hanging with the shovels!
Finished after a year!
Thanks man! I love it, too. Unfortunately for your wallet, this bass has the "Space Control" bridge:
Kinda tough to see, but the horizontal rod there is threaded, and the strings actually rest on ferrules that are also threaded. So, you can actually adjust the spacing at the bridge to whatever floats your boat (limited, of course, by the physical width of the neck, and the magnetic fields of the pickups' pole pieces). The action for each side of the bridge is adjustable on-the-fly--the vertical columns that hold that threaded rod are resting on thumbscrews.
Peace
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That is a very cool bridge system. There must have been someone in the product design department at Gretsch with short fat fingers like me. What is it that they say about resistance around here..........
Any body know of any 32" basses? The only production models I know about are the Daisy Rock elite bass and I think the Fender Urge.
Funny but I thought the same thing at first. The horns have less contour on the inside of them and the jack is side mounted. It turned out to be a transition year 69-70 slot EB-0.
You can see an original one here-
http://www.gibsonbass.com/EB0_2.php
It was definately a slot head The plastic pickup ring, Mudbucker, pickguard without the thumb rest & bridge matched as well. As for the neck it was aftermarket/home made? It came with the new neck grafted on.
I paid 125 bucks for this at a pawnshop in Roxbury MA
some years back.
The pots date it to 1963.
some years back.
The pots date it to 1963.
