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When did "Short Scale Shaming" become 'a thing'???
- Thread starter diegom
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Playing a short scale is no big deal. Have a blast.
What you NEVER want to do however, is play an ABG or use a compressor pedal. That’s where the judgement lies...
What you NEVER want to do however, is play an ABG or use a compressor pedal. That’s where the judgement lies...
I dig my longhorn, and am in search for my next SS
I for one, am not ashamed !!!!!!
Belittle my SS All 6'3" of my Well proportioned (the blond's my S.O. also "Well Proportioned)
Come at me bro!
Or A plexi Dan Armstrong Fretless?
I for one, am not ashamed !!!!!!
Belittle my SS All 6'3" of my Well proportioned (the blond's my S.O. also "Well Proportioned)
Come at me bro!
Or A plexi Dan Armstrong Fretless?
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I own 2 Michael Kelly ABG's (5 and 4 string fretless)Playing a short scale is no big deal. Have a blast.
What you NEVER want to do however, is play an ABG or use a compressor pedal. That’s where the judgement lies...
I use a Whirlwind OC comp (always on)
Next ?
Hold my beer.
Killer short scale. 32 basses 12 in hand at this time and this is my go to.
It's an easier transition if your fretless is the same scale you normally play.
I agree though, that that bass is beautiful!
No I had several 30 & 34 scale fretless but this is my first plain finger board.
This is Cortobass 285 from Birdsong Gutairs. It took 10 months of collaboration and building to come up with one. Very dark and rich sound with plenty of sustain. The most comfortable bass I own.
I bet it is really dark, with that pickup at the end of the fingerboard. It's also probably very well defined.
Is it, with just the neck pickup? Is that a single-coil?
Lace Gold Sensor at the end of the neck. I also have a fretless Birdsong with that configuration, and a fretted with just the neck pickup. I find it a bit darker with both pickups on full than I do with the neck pickup solo. Fantastic sound - the one I have with just the neck pickup is my primary fretted bass. The two-pickup fretless was my main bass for 8 years, until getting my current single pickup fretless (with a Delano Xtender closer to the bridge).
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
I have no doubt that literally within the first 10 seconds of seeing an Audiovox 736 Tutmarc an upright bass player made fun of it for being too short.
I've only seen two people here consistently bad mouth short scales.
One person was always talking about how Mustangs used to be cheap, beginner basses.
He probably had a point, but a lot of people still like them anyways.
One person was always talking about how Mustangs used to be cheap, beginner basses.
He probably had a point, but a lot of people still like them anyways.
This thread title is literally the first time I've heard the notion of shame cast toward someone playing a short scale bass.
Play whatever instrument you wish. Create your sound; create your identity; make it "you".
Play whatever instrument you wish. Create your sound; create your identity; make it "you".
Shaming "short scale" started back when the very first insecure electric bass player felt a need to rag on someone else in order to feel better about himself. I think his name was Jason Wankylips...but I'm not sure. Anyway, ever since then that's what insecure wannabees do. My advice is to just ignore them.
I'm not familiar with this kind of shamming. However, I've heard people shaming over acoustic bass guitars to the point of saying "real men play uprights".
Play what works for you, live and rock on!
Play what works for you, live and rock on!
