Where do you find the shorties?

[Dan_reeves]

Gretsch Junior Jet

 

[radioripster]

I think I may be in love!

If it sounds and feels great for that price, I won't have to do too much persuading with the husband! So many colors to choose from! Thanks for making me aware of this.

You're quite welcome.

I hope it works out for you. If it doesn't, I'm willing to bet that you can list on ebay and somebody will snatch it up. Tell your husband that too.

heh.

Have at it, young lady.

See ya!

 

[Off-Beat]

Epiphone EB 0. It's also super cheap.

Epiphone EB-0 - Cherry

 

[Gully Foyle]

Also Gretsch, and epihone eb0 are non fender options.

I've thought about an eb0, but I feel like id need to swap out the pup, maybe add another

 

[Londo Molari]

You do yourself a disservice if you neglect to try a Longhorn, the Jerry Jones version is the one that convinced me to leave the 34" world and the Danelectro is a reasonable version at a much more palatable price.

 

[bholder]

I think I may be in love!

If it sounds and feels great for that price, I won't have to do too much persuading with the husband! So many colors to choose from! Thanks for making me aware of this.

Yeah, Rondo's always been a very solid budget-conscious deal, I'm ashamed I didn't think to mention them, they almost always have good short scale choices. Lots of fun toys there.

 

[Shortie]

To get a very good idea of what is out there, go here - you don't have to buy from there (although you might want to) - but you'll learn an awful lot about what's available:

Reverb.com - Short Scale Basses

Aside from that, there are some well known short scale basses used by some famous artists - Gibson EBO's and SG's, Hofners, Guild Starfires.... If you see a well known artist using a shorty from a good name, there's usually more where that come from. Fender has never been much of a short scale shop - Gibson, Guild and Gretsch always had plenty of short scale offerings.

And if you're into it, among the older names and models from back in the 60s there are lots of shorties - you can find them up there on Reverb.com . Fender and Fender style axes weren't nearly as dominant back then as they are today.

As it is, shorties are making a comeback these days. Over the last year or two Fender has reissued a few short scale "one offs"; Guild is reissuing all the old M-85s and Starfires; Eastwood, Reverend, and a lot of other newer names are out there with good and interesting short scale models. I think this is for two reasons:

• More girls and women, like yourself, are taking to bass.
• Baby Boomers (like me) are getting to the age where they have some trouble handling long scale basses.

 

[H2okie]

I occasionally play a hagstrom swede. Essentially a Gibson les Paul type bass. Short scale. Interesting sound. I play flats on it. It does NOT sound like a fender.

 

[jd56hawk]

I keep seeing people here talking about their different short-scale basses, so obviously there is a variety out there. But where do you find them? I pretty much HAVE to play a shorty--I'm a petite woman with small hands, and the big ones just don't work for me. I own the VM Jaguar and love it, but like just about everyone, I'd like to have another one. When I look for other shorties, the only ones I ever really come across are the Jag and the Ibanez Mikro, and I'm not terribly interested in that one. So am I missing something, or are they just not making many short-scale models at the moment? This is good for my GAS, I guess, but it's still frustrating.

As, mentioned earlier...Epiphone Rumblekat.
These can be had for less than $400. This one is on ebay and I think it will go for much less.
Exceptional quality...looks and feels like a much more expensive bass, great tone, too.

The only short-scale I'd even consider.

 

[cattrax]

Cort Action Junior is 30" scale and lightweight.

 

[cattrax]

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Here's the link.

 

[Matthew Barrack]

Though I'm not a big fan of the Mikro's (I feel like I was too quick to buy one), short scales can be great. Here are a few:

-Fender Jaguar Bass
-Fender Mustang Bass
-Epiphone Viola (a personal favourite)
-Hofner Basses (Pretty sure all the 500/ basses (500/1 to 500/8 are 30-inch)
-Ibanez Artcore Bass
-And MORE!

 

[bholder]

To get a very good idea of what it is out there, go here - you don't have to buy from there (although you might want to) - but you'll learn an awful lot about what's available.

Reverb.com - Short Scale Basses

Aside from that, there are some well known short scale basses used by some famous artists - Gibson EBO's and SG's, Hofners, Guild Starfires.... If you see a well known artist using a shorty from a good name, there's usually more where that come from. Fender has never been much of a short scale shop - Gibson and Guild always had plenty of short scale offerings.

And if you're into it, among the older names and models from back in the 60s there are lots of shorties - you can find them up there on Reverb.com . Fender and Fender style axes weren't nearly as dominant back then as they re today. As it is, shorties are making a comeback these days.

Oooh, Hagstrom goodness:

 

[Gully Foyle]

That hag is also available in an 8-string shortie - here's mine, it's awesone.

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Another vote for Hofner Ignition series. Club or violin, and you get the Hofner sound with the correct flat wound strings - either Pyramid Gold, or Thomastik_Infeld Jazz flats. I have had 5 German made Hofners, sold all of them and now have an Ignition. They are also light weight. Very McCartney sounding.

 

[khutch]

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] and a 32 which may be short enough. Eastwood also makes a Sidejack VI which is a short scale six string. Or is it a long scale baritone guitar? Anyway if a VI would be of interest to you Rondo may have one, Squier and Fender have one each, and the Ibanez SRC6 is a really nice hard tail example of the genre.

 

[Shortie]

Yup - bunch of them up there. They're in production. Somebody was showing some white ones up there but they disappeared - distribution problems.

I'm thinking about their Viking hollow body at the moment.

 

[Shortie]

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I had one of their Classic 4's - was not impressed with the quality and sent it back. (I know Ed Friedlander loves his - to each his own.) The good news is that they paid for everything, including return shipping, with no hassles.

 

[SkinCoffin]

I play the warwick short scale corvette. Secondhand you could get that for a good price if you shop around but they're not common at all. Never seen one in a store. Otherwise maybe a Dean Evo or something. I'm not a huge fan on fender style, hollowbody or semi hollow basses and am also a girl with the short arms and small hands, so I play that warwick bass. Had a mikro and it wasn't that good to be honest. I got so sick of the lack of instruments options that are my style/what I like, and also shorties, I'm just having a new neck made for me by a luthier out of parts from full scales and warwick are making me a short scale custom shop. But i guess that might be out of your price range, so yeah just look out on ebay there's some weird old japanese brands that come up sometimes. Also try searching 3/4 or junior as key words as a lot of shorties are consisered kids/beginner basses. Cort also make one that is cheap so look them up.

 

[Forty-Thirty]

Oooh, Hagstrom goodness:

DAAAANG, that is a sexy bass!