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Where do you find the shorties?

#104
skeeler said:
Sadly, there are relatively few solidbody short scales priced between 300-dollar budget models and 2000-dollar boutique basses.
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These are right around $1000. The fretless Scott is demonstrating is the one he made for me. They are available with tort pickguards as an option now.

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Lakland has a semi-hollow for about the same money.

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Forty-Thirty said:
Oh yeah. Body can be whatever--it's the neck that I have to worry about (both length and girth (wow, that sounds like I'm describing something else doesn't it? :whistle:) since I have small hands). I will look into Mustangs too! That's my preferred car--maybe it'll also be my preferred bass.
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Yes it does. However, now you have to pick the right size (and those little SX's are so cute, aren't they?)
 
#112
Duder said:
Maybe they just want to test the waters before going into full production. I, personally, hope they make all the full scale Talman colors available in short scale.
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A long time back, I expressed the wish that Ibanez would make an upgraded Mikro, sort of a semi-pro version with better bits and pieces. I imagine that's never going to happen now, and that the TMB30 will be Ibanez's "better" short-scale bass. I'd be willing to bet that the black TMB30 will be followed by all the Talman color variations -- why not? It'd be simple and cheap for Ibanez to do.
 
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#113
Forty-Thirty said:
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.
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I didnt read all the replies on here but theres the Fender rascal bass is short scale I believe in comes in a beautiful ocean torquois color. Also Fender Coronado's are short scale but also hollowbody.
 
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Forty-Thirty said:
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.
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Fender Classic Player Rascal Bass - Ocean Turquoise
 
#115
MetsMan75 said:
I didnt read all the replies on here but theres the Fender rascal bass is short scale I believe in comes in a beautiful ocean torquois color.
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I mentioned earlier on the previous page plus it has decent Swiss Army bass capabilities but thats not why I responded to your post....I responded to your post because im also a Mets fan :D Nice to have someone here to chat with :D ( No, I do not want to talk about the WS :/)
 
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Dradder said:
A long time back, I expressed the wish that Ibanez would make an upgraded Mikro, sort of a semi-pro version with better bits and pieces. I imagine that's never going to happen now, and that the TMB30 will be Ibanez's "better" short-scale bass.
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Andertons has the TMB30 priced at 145 pounds, 4 pounds less than the 4-string Mikro, and the TMB30 has the same electronics as the TMB100, which sells for 200 bucks in the US, 20 dollars more than the 4-string Mikro, so I have a hard time seeing it taking on the "better" short-scale role.
 

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