What Short Scale Basses Can You Recommend?

[beaubrummels]

Re: What Short Scale Basses Can You Recommend?

I use a Gretsch G2210 Jet Bass to compose bass lines with. It's around $200. Solid chunk of wood, actually heavier than you would expect. It sounds good, does P-Bass/Jazz kind of tones, plays in tune, intonation good. It's only drawback is it has some flappy, distorted snap to it if you pluck the strings too hard. I usually have to keep the tone dialed down to a really warm setting like 3-5 and watch my technique.

I tried a Squire Bronco Bass, Epiphone EB-0, Ibanez Mikro when I was shopping. Squire wouldn't play in tune and sounded weak/weird. Epiphone was very comfortable, played like a small guitar, but the sound was absolutely vintage dead. One-trick pony. The Ibanez I tried had electrical problems and what worked didn't sound great. The tone controls weren't musical. Like listening to your bass from another room.

[zenmindbeginner]

Re: What Short Scale Basses Can You Recommend?

Used Musicmaster on eBay.

[ehdwuld]

Re: What Short Scale Basses Can You Recommend?

does it have to be a short scale?

if you want something that is comfortable to play

Ibanez SR250 or SR300 will get you there
for round three bills new

much less used

cmon whats another 4 inches any ways
it only hurts to begin with

Re: What Short Scale Basses Can You Recommend?

The Squier VM Jaguar Bass neck is regular 34" scale, Jazz Bass dimensions. PJ and H pickup versions exist.

The Fender 30" scale bass guitars are the Mustang and Musicmaster.

Epiphone offers EB-3, Explorer and Vee style basses, all with a medium scale length.

[astrozombie]

-preferrably under $300... but not that low quality.

-I know about the Jaguars squier puts out.

-short scale (30" scale)

what can you recommend? What do you know about?