34.5" Basses? List every manufacturer you know!

[IconBasser]

I'm already aware of F-Bass, who else makes them?

I find myself in one of those annoying predicaments where 34" scale basses all feel a bit too loose and floppy, and while I very much prefer the tightness of a 35" scale, the frets are just a hair too wide to be truly comfortable for my average sized hands.

I like the fret-width on F-Basses, but their chunky necks aren't quite what I'm after.

 

[mdogs]

Done

 

[IconBasser]

Done

very droll, you've been a great help

 

[kesslari]

@wintremute showed at least one at NAMM. I *think* it was the one that won best in show.

 

[pcake]

does a 33.5" to 34.5" multiscale count? probably not, but in case it does, here it is
Ibanez Bass Workshop SRMS800 - Deep Twilight

 

[tubatodd]

Tino Tedesco

 

[IconBasser]

Tino Tedesco

haven't heard of them before, thanks!

 

[JGR]

My Martin Keith is 34.5”

 

[smperry]

I've owned eight great basses with 34.5" scale:

Four Martin Keiths
Three F-Basses
One Nordstrand Nordy

 

[geshel]

I have an ACG that's 34.5". I think it was a custom request.

 

[darwin-bass]

Perhaps you can increase string stiffness by using heavy gauge and/or avoiding round core strings? I believe many flat wound strings give a stiff feel, though they also sound very different than round wounds.

 

[IamJohn]

39 Custom Guitars has a signature bass out for Chris Kollias that's 34.5"

Bass of the Week: 39 Custom Guitars CK Canorous

 

[57pbass]

Marcos Basses.. P & J style are 34.5 scale.
It’s hardly noticeable until you put it into your gig bag and it’s a little tighter..

 

[kumimajava]

@wintremute showed at least one at NAMM. I *think* it was the one that won best in show.

This one? :

That's a Freedom CGR / FCGR Dulake, which is typically 34" - unless they've amended it. Neck's plenty stiff for a fantastic low-B, but doesn't have the extra half inch that the OP's after

As an answer to OP's question, I was going to suggest Mayones - but realized that they're actually only 34.25".

Another suggestion would be Maruszczyk - he's made a few 34.5" models (played one Frog-5 in that scale length), and it's always a custom option that you can request.

 

[lowfreqgeek]

Kinal Basses

Another Canadian. Hmm...

 

[Thumpin6string]

John Carruthers makes 34.5" scale basses.
Basses | Carruthers Guitars

 

[hardtop]

Weren't the old RD's and Rippers 34.5" scale?

 

[el_Bajo_Verde]

Why not just get slightly heavier gauge strings for your 34" scale bass?

 

[wmmj]

This one? :
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That's a Freedom CGR / FCGR Dulake, which is typically 34" - unless they've amended it. Neck's plenty stiff for a fantastic low-B, but doesn't have the extra half inch that the OP's after

As an answer to OP's question, I was going to suggest Mayones - but realized that they're actually only 34.25".

Another suggestion would be Maruszczyk - he's made a few 34.5" models (played one Frog-5 in that scale length), and it's always a custom option that you can request.

Dragonfly, another Tokyo based brand, tends to do 34.5”. Here’s an example from Digimart, which is basically Japan’s reverb.

dragonfly／CS-5 345 GLOSS VANILLA / L.ASH【人気カラー・VANILLA】／新品／¥318600／状態：S

Speaking of Freedom, their vintage style 5’s are 34”, but the the saddle for the B string has a bit more “room”. I own one but posting the store pic. Combined with the tapered string for the B, it’s pretty darn good. (Obviously not a long scale Dingwall or Modulus.)

 

[BassJuju]

Well... you stole my thunder for the brand, but I am going to ask what you mean by chunky necks? Compared to the other brands I've played-- Fender, Rick, Gibson, Ibanez-- the F Bass necks are svelte. I have 2 6's and 1 5'er. The 5 is a 34" VF, but I love the way it feels.