The Definitive "Pro" Shortscale...?

#61
Here you go.... print out the word "Fender" and carefully tape it to the headstock.

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Seriously though, this is an SX. I just got a lefty SX a while back and it's pretty amazing for the cost. The build quality is top notch and it sounds great with my GK stuff. And you could always have a P stashed in the car if they really must judge you......
 
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edencab said:
I gas for one of these.I hear good things...bet you could get a pro sound out of it...the Thunder Jet is also short scale, but much "longer" in $$$
Bass :: G2224 Junior Jet™ Bass II, Rosewood Fingerboard, 30.3" Scale, Tobacco Sunburst

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The Gretsch bass pictured in the quoted post and the Lakland pictured a few posts before both seem to have a huge quantity of body behind the bridge as compared to the average 34" scale bass. I guess the effort is to keep a "full size" body? Seems that might contribute to neck dive. It also looks unusual. The SX pictured one post back looks much more "normal" regarding the placement of the bridge on the body. Just an observation.
 
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Tim Skaggs said:
The Gretsch bass pictured in the quoted post and the Lakland pictured a few posts before both seem to have a huge quantity of body behind the bridge as compared to the average 34" scale bass. I guess the effort is to keep a "full size" body? Seems that might contribute to neck dive. It also looks unusual. The SX pictured one post back looks much more "normal" regarding the placement of the bridge on the body. Just an observation.
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huh...didn't notice that at all...interesting

this one too
Epiphone Allen Woody Rumblekat Bass
 
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Tim Skaggs said:
Agree. The Gretsch and the Rumblekat both have enough body behind the bridge to move it back, change necks, and have a 34 or maybe 35" scale. Perhaps these bodies are used with the bridge moved back & a 34" scale neck as a different model?
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The rumblekat is big semi hollow with a set neck, and designed by Alan Woody for Epiphone. I've never seen a full scale Gretsch LP model
 
#67
I owned a $1200 Fender Elitist P bass, got rid of it- it sucked- and eventually got a JJ Longhorn, and the Longhorn sounds better than any bass I've ever owned, and everyone seems to tell me how good the bass sounds. Real musicians don't care what your bass is, as long as it sounds good and you don't suck.
 
#68
For those who truly believe the myth that the name on the headstock means something to a world-class audio engineer, this is for you.

It's a "Smart Size" 29.5" actual Fender Jazz bass out of Japan. Not sure they make them anymore, but they come up used periodically in all the usual places. Unfortunately, Fender Japan never made a production P in "Smart Size", so you are out of luck there. If you are searching you may have better luck searching for "Smart Size", the SS does not stand for Short Scale.

By the way, in Japan scale length is always measured from the nut to the 12th fret and then doubled. That means the 373.5mm scale translates to 14.704" which when when doubled is roughly 29.5" scale.

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Superb world-class choices are mentioned in this thread, such as PRS, Alembic, Rob Allen, Gibson, Hofner and many others. Play the bass that fits you and feels good, extends your playing time and maximizes your potential - whichever one that may be.

Never met an engineer or a player yet - that in a blind audio test - could hear a track and call out the scale length.

The name on the headstock might mean a lot to your local producer/engineer, but if the person is world-class with real aspirations, he or she will lunge at the opportunity and the challenge of experimenting with a wide variety of basses. Especially if you are doing your own music. Focus on what brings out the best in your playing, not the name on the headstock. There's the real truth.
 
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