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Me and my dad were planning on converting a guitar to travel bass.

But then we realised that we had a 34" scale neck (a squier jazz bass one) and the body is too small to fit the bridge on at 34".

I realise there probably isn't (mostly because my dad says there isn't) but is there any way we could make it fit ie. a different scale that would work with a 34" neck?

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Just swap the bridge for a 4 string, and make a new nut (you may get away with using 4 of the original tuners, depending on how much friction they have).

Then use the .135 gauge B string from a heavy 5 string set as the E on the 25.5" scale, then the .105 E string as the A string and so on.

There was a guy on TB that did the same thing to convert an acoustic guitar to bass.

If you're unsure how this will feel, put the BEAD strings on your 4 string and capo at the 5th fret: instant 25.5" scale bass tuned EADG!

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