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I find s-s basses much easier to play but I guess anyone with big hands and long arms would feel uncomfortably cramped. Overall, s-s basses are generally more compact and lightweight.

Measured mine at 41mm

Thanks for confirming you're still on the OE strings. Re Bantam, it's an exceptionally nice bass but the neck and fretboard were a bit too wide and flat for me. Also worth mentioning that the EMGs won't suit everybody although I know some players love them.

Good point but I like to keep things simple and don't use pedals - although I've tried quite a few.

What strings are you using?

Should also have explained that my only gig nowadays is a classic rock covers band, into which a Cazpar really doesn't fit. So my head keeps telling me I shouldn't have one - but my heart keeps disagreeing 🙂 I feel I can justify the fretless on the grounds that it's something completely different and a new challenge.

Well, that's a good question. The fretless passive 4 I recently traded on here for my Spector Bantam is the third one I've had and they are just exquisite IMHO. I regretted selling the first one (fretted P4) almost immediately and soon replaced it with a headless fretted active 4. Moved that on to get other stuff - and again regretted being without one. So, here we are again! My first... http:// My second... http:// The latest (and last, if I can get to grips with the fretless board)... http://

The 'Standard' (i.e. deeper-bodied) version of the Gillett Contour meets those criteria better than anything else I've played but you'd be lucky to pick up a used one for £1500. It's an electro-acoustic combining a 31.75" scale length with through-body stringing. Should also declare a personal interest as I did some marketing work for Michael G a while back.

Spot on! Generally, any s-s bass with the top strap button no higher than F12 balances well.

I would say punch is what you get more of from the extra scale length but the s-s sounds in the lower register are 'thicker'. Hope you can relate to that - it's all very subjective as, as already pointed out, highly influenced by string choice in terms of gauge and construction.

Best 30"-scale neck I've played is the Fender Rascal. 41mm at nut and a bit more substantial front to back. Nice and fast without feeling at all skinny and fretboard not as flat as other wider-necked s-s basses - e.g. Warwick, Spector, ACG - which don't suit me. Must say the Sire PJ looks good and quite reasonably priced though they don't seem to have arrived in the UK yet.

As others have said, this is an amazingly worthwhile piece of work - top marks and sincere thanks! I had already got my head round much of this but your images do the job comprehensively. They also emphasise which s-s basses that require extended reach to F1 AND don't balance well on the strap - e.g. Gibson SG and Chowny SWB-1 in my experience. The basic question for anyone considering a move to s-s is whether you want to a) maximise the s-s benefit in the form of a bass that's significantly more compact and manageable or b) go for one that feels and looks as much like a 'standard' bass as possible. The physical limitations of the individual player are usually the deciding factor. Also thanks to solo4652 for pointing out this topic, which I had missed. The PM dialogue we've been having on short-scales illustrates the point I made above: I'm definitely in group 'a' while he belongs in group 'b'.

No, the BW signature bass that Trueno and me are talking about is the relatively recent one made by the London Bass Centre as part of their British Bass Masters series.

And another one (I blame lock-down fever myself 😉). Just picked up this Cazpar from Mensinger (Adrian Maruszczyk's other brand) in a trade on here. 30" scale and a beautiful example of top craftsmanship from their Polish workshops. http:// Ha, just found this video showing my bass. https://www.public-peace.de/mensinger-guitars/m-basses/men-cazpar

OK, so that's another short-scale box ticked - it's absolutely BRILLIANT!! 🙂 http://

Hi fellow bass bumpkin! We get 40+ at the bash held just outside Taunton but there must be a fair few more.

Welcome, and hope to see you at our next Big Fat South-West Bass Bash - see events forum.

Got one of these for a while back from AndyJr with the first bass he built for me. Works a treat!

Just swapped a bass with David and everything went like clockwork. Great comm's, fast turn-round, lovely bass. Thoroughly recommended!

For people like me who appreciate objects that show-case the natural beauty of wood, this is a real delight!

Without mentioning the 'C' words, many of us are struggling a bit to find stuff to fill our excessive down-time and may welcome some suggestions. To set the ball rolling, I just happened upon this really neat video of a Joan Armatrading concert at the Rockpalast in '79. IMHO well worth an hour and a half of anybody's time. Even if you're not a big fan, this is a great performance by JA at her peak supported by an amazing band (even if she and excellent lead guitarist Ricky Hirsch did need 3 goes at starting one of the numbers!!). Bassist Bill Bodine puts in a great performance on a bass with the single letter 'R' on the headstock - anybody know what this is? Apologies in advance in case there's already a similar topic running. Joan Armatrading '79 Rockpalast gig

Mine was a modest 3.3kg so unless they've changed from mahogany to something heavier (or lighter), should all be about that.