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Post Script: that original Ibanez was either in the shape of a Les Paul or Les Paul Junior..never knew there was any difference then?

We used to have a nice Ibanez short-scale 4 string electric bass guitar; made in the shape of a Les Paul though built as a solid-body, like a Gibson SG. Which needing replacement since 2016, we have never known what to look for? Just today though, We find other similar basses; advertised as solid body and shaped like a Les Paul or Les Paul Junior. One of those guitars seems as if a feasible replacement for the Ibanez, while I also wonder how to find an identical Ibanez? And/or suggestions for an alternative replacement faithful to the design of that Ibanez?

Hello folks, Our nice little short scale bass got wings during 2016, now seeking a replacement. That was an Ibanez GS10051172, a black short-scale solid body built like an SG shaped like a Les Paul for $215 plus tax: unfortunately, a bass which seems no longer produced though absolutely appealing and unique in style and appearance, which we want to exactly replace if possible..the Hofner Contemporary Series Shorty Bass could be an alternative though just beginning to explore possibilities..the Ibanez was our first bass, as primarily a saxophonist exploring multi-instrumentalism now. I'm surprised some folk responding here tuning in fifths..so-called "cello" tuning, begin on such low notes? We found even tuned to a "D" the lowest string was too slack.."E" would be the bottom string using normal tuning, no? I did get the instrument tuned to fifths, which must've had a "D#" for the bottom note? Maybe actually "D" and lower notes than that were too slack? Even playing guitar for me is very basic..working up simple phrases or melodies in as many different keys that will fit, maybe some scales & arppegios..or "harmelodics" even..Marion Brown, Sonny Simmons & Ornette Coleman reach us sometimes, all alto saxophonists known as more exploratory players.

Sorry, I had meant tuned in fifths..is that correct? And an octave lower than cello. Oddly, if off-topic, an electric bass guitar is roughly in the same range as a trombone. Trombone doesn't seem much lower than cello? We heard cellist David Darling with the Paul Winter Consort, playing their homage to Jimi Hendrix on one tune; whose expanded range compared to guitar was exciting.

Don Ober not "Over" the guitarist with Red Mitchell. Considered the best bebop guitarist in the Pacific Northwest.

We've heard expatriot jazz musician and string bassist Red Mitchell in performance with a quartet of Don Chan piano, Don Over guitar, and Dave Colman, Sr. drums. Red was known for cello tuning the bass, to perfect fourths in other words. We've had an Ibanez short scale bass, stolen however the fall of 2016; which we'd experimented with a cello tuning on: finding we could only lower the pitch on the lowest string a half step..which trying to get lower became too slack. I'm curious if anyone else has ever tried to cello tune an electric bass, either short scale or regular?

Misread initially as "clear-cut" so that thinning the forest to a neat trio seemed appealing? Even a sextet, really..oh well.

There was a nice Ibanez short-scale electric bass guitar; built like an SG in the shape of a Les Paul, black with a blond neck & rosewood fretboard. $215 & tax February of 2010. Purloined by a father/son pair..like folk acting like they'll pee their pants or cry, if disappointed. Hey, a funny thought? A short-scale fretless electric bass guitar..