Midget Basses

[allighatt0r]

I was at a local guitar and bass centre yesterday, and picked up an [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=PK20SB&eq=&Tp="]Encore 7/8[/url] bass to try, and as i picked it up i noticed how stupidly light it was, (according to a catalogue, it's made of 'wuton', a low mass Far Eastern tonewood.) The neck is as wide (and so is the string spacing) as a normal P bass, and so are the pickups, It's just smaller (one eighth smaller to be precise).

Harmony Central give it terrible reviews, but the reviewers were leaving it as standard, i think i would replace the pickups, and perhaps the bridge, as it looks like it's a full size one.

Another mini bass is of course, the [url="http://www.largesound.com/"]DeArmond Ashbory[/url] basses, which are ridiculously small.

What other small basses are there? Perhaps there are some more high end than the Encore

[The Burpster]

Go ahead feast your eyes and senses.....

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3202&hl=daisy+rock"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;hl=daisy+rock[/url]

[BigRedX]

[url="http://www.birdsongguitars.com/"]Birdsong[/url] very serious short scale basses (31" Scale).

Alternatively for something a bit more fun [url="http://www.fernandes.co.jp/products/zo.html"]Fernandes PIE-ZO[/url] 25.5" scale "travel" bass - scroll down to the bottom of the frame for the basses.

Edited March 25, 2008 by BigRedX

[ped]

[url="http://www.marleaux-bass.de/bass_consat_sopran.html"]http://www.marleaux-bass.de/bass_consat_sopran.html[/url]

Me want

[BigRedX]

Me want too!

(what scale length do you think that is?)

[ped]

It looks tiny doesn't it!! Hopefully more info will be added soon...

[The Burpster]

Its probably a fullsize Warwick with Steve (CK) in the foreground!

[ped]

Heh it does look like him actually!

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I have a few shorties
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[*]an Ashbory.
[*]a CIJ Fender Mustang (30")
[*]a '71 Fender Musicmaster(30")
[*]a 90's Squier Musicmaster (30")
[*]a Danelectro longhorn reissue (30")
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My Daughter also has
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[*]a '71 Fender Musicmaster
[*]a daisyrock Heartbreaker (30")
[*]a Daisyrock Stardust Elite (32") - which is lovely
[/list]

my favourite bass at the moment is the mustang - It has the fastest neck of all my basses and as the strings feed through the body Thomastic Jazz Flatwounds JF324s fit on it which is a massive bonus to me. I tried some "vintage" 70s mustangs in Denmark street and for some reason the ones I was able to try were very knackered and/or very overpriced.

Edited March 25, 2008 by Jean-Luc Pickguard

[Rich]

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='163420' date='Mar 25 2008, 10:32 PM']I tried some "vintage" 70s mustangs in Denmark street and for some reason the ones I was able to try were very knackered and/or very overpriced.[/quote]Overpriced stuff in Denmark St.? Surely not!