Bass guitars for kids

[Chris Horton]

how do,

Please can anyone recommend small bass guitars suitable for kids to play ?

Thats it really
Cheers
Chris

[Chris Horton]

I just remembered that there is a bass guitar maker that makes decent travel bass guitars that are small but I can't think of the brand. Doh !!

Does anyone know the company that I am thinking of ?

[fretmeister]

Dunno.

But we have a Daisy Rock bass and it's great! I'd be happy to gig it!!

[Dingus]

How small a bass/kid? A Squier Jaguar Short Scale looks ( and sounds ) like it would be a terriffic bass for an older child/ younger teen. Any smaller than that and I am presuming you would be looking at a kind of "mini " bass, such as a Samick MCR1 Corsair . Just don't make the mistake someone I know did by lending his teenage stepdaughter his Music Man bass to see if she enjoyed playing the bass( she did) and thus giving her the expectation that all basses were that good. It turned out to be a very expensive Christmas.

[cloudburst]

What about an old Fender Musicmaster Bass? Would that still be a bit big? Probably they are getting expensive these days.

So perhaps one of the Mustang/Bronco reissues?

Or a Steinberger type thingy.

Or a violin bass?

CB

[EssentialTension]

Tanglewood do mini electric guitars.

[fretmeister]

Kala U Bass would work too

[cloudburst]

Or you could try to find one of those 'mini' Stingrays that Pino plays? They look pretty darn small.

CB

[Chris Horton]

Thanks for the suggestions so far.


It is definitely an "mini" bass of some kind that I am after.

[Chris Horton]

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Or you could try to find one of those 'mini' Stingrays that Pino plays? They look pretty darn small.

CB
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Ooooh , sounds interesting , I've not seen them before
Do you have any pickies of the bass ?

[Owen]

My daughter has a smaller Flea bass and loves it. Is it a small Wall? No. Is it fine and dandy? Yes.

[Happy Jack]

Definitely check out the cheaper copies of the violin bass. Shortscale, lightweight, small body size, usually a good tone through a practice amp, and some are very cheap indeed, e.g. Harley Benton and similar.

[Clarky]

Depends on your budget but I bought a lefty short scale Precision off this lot in the US. WIth tax/import cost me just over £100 http://www.rondomusic.com/bassguitars4.html

[Chris Horton]

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Definitely check out the cheaper copies of the violin bass. Shortscale, lightweight, small body size, usually a good tone through a practice amp, and some are very cheap indeed, e.g. Harley Benton and similar.
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That's a good suggestion , thanks Jack.

[xgsjx]

I was gonna suggest to the wife we have kids, but I misinterpreted the title.

[Chris Horton]

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I was gonna suggest to the wife we have kids, but I misinterpreted the title.
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Brilliant

[Mornats]

Is this the travel bass you're thinking of? [url="http://www.travelerguitar.com/products/bass/"]http://www.travelerguitar.com/products/bass/[/url]

[LeftyJ]

http://www.ibanez.com/BassGuitars/model-GSRM20

[mart]

I got my son the very short scale Harley Benton off Thomann, for the princely sum of £60. For the money it's absolutely fantastic.

Incidentally, it's also got an FSC sticker on it, which made me laugh when Warwick introduced an FSC bass and charged megabucks because of its certification.

[stoker]

Hofner Club?

[DaveFry]

The Ibanez Mikro that Lefty J posted about is 28.6" scale .
If you want a 24" scale 4 or 5 string bass , Mo Clifton could make you one ;

[url="http://www.cliftonbasses.co.uk/page11.html"]http://www.cliftonba....uk/page11.html[/url]

[BluRay]

Epiphone EB0 might be ok. They go for between 100 and 150
[url="http://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/epiphone-eb450-bass-guitar-ebony.html"]http://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/epiphone-eb450-bass-guitar-ebony.html[/url]

BTW I bought a Ibanez Mikro electric guitar, 6 stringer (I know I know) for my 9 year old son - and he loves it. Its a really nice little guitar, and ideal for him. However I got it from Thonmann and the factory set up was terrible. It was unplayable really. I ended up (in a panic) having to pay to get it sorted locally to avoid birthday dissapointment. I guess Thonmann would have sorted it if I'd had time, but it was just one of those things. The Mikros are great - but you might expect to have to set it up a bit.

[neepheid]

Tanglewood Elfin?

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/49584-tiny-bass-porn/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/49584-tiny-bass-porn/[/url]

[lettsguitars]

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Kala U Bass would work too
[/quote]Definately this. They are tuned the same as regular basses. It all depends how small a child we are talking and what their expectations are.

[BigRedX]

How small?

If you want smaller than 30" short-scale, have a look at the travel basses from[url=http://www.fernandes.co.jp/products/zo.html]Fernandes[/url]. The Pie-Zo (also known as the Nomad in the US) is only 25½" scale and has a built-in amp and speaker. Pignose used to do one too, but it's not currently listed on their web site, although if you may be able to find a second had one.

I have the HK version of the Pie-Zo. It's a very playable instrument:

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