Piccolo Bass

[spinynorman]

This looks serious, but I'm thinking, tuned up an octave with thin strings, doesn't that make it a 4-string guitar?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301038676253

Although, 4 strings, so that makes it really simple to play, just like a bass. Maybe I'm tempted.

[SlapbassSteve]

Piccolo basses can sound great! Stanley Clarke and Brian Bromberg both play them occasionally... it does the lead melody on this for an idea of the sound;
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO2_eRos8oc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO2_eRos8oc[/url]

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Just wondering; if i took off the main 4 strings on my 8 string bass, and left the 4 thin ones on there, is that piccolo?

[BigRedX]

IMO it depends on the scale length whether it counts as a 4-string guitar or a piccolo bass. A piccolo bass needs to have a baas guitar type scale length. Anything under 28" scale is definitely a 4-string guitar.

Edited December 12, 2013 by BigRedX

[Bassassin]

From the ad:

[quote][font=verdana][color=#00429A]An electric piccolo bass is similar to a four-stringed electric bass, but is usually tuned one octave higher. The lowest note of a piccolo bass usually being equal to the E found on the seventh fret of the A string of a standard bass[b][size=4].[/size][/b][/color][/font][/quote]

So - it's a four-string guitar, then.

Jon.