0175westwood29 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 so a few months ago i grabbed myself a squier vm 5 and love it! i got it to deal with the tuning change so if i want i can play our whole set on one bass, it was all over our new ep and is a perfect match to my modulus. however been thinking about grabbing something thats a bit out there! and from looking around i was thinking of going and grabbing a hagstrom hb8 but its short scale which ill be honest i have never played a short scale bass, and the videos online for it are a bit poor (or am i not googling enough?) but my band dnt play in standard tuning so im wondering how a shortscale bass would handle a d standard tuning (dgcf) anyone with any views or if you have one would like to know your views andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 (edited) [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I trust you saw the [color=#333333]Jürg Maag YT demo? That's quite interesting. I want one!![/color][/font][/size] Edited March 16, 2014 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1395001402' post='2397679'] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I trust you saw the [color=#333333]Jürg Maag YT demo? That's quite interesting. I want one!![/color][/font] [/quote] where he has half and half? yeh it very cool. andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 So does anyone know how it would handle being tuned a whole step down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 The strings might be a little floppy, but nothing that couldn't be fixed by seeking out a thicker guage set of strings! Might be difficult to find the right ones in 30" scale though, but there are also places that do custom sets relatively cheaply so nothing's impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1395220815' post='2399784'] The strings might be a little floppy, but nothing that couldn't be fixed by seeking out a thicker guage set of strings! Might be difficult to find the right ones in 30" scale though, but there are also places that do custom sets relatively cheaply so nothing's impossible. [/quote] cool now just need to find one to try andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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