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My mates daughter wants to take up the bass - at least I've had some influence on her - she's thirteen.

I've had a look on eBay - there's a sweet short-scale Epiphone EBO on there - I reckon this would do her...any other names/models worth looking for? Gotta be cheapish - £125 tops maybe.

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You also come across copies of short scale basses like Columbus SG copies, picked one up for about £100 on eBay recently. The bridges are poor making action adjustment very hit and miss but for a starter they aren't too bad, mine's playable.
I think some of the Daisy Rock stuff is short scale and would no doubt suit a little girl aesthetically but unlikely to be in your budget even second hand;
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-DAISY-ROCK-STAR-SERIES-BASS-ATOMIC-PINK_W0QQitemZ270204225789QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270204225789&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-DAISY-ROCK-STAR-...p3286.m63.l1177[/url]
I also spotted this, might be worth a punt even if it needs some sorting out with the set up;
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-4-scale-bass-guitar-and-amp_W0QQitemZ120314652504QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120314652504&_trkparms=72%3A1298%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-4-scale-bass-guita...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url]

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I won this auction at the weekend - 32" Daisy Rock Elite
[url="http://&quot;%20<a%20href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=250302493641&quot;"%20target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...302493641&quot;</a>"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=250302493641[/url]

My daughter already has one exactly the same, but this one was so cheap I put in a low-ball bid in the last few seconds & my flabber was gasted when I won. Bargain!

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+1 for the Squier Bronco - with reservations. I changed the bridge to a 4 saddle job in order to achieve correct intonation and that required modifications to both the bridge and the bass.

Certainly easy to play and a surprisingly high output from the guitar pickup they put in there. Loved it so much that I'm upgrading mine - it's a keeper.

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