The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!

[RichT]

17 hours ago, AlexDelores said:

Popped in to my local music shop earlier today and he’d acquired this yesterday…

 

Fortunately for my bank account, he hadn’t had chance to set it up and it had been sat in storage for a while. So, it didn’t blow me away on the spot although it was very nice.

 

Can’t get over how nice the top is on these for the money though 👌 

 

 

I don't know if it's just some trick of the camera lens, but that headstock looks enormous! 

[Stub Mandrel]

17 hours ago, AlexDelores said:

Popped in to my local music shop earlier today and he’d acquired this yesterday…

 

Fortunately for my bank account, he hadn’t had chance to set it up and it had been sat in storage for a while. So, it didn’t blow me away on the spot although it was very nice.

 

Can’t get over how nice the top is on these for the money though 👌 

 

 

I got an immaculate P10 for 499! [OK not ss] Sires look gorgeous.

 

[Obrienp]

2 hours ago, RichT said:

 

I don't know if it's just some trick of the camera lens, but that headstock looks enormous! 

It’s actually a bit smaller than a standard Fender headstock IMO but that sort of size, which possibly makes it look disproportionate on an SS.

[AlexDelores]

3 hours ago, RichT said:

 

I don't know if it's just some trick of the camera lens, but that headstock looks enormous! 

Possibly, I do think that as it’s narrower than a Fender headstock it makes it appear longer. Although I would say it didn’t look big in real life.
 

But, I will say. One of things that I dislike about Sire as a brand is the headstock, not to my taste at all.

 

Speaking of headstocks, I had a look at one of these online and the stock pictures look completely different to this picture of a second hand one I also came across. The headstock looks huge in the 2nd hand pic! 

 

 

[bremen]

That's a weird optical illusion brought on by the parallel lines. Looks as big as the body till you count the segments of garage door, then it looks about half the length of the body.

 

Very pretty.

[AlexDelores]

8 minutes ago, bremen said:

That's a weird optical illusion brought on by the parallel lines. Looks as big as the body till you count the segments of garage door, then it looks about half the length of the body.

 

Very pretty.

Oh yeah! Thanks, I must remember to take all of my future photos in front of garage doors so I don’t look so much of a short a**e 😂

[bremen]

To make your hat look huge and your feet reet petite!