Strat bass... nice try but no E-cigar

[Rich]

I really fancy either getting or building a short scale Strat-based bass, and spotted this... but is it just my eyes, or is this particular one a bit Roy Rogers? That E string is hanging off the side of the neck and I'm pretty sure the bridge needs to be a lot further back than it is.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115355170140?hash=item1adbb4355c:g:2O8AAOSw64FiYr~u

 

[dudewheresmybass]

I spotted a hofner beatle type bass for sale on fb yesterday - clearly a model and priced at the bargain price  of £200

🤣

They don't come more short scale than that! LOL

Edited April 27, 2022 by dudewheresmybass

[NikNik]

Ahem.....

 

Strat Bass

[prowla]

That should be an adventure in tuning.

[Woodinblack]

On 27/04/2022 at 17:09, Rich said:

 I'm pretty sure the bridge needs to be a lot further back than it is.

 

Yes, by measuring the picture on the screen, the octave is about the 10th fret!

[Joe Nation]

The parallax distortion of the photos will make the body half look smaller than the neck half, because of where the camera was positioned. But unless the neck is specifically designed for that conversion, it may well be out of whack.

[Woodinblack]

57 minutes ago, Joe Nation said:

The parallax distortion of the photos will make the body half look smaller than the neck half, because of where the camera was positioned. But unless the neck is specifically designed for that conversion, it may well be out of whack.

 

No paralax distortion does that.

 

But if for instance, you were to take a 20 fret jazz bass neck and put it on a 21 fret strat guitar body, you would end up with a 30.8" scale instrument, where the 12th fret should be located at (obviously) 15.4". However, as the neck was designed for a 34" instrument, its 12th fret is 17" away from the nut. 15.4" would be almost half way between the 10th (14.9") and 11th fret (15.99") on a that 34" instrument neck.

That is what I am seeing here.

[yorks5stringer]

On the plus side, it should be easy to get that 'out of phase strat sound' with the 5 way selector switch........

[MichaelDean]

I prefer the look of the Telebacker they do, but Retrovibe also do a strat conversion:

https://retrovibe.co.uk/product/retrovibe-t30-strat-bass-30-6-short-scale-metallic-blue-gorgeous/

[prowla]

10 hours ago, MichaelDean said:

I prefer the look of the Telebacker they do, but Retrovibe also do a strat conversion:

https://retrovibe.co.uk/product/retrovibe-t30-strat-bass-30-6-short-scale-metallic-blue-gorgeous/

I was chatting with David Konig at the Brizzle guitar show last weekend; great bloke!

[Rich]

It didn’t sell at £52… so he’s re-listed it… for 80.

Errm… what?

[prowla]

Evidently the ludicrously low price was deterring people from bidding.