Fender 32” P bass. Why isn’t it a thing?

[RikiB]

I got a 32” Fender MIJ Awrodyne bass and totally love the scale length for me as I’m a shorty and looks less ridiculous on me than my 2 P basses do.

Fender do 30” Mustang basses which are a bit too small and feels off playing rock on one. But why is there a made in Mexico 32” scale with the body size reduced 6% like the Japan bass?

surely they would sell after people played them and realised it’s best of both worlds playing a medium scale bass.

 

It’s frustrating to me because I prefer P.

Japan did a few Jazz Bass 62 Medium scales and a few Aerodynes like I have but no MIM or MIA. What’s up with that?

[ezbass]

I'd be all over a 32" P Bass, I reckon it would feel just right for me.

[Lozz196]

At a Bass Bash a good few years back there was a 32” Maruszczyk Precision and it played really nice.

[ezbass]

2 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

At a Bass Bash a good few years back there was a 32” Maruszczyk Precision and it played really nice.

I like Maruszczyk basses (I have 2 Elwoods and have owned a Jake), but the lower horn and scratchplate aways look overly bulbous to me, if they sharpened those contours up, just a touch, it'd be a winner.

[Doctor J]

Why not escape brand slavery and try other brands who do make 32" P basses?

[Paul S]

I had a Squier 32" scale P bass, MIJ, absolutely fantastic bass.  Should never, ever, have sold it.  I wonder where it is now? 

 

Here alongside a 32" scale Aria Pro II CSB 'Black n Gold' in museum piece condition which I probably shouldn't have sold.  I bought another, sold that, too.

 

 

 

On the strength of the white one I imported a black 32" Squier P from Japan.  It was nice, but not as nice as the white one.

 

 

 

I did get a Fender one, too - a 32" scale Jazz Bass Special.  Again, imported it from Japan.  Don't recall why I sold this one.

 

[RikiB]

14 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Why not escape brand slavery and try other brands who do make 32" P basses?

Yeah I’d be up for trying other out but not seen anything I like

[Beedster]

If they thought they could turn a decent profit on then they’d sell them……..

[ezbass]

52 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Why not escape brand slavery and try other brands who do make 32" P basses?

Happy to move away from the big F, but other than Maruszczyk, I’m not aware of anyone else. Happy to be educated 👍  

[RikiB]

Had a look at Maruszczyk and not really digging them.

Just want a P bass,32” scale,body a little bit smaller to match reduced length.

Im sure they would sell all of them and great for bassists starting out who don’t want a Mustang from their range.

or make a 32” mustang even. 

[fretmeister]

Sandberg will do 32 scales as special orders.

[Paolo85]

I'd definitely try a 32" P if there was a cheap option available

Edited July 5, 2023 by Paolo85

[Gareth Hughes]

Such a thing does exist. If you give Danny Stewart at Bass Japan Direct a shout, he’d be able to track one down. 
 

https://reverb.com/item/10656719-fender-medium-scale-32-inch-mij-japanese-precision-bass-1988-gig-bag-original-paperwork

[borntohang]

I got an MIJ Squier 32" after years of playing Mustang shorties to try out something different. It's great - so good in fact that I ended up buying a long scale P and now it sits in the case. The folly of man! 

 

 

[crazycloud]

Why not just buy a 5 and play in 5th position? Makes the bass feel much smaller than 1 fret less (32").

[Rumple]

17 hours ago, Paul S said:

I had a Squier 32" scale P bass, MIJ, absolutely fantastic bass.  Should never, ever, have sold it.  I wonder where it is now? 

 

Here alongside a 32" scale Aria Pro II CSB 'Black n Gold' in museum piece condition which I probably shouldn't have sold.  I bought another, sold that, too.

 

 

 

On the strength of the white one I imported a black 32" Squier P from Japan.  It was nice, but not as nice as the white one.

 

 

 

I did get a Fender one, too - a 32" scale Jazz Bass Special.  Again, imported it from Japan.  Don't recall why I sold this one.

 

I had that Precision for a while and I also regret selling it, I got it from the guy you sold it to, I have a Squier JV 32" Jazz and mistakenly decided to keep that instead. I sold the P to @therealting who I imagine still has it.

[warwickhunt]

 

Just got this and a friend was playing it the other day, he played it 5 minutes before I told him it was 32" not 34"

[ezbass]

15 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

 

Just got this and a friend was playing it the other day, he played it 5 minutes before I told him it was 32" not 34"

Now this Jake doesn’t do the bulbous lower horn and pickguard the way others do. Nice.

[therealting]

8 hours ago, Rumple said:

I had that Precision for a while and I also regret selling it, I got it from the guy you sold it to, I have a Squier JV 32" Jazz and mistakenly decided to keep that instead. I sold the P to @therealting who I imagine still has it.

I do indeed still have it. It serves me very well on days when my hands need a break from playing long scale!

 

Still have the Jazz too, did I get that from you as well?

Edited July 6, 2023 by therealting

[Paul S]

22 minutes ago, therealting said:

I do indeed still have it. It serves me very well on days when my hands need a break from playing long scale!

 

Still have the Jazz too, did I get that from you as well?

If you decide to move it on at some point I'd be interested. Save you all the bother of pictures and listings and wot not. 

 

I know, what a guy 😎

[Rumple]

11 hours ago, therealting said:

I do indeed still have it. It serves me very well on days when my hands need a break from playing long scale!

 

Still have the Jazz too, did I get that from you as well?

I believe you did indeed have my sunburst Fender 32" scale Jazz as well 🙂