Recommend a Semi-Acoustic Bass Guitar?

[dclaassen]

If you wouldn’t mind a longer scale, I love my Spectracore. 
 

[thebrig]

22 hours ago, dclaassen said:

If you wouldn’t mind a longer scale, I love my Spectracore. 
 

Looks great.

[dclaassen]

On 23/12/2024 at 13:20, thebrig said:

Looks great.

Thanks…it’s pretty much become my most played bass. It sits great into a band mix.

[RichT]

On 21/12/2024 at 10:35, thebrig said:

I did try one some time ago, but I think that I would prefer the Hofner Club if I did go down that route.

 

My Club bass is very light and great at what it does, but some important things to be aware of before choosing one. Firstly the string spacing is 14mm, if you've only ever played Precisions this is going to be quite a change; and secondly you're really limited on string choice with Hofners. The tuners have tiny holes which you can only get light gauge strings through, and officially* they take medium scale (not short scale) strings due to the extended tailpiece, which limits you even further.

 

*I've currently fitted standard 34" scale 40-95 EB Cobalt flats to mine, but some people are wary of doing that sort of thing. 

[thebrig]

24 minutes ago, RichT said:

 

My Club bass is very light and great at what it does, but some important things to be aware of before choosing one. Firstly the string spacing is 14mm, if you've only ever played Precisions this is going to be quite a change; and secondly you're really limited on string choice with Hofners. The tuners have tiny holes which you can only get light gauge strings through, and officially* they take medium scale (not short scale) strings due to the extended tailpiece, which limits you even further.

 

*I've currently fitted standard 34" scale 40-95 EB Cobalt flats to mine, but some people are wary of doing that sort of thing. 

Thanks for the heads up.

[AndyTravis]

 

Im Biased…

 

As others mentioned though, the neck (while not massive…) isn’t skinny.

 

Guild Starfire 2, they’re meant to have skinny necks - look ace in emerald green too…

[Grahambythesea]

I agree with @AndyTravis the neck depth is unusually chunky on JCs.