kbuschmann

Thanks all. Reasonable consenus.

This question may be better posed elsewhere, but I'll try it here first. I've got some nasty-donkey arthritis in wrists and fingers. Have changed all my instruments from 5 to 4. Have stuck with 34 scale for my fretteds. Am getting ACG to build me a fretless 4. Would like to cut the scale (33, maybe even 32) for this build as am having difficulty reaching the first couple of positions. But a significant amount of my playing is reading charts (i.e not looking at the board), and am concerned that in shifting from 34 to 33/32 I will lose 'positional memory' and screw myself up. Would appreciate any informed opinions on the difficulty/advisability of shifting scales in this way.

[quote name='Oil price' timestamp='1459420739' post='3016320'] Is there a small travel bass that anyone can recommend? [/quote] ACG Border Reiver. A real bass....that travels. Sounds and plays beautifully. Have had one one for ~ 18 months. ~ 30 trips by air. Stowed in overhead or fore-cabin closet. Never had to check it. I had tried a number of different options before getting Alan to build the Reiver. Nothing else was satisfactory...for different reasons. Reiver wins.

I'd like to view these lessons, but can't open the .ipb file extension. Any suggestions? Thanks