BassHappy

Hello Everyone.... Newbie and mostly medium scaler here, but I DO own one short scaler - a custom Rob Allen. Rob is in Santa Barbara, California and does some pretty amazing work. Mine is flamed and spalted, piezo pickup only and just a single control (volume) in the bridge. Great for writing and long stints drilling parts - tape wounds are very easy on the fingers!

[quote name='LeftyJ' timestamp='1379341398' post='2211447'] That's really pretty! They should also do one with dots and binding, and lollipop tuners. I see they're also finally offering the JB75 reissue with the correct bridge pickup position. About time! I love the JB75B with black blocks and binding! I also think that JB62 Smart Size is cute. But I think the specs are off... 373,5 mm scale translates to less than 15", that can't be right can it? Looks more like 30" to me. [/quote] In Japan, for some reason - they always give the scale length as the length from the nut to the 12th fret only. Always double it. BassHappy

So glad to hear that your chiropractor got you straightened around! Would be great to hear about the nut width. I am really curious. When Keith made my first medium scaler I took him my PRS #11 to him and had him copy the neck dimensions exactly. Of course, this was way before Gard, who I have never met. The PRS was my only bass from 1977-1999 and I was so used to it. I had a 1972 Fender Jazz I bought when I was in the army in Germany, and it had dead spots on both the D and G string from frets 4-7. It was horrible. I thought at the time that Fender was sending all the "seconds" to the military guys - got it nearly at cost through the PX so maybe they were. Kind of like your story - I could get around so much better and passages that I struggled with on the Jazz became a cinch on the PRS. I was in Germany in October and visited with Bert @ Hot Wire basses. He had a number of very nice mediums, but most of what he had was close to a duplication of basses I already own. I wish I would have known about Wood & Tronics and LeFay, as I would have checked them out. Been emailing on and off with Jens Ritter about a bass, but I am not sure that is going to happen. His body shapes are amazing, but not for me, although I do love the shape of some of his guitar bodies. Hit many music stores throughout Germany, but saw very few mediums - lots of vintage and not so vintage Fenders though.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1395965028' post='2408578'] Hey dude! I am well aware of your MIDI enabled 32" Roscoes. In fact they were referenced when I bought up a 32" scale with Gard. Mine is a recent one, born in 2012! Though I understand there have been very few 32" made between mine and yours. As for photos, most people upload to an external site such as Photobucket (what I use) or Flickr, and just copy the 'IMG' code that site gives you into your post on any other site to show the pic. It works on basically every forum out there so I never need to upload images directly to forums. Hope that helps. [/quote] Wow, very cool.... Didn't realize Keith had made any more mediums after my two. Congrats on that - sure is a honey - beautiful bass! Do you mind if I ask you what the width is of yours at the nut? Keith made one of mine approximately 42mm and the other wider at 46mm. Love em both to be honest.... I think one feels more like a precision and other more like a jazz. I realize you are head over heels and that your Roscoe is now the only bass you have - but have your run across any other medium scalers in your travels that are worth checking out? Best, BassHappy

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1395930495' post='2408095'] My Roscoe LG Signature is a 32". Obviously that means the custom build route, but since buying it I've sold every other bass that I owned. I am a one bass man these days and can't imagine playing much else! [/quote] Wow, thanks for the info everyone, some nice medium scalers here I can see! Very nice. I love my Roscoes. Mine are sans mags with Richard McLish RMC Midi systems. Wondering when Keith made yours? As far as I know, I was the first medium scaler in 1999, with my second one a year or two later. The first one he made me was Birdseye Maple: And the other one is Buckey Burl: Yeah, the Roscoe's are more than amazing. Keith is certainly one of my heros in the bass world. He also finished my Viola bass for me - which I designed and had built: Note: i edited the photos as the bigger ones were quite small. Cheers, BassHappy

Hello to all! New to the forum here. Kind of a medium scale bass advocate/activist. I own PRS bass #11, a bass that Paul Reed Smith handcrafted for me in 1978 after having a problem with #7, which was the original instrument Paul built for me. It appears in Vintage Guitar magazine as well. Was interested to see in the forum what other medium scale basses might be available in the U.K. and Europe, or in the rest of the world for that matter - and to see if there were any other medium scalers who have seen the light! Here is my family and you can visit the site and see the details of all the builds here: [url="http://www.innertainment.net/"]http://www.innertainment.net/[/url] Hope this is a lively thread, I love discussing the merits of a nice medium scale. Best, BassHappy www.innertainment.net