lemonstar

I was reading about the short scale not being as popular as it once was but the article seemed to be saying they are worth considering because of the lower tension, the playability (I think because the frets are closer together) and a sweeter tone high up the neck - the only real bass player I know (plays in 2 function bands, is a multi-instrumentalist, conductor, arranger, accompanist, etc) never seems to have any strong opinions about anything - active/passive basses - he just "plays stuff" and really doesn't seem to think too deeply about anything! Any thoughts? I played a couple of used basses in a local guitar shop (they didn't have many) but I'm a guitarists (acoustic mainly) who suddenly had the urge to start playing bass - mainly because I want to start making some proper home recordings of the songs I've written over the last 12 years.