Hello all, my name is Luke. I'm brand new here and looking for some advice if you would be so kind. I want to buy a short scale bass, I play in a band and most bass guitars dwarf me as I'm a slim, short derriΓ¨re. I also move a round a lot on stage and have almost knocked out our guitarist a few times with the head of my bass. I have a budget of Β£800, I could stretch a little further for the right bass. I was interested in the Supro Huntington but can't find any of the models anywhere (there is one on reverb.com buts it's actually long gone) so I started looking at the Sterling Stingrays but only seem the find the baby blue or white one which I really don't like the look of (stupid I know). I'm now looking at the Gibson Les Paul junior but it's out of stock at most places apart from the blue stain one which seems to be more expensive than the other colours and I'm getting confused by it all and whether any of these bass guitars are worth it. None of the music shops near me have any short scale bass guitars to try. Loads of shops advertise these bass guitars but when you go to check out they don't actually have any stock. I play mostly heavy rock and punk and I use a pick (sorry π€£).
I don't have loads of money so don't wanna make a bad purchase choice if I can help it. If you were in my small shoes with my small budget, what short scale bass would you go for? Thanks for reading.