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yorkshire_bloke
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I play mainly 34" basses but have a 30" Danelectro Longhorn: it's really light, incredibly easy to play (with very low action and string tension) and fantastic fun. I think you can pick-up a re-issue at around £250 (and spend some more from your £500 on a decent pre - Fodera or Aguilar - to sort out the Danelectro's tone...far from brilliant out of the box in my opinion). Another useful trick with a Longhorn is to use the D'addario Jerry Jones barritone strings - these are very light, easy on the fingers, bend accurately and easily, and cheap.

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[quote name='neepheid' post='174656' date='Apr 11 2008, 04:18 PM']Burns Marquee bass springs to mind:

[url="http://www.burnsguitars.com/product.php?product_id=marqueebass"]http://www.burnsguitars.com/product.php?pr..._id=marqueebass[/url]

Can't think of others off the top of my head.[/quote]

That would be a bit expensive at the £500 mark.

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[url="http://www.landingbass.com/"]http://www.landingbass.com/[/url] possibly

Fender Urge

[url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/ariaproii/catalogs/foldout/ariaproii_foldout_4.jpg.html"]A carved Aria ProII (Cardinal 450)[/url] (about £250, though, if one can be found)

[url="http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/1998/JJ-Bass.html"]http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/1998/JJ-Bass.html[/url] (Not sure how much these are)


med scale thread:
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3202&hl=medium+scale"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...hl=medium+scale[/url]

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Well, I love 32"s :)
From my experience I can say that 32" are way better than 30"s. You stille have a deep and punchy sound, and slap/pop is a joy: 30"s usually have too few punch and floppy strings.
I offer 32" as an option to my customers, and they love it: the usual comment is "this thing plays like a 34!".

Another good feature is that a 32" doesn't look like a children's bass :huh:

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