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I picked up a Westone Concord on here a few years back. It had been around the block, but feels lovely to play as it’s just that bit lighter and easier on the fretting fingers! The action is quite high on mine, but that’s fine as I use it for rumbly-punk sounds. Maple board is slick, and the PUPs are nice, load, and boomy. 

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On ‎26‎/‎01‎/‎2019 at 16:32, skitzigol said:

@crunchman

I picked up a Westone Concord on here a few years back. It had been around the block, but feels lovely to play as it’s just that bit lighter and easier on the fretting fingers! The action is quite high on mine, but that’s fine as I use it for rumbly-punk sounds. Maple board is slick, and the PUPs are nice, load, and boomy. 

Thanks.  Seen a few of them relatively cheap on Feebay.

What's the nut width on the Concord?

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Just bought one of the new Ibanez Medium scales.  So easy to play after a 34" scale.  It's my first active bass so slightly different to what I'm used to.  There does seem to be a lot of top end, but then it has brand new strings, which probably isn't helping.  Seems ok when I turn the treble down a bit on the amp to compensate.

Edit:  just to add that I did try out a Mustang in the shop for comparison.  The 2" scale difference does mean the strings aren't nearly as flappy as the Mustang.  I think 32" really is the best of both worlds in terms of scale.

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Just had a search for medium scale to see if it was a “thing” 😀 some nice stuff in this thread- never even heard of gypsy rose!

I’ve only ever owned a p of some kind and a ric after many years, so decided to keep my eye out for something different. Landed this bad boy off a fellow BCer over Xmas, took it to a jam last week.

Mud-bucker, j bass pickup, medium scale- lots of new things to try!

I love it so far and it’s a lot of fun. I’ll admit I don’t notice the scale change so much (I only play very simple stuff, rarely high up the board) but the tone differences are massive!

 

 

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Huzzah!

Recently bought this lovely 33” six string Shuker from @JMT3781. Still getting used to the flattish fingerboard, but I really like the narrow spacing, medium scale, and it looks lovely... if a little on the heavier side than I’m used to. If I keep it I may end up swapping the EMG system out for some Nordstrands.

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On 09/03/2019 at 11:36, Dan_Q said:

Just had a search for medium scale to see if it was a “thing” 😀 some nice stuff in this thread- never even heard of gypsy rose!

I’ve only ever owned a p of some kind and a ric after many years, so decided to keep my eye out for something different. Landed this bad boy off a fellow BCer over Xmas, took it to a jam last week.

Mud-bucker, j bass pickup, medium scale- lots of new things to try!

I love it so far and it’s a lot of fun. I’ll admit I don’t notice the scale change so much (I only play very simple stuff, rarely high up the board) but the tone differences are massive!

 

 

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I've got one of these bad boys.. very under rated. Feels ,plays ,sounds and in my opinion looks great.

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7 hours ago, ead said:

Picking up my new 32" P type bass tomorrow.  Overly excited for an older person.

Got to say the teaser pics show how awesome it’s going to be! I was playing my one at a musical last night, I love it so much :)

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14 hours ago, therealting said:

Huzzah!

Recently bought this lovely 33” six string Shuker from @JMT3781. Still getting used to the flattish fingerboard, but I really like the narrow spacing, medium scale, and it looks lovely... if a little on the heavier side than I’m used to. If I keep it I may end up swapping the EMG system out for some Nordstrands.

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Ah, my ol' Shuker. My first custom bass!
I do miss it sometimes, be sure to treat her well buddy :)

Eude

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13 minutes ago, eude said:

Are we allowed to share 31.5" basses here, or are they technically too short?
Not really sure where they sit, I always describe them as shot(er) scale...

Eude

I think 31.5 to 33” is fair cop for medium scale?

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19 hours ago, Donnyboy said:

I've got one of these bad boys.. very under rated. Feels ,plays ,sounds and in my opinion looks great.

agreed- i play it an awful lot at the moment! any pics of yours? sorry about the stickers by the way. I know that offends some folk. they probably won't be there forever.

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Here we go folks ACG Finn 32" scale P bass

  • Alder body with quilted maple top natural satin finish
  • 3-pc ash neck with Maple board
  • P bass pickup, passive electronics, detuner on E string
  • Weight 7.4lbs

Crappy phone pic, will so better ones in due course.

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10 minutes ago, ead said:

Here we go folks ACG Finn 32" scale P bass

  • Alder body with quilted maple top natural satin finish
  • 3-pc ash neck with Maple board
  • P bass pickup, passive electronics, detuner on E string
  • Weight 7.4lbs

Crappy phone pic, will so better ones in due course.

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Beautiful :)

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