The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!

[Paul S]

Wow.  be interested to know the weight.

[Obrienp]

8 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Will they be like decaf where as there’s less of them they’ll cost more?

It’s usually the way with short scale variants unfortunately. The same way that fretless versions tend to cost more than fretted. Less is more…. Cash in this case.

[JohnDaBass]

2 hours ago, Clarky said:

New Rick shorties being rolled out

If genuine I am up for one of the maple neck basses 

[Aidan63]

3 hours ago, Clarky said:

New Rick shorties being rolled out

So they moved the bridge closer to the neck by the look of it, so they won't be much shorter in reach than a 33" bass or smaller bodied and likely to be neck dive prone surely - I don't get it

Edited Wednesday at 20:23 by Aidan63
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[ezbass]

How to produce a short scale version of a classic design without the need to retool. Actually, quite smart thinking from a business perspective. However, I suspect that there will be little, or no weight saving over the full scale versions, which has always been my problem with all maple Rics. The upside is that they shouldn’t look tiny on those with larger frames. In short (no pun intended), I’d like to try one.

Edited Wednesday at 20:45 by ezbass

[Paul S]

Looks like it is the same neck but with 24, not 20, frets so it is unlikely to be any lighter.  Boo.

[fiatcoupe432]

From left to right 

M7 35 inch 

Pasini ( wood& tronics) 34 inch

Ramsey di Piazza 34 inch 

Squire vm70 34 inch 

Ibanez btb 33 inch 

And the S Martyn 30 inch 

 

The Martyn is the only bass I will keep all the rest will go . 

It has the most detailed b string ,second best the Ramsey and third the m7.

The comfort of playing a 30" six it's something of another level. I don't mind switching in between scale length but since the s Martyn has arrived I don't play any of the other basses

 

Edited 2 hours ago by fiatcoupe432

[ped]

9 minutes ago, fiatcoupe432 said:

From left to right 

M7 35 inch 

Pasini ( wood& tronics) 34 inch

Ramsey di Piazza 34 inch 

Squire vm70 34 inch 

Ibanez btb 33 inch 

And the S Martyn 30 inch 

 

The Martyn is the only bass I will keep all the rest will go . 

It has the most detailed b string ,second best the Ramsey and third the m7.

The comfort of playing a 30" six it's something of another level. I don't mind switching in between scale length but since the s Martyn has arrived I don't play any of the other basses

 

Just goes to show that a decent B is about far more than scale length

[fiatcoupe432]

11 minutes ago, ped said:

Just goes to show that a decent B is about far more than scale length

Totally agree . I'll try and do a video comparison before selling the other basses.