The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!

[Aidan63]

As per the 'rules' - i.e. pics or it didn't happen

 

I bought this used Fallout Tribute bass from an Ebay seller a couple of weekends back. Some of you may have seen my post about set up, but no one replied and t'internet wasn't a lot of help; G&L seem pretty light on technical info, and very good at regurgitating the 'Leo's final and best designs' mantra, which may in some way have been responsible for/indicitive of their demise.

 

When I received it it had a very high action and round-wounds on and whilst it played ok it sounded very clanky to my ear, which my playing emphasised 😄

 

So I fitted a set of very used long scale D'Addario tape-wounds, which went on okay and lowered the action and adjusted the intonation to suit and now I am well happy, tamed it nicely so the single coil sound is pretty much Fender, just with higher output, and less tone variation, and the Parallel and OMG sounds are different and usable.

 

PO/Tech/G&L ? had already recut the nut nice and low, but hadn't thinned the height at all so the high strings are buried, but that can wait till next time the strings come off. I gave the fingerboard a clean and a light oil, nice piece of rosewood.

 

I did try and buy the last new one that GuitarGuitar had at the Epsom store, but I couldn't get them to budge on the price, or admit it was on display; it didn't get discounted for xmas or January online, but week after NY someone bought it (or it was disposed of otherwise) - I bet it finally got cleared out on an in store manager's special deal, as they need to make space for new stock post NAMM.

 

One question for the hive, has anyone found a gig bag that isn't full size that will take it, the Gator XL guitar bag that takes the Mustang is too short as the Fallout is that bit longer overall with the slightly neck-ward bridge placement and the slightly longer headstock.

[The fasting showman]

2 hours ago, Aidan63 said:

As per the 'rules' - i.e. pics or it didn't happen

 

I bought this used Fallout Tribute bass from an Ebay seller a couple of weekends back. Some of you may have seen my post about set up, but no one replied and t'internet wasn't a lot of help; G&L seem pretty light on technical info, and very good at regurgitating the 'Leo's final and best designs' mantra, which may in some way have been responsible for/indicitive of their demise.

 

When I received it it had a very high action and round-wounds on and whilst it played ok it sounded very clanky to my ear, which my playing emphasised 😄

 

So I fitted a set of very used long scale D'Addario tape-wounds, which went on okay and lowered the action and adjusted the intonation to suit and now I am well happy, tamed it nicely so the single coil sound is pretty much Fender, just with higher output, and less tone variation, and the Parallel and OMG sounds are different and usable.

 

PO/Tech/G&L ? had already recut the nut nice and low, but hadn't thinned the height at all so the high strings are buried, but that can wait till next time the strings come off. I gave the fingerboard a clean and a light oil, nice piece of rosewood.

 

I did try and buy the last new one that GuitarGuitar had at the Epsom store, but I couldn't get them to budge on the price, or admit it was on display; it didn't get discounted for xmas or January online, but week after NY someone bought it (or it was disposed of otherwise) - I bet it finally got cleared out on an in store manager's special deal, as they need to make space for new stock post NAMM.

 

One question for the hive, has anyone found a gig bag that isn't full size that will take it, the Gator XL guitar bag that takes the Mustang is too short as the Fallout is that bit longer overall with the slightly neck-ward bridge placement and the slightly longer headstock.

Nice bass. The only basses I now own are Tribute Fallouts; one with LaBella flats and one with bright d'addario nickel rounds. One that goes thud and one that's growly.

 

Re gig bag; it's dead basic but I found the Fender FBSS 610 fits a Fallout ok. I'd be interested to know if a better quality bag is out there though of a similar size. I think a Fallout is 111cm long.

 

I'm using a mid priced full scale Gator double gig bag for my two.

[Telebass]

2 hours ago, Aidan63 said:

G&L seem pretty light on technical info

With G&L no longer existing, it isn't going to get any easier...

[Telebass]

Another vote for Chromes SS on my Markbass Yellow Little! I was going to cut down a used set of Fender 9050s, but for a big gig, I splashed out, and it was good.