Short Scale 6 String

[MJJS]

I’m looking for a short scale (30/31”) 6 string (B-C) along the  lines of a Brice HBX 406 3/4 or similar.

 

I’ve posted in the wanted section but this forum seems more active. Any ideas for alternative models appreciated.

[Cato]

ACG does short scale 5s and 6s.

 

Not cheap though.

 

This is just the first example I could find

 

 

30.5" scale.

 

Other body shapes are available.

Edited December 20, 2022 by Cato

[MJJS]

Thanks, but thinking sub £800ish

[ezbass]

A Squier Bass VI and have some fettling done to take a B-C set? Might not be possible with the trem and tuners, however.

 

Edit: Looking at the Brice, my suggestion probably isn’t the type of thing you’re looking for.

Edited December 20, 2022 by ezbass

[Skybone]

Would it be worth looking at baritone guitars?

[binky_bass]

Second ACG. 

 

I have a 30.5" ACG 6 Salace E-Type. A very nice thing indeed.

 

 

 

[Gnermo]

A Maruscyczk Cazpar is in your price range, and can be configured as a 6 string shortscale.

[Frank Blank]

A second hand Ibanez SRC6.

[eude]

I've got a few 31.5" ACG 6ers, and a 26.5"...

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I have tuned the 26.5"er B to C, and it works, but I find it cool to have something tuned a little differently around too.

[Gnermo]

https://www.manne.com/en/gallery/multi-bass-6-satin-special/

Found this too, a 31" Manne bass.

[MJJS]

Some lovely basses, but rather beyond the intended budget unfortunately.

[MJJS]

On 21/12/2022 at 20:15, binky_bass said:

Second ACG. 

 

I have a 30.5" ACG 6 Salace E-Type. A very nice thing indeed.

 

 

 

Well, I increased the budget and have acquired this magnificent beast.

 

Having now been playing it for a few hours it’s right up there with the best.

 

Now I still need a 6 short scale fretless…. 🤔

 

[binky_bass]

35 minutes ago, MJJS said:

Well, I increased the budget and have acquired this magnificent beast.

 

Having now been playing it for a few hours it’s right up there with the best.

 

Now I still need a 6 short scale fretless…. 🤔

 

It's a stunning bass... I'm already suffering sellers remorse! 😭

 

But... it just didn't see any use against by two 33" scale ACGs, so sending it off to a good home and replacing it with something 'a bit different' seemed sensible.

[crazycloud]

On 22/12/2022 at 11:27, Frank Blank said:

A second hand Ibanez SRC6.

This. I like mine so much, I bought another.

[NickA]

I was sorely tempted by one of those Salace basses ( the one that played the theme to the bass chat pod casts in fact).  Then tried a Chowny 5 string with a 32.5" scale ( which Mr Chowny said was the shortest you could go with a low B) ... flobby low tension B string, not great.

 

Tried all manner of 5s and could only get on with the full scale ones.

 

How's the acg at the bottom end?

 

 

[MJJS]

It seems perfectly usable. The neck is slightly asymmetrical and thicker on the B side to stiffen it.

And the B is very full due to the filter preamp.

Edited June 1, 2023 by MJJS

[eude]

25 minutes ago, NickA said:

I was sorely tempted by one of those Salace basses ( the one that played the theme to the bass chat pod casts in fact).

 

How's the acg at the bottom end?

That Salace was Si's and it's a 33" scale 😉

 

The low B on my 31.5" ACGs are brilliant, perfectly musical and comparable to any decent 34" bass in my opinion.

Here's some noodles on the 31.5" headless ACG Salace 6er >>

https://on.soundcloud.com/pzt83

There's some low B being used on a couple of them.

 

The low B on another bass I'm lucky to own, my ACG Finn SC Classic 6 string, also 31.5" scale is absolutely phenomenal, in part thanks to a super rigid Wenge neck and a really solid and extended connection between the neck and body with it being a bolt on single cut.

Design and wood selection plays a big role here, and I think with Alan making all his ACGs by hand it's possible for him to get so much more from a bass.

 

Chere's,

Eude

[NickA]

13 hours ago, eude said:

The low B on my 31.5" ACGs are brilliant, perfectly musical and comparable to any decent 34" bass in my opinion.

I don't doubt it!

 

Does it have special short scale strings?

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[Frank Blank]

For those who missed out on the original SRC6, Ibanez have introduced a new fan fret version, the SRC6MS...

 

[eude]

5 hours ago, NickA said:

I don't doubt it!

 

Does it have special short scale strings?

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I get custom wound Newtones, but I have tried regular strings too with good results, easier on the headlesses as you just lop the extra off, I have to wind the excess round the tuners on the headed basses, hence the custom strings. There's nothing custom about them bar the length.