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Small and light - preferably med/short scale and headless...suggestions/experience?

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Hokay, so I'm in a couple of bands right now, plus doing a weekly Jam Night, and so I'm looking for something small and light to ease the load of three gigs a week (sometimes four) - I started down the road with a Hondo Alien short scale headless*, just to see if I could get on with the whole minimalist body thing, and while that one wasn't a very good bass, it proved a point, so I've moved it on for a Westone Quantum, which is a medium scale headless and a league above in terms of quality (once my local tech Matt Ryan had given it a good fret dress and setup). It's a good size, and easy in terms of logistics, the only issue being it's surprisingly heavy for a medium scale headless at pushing 7lbs 3oz.

 

Soooo (and to get to the point), any suggestions for anything small and headless (not one of those Wing things, mind) that'd come in around/under the 6lbs mark, but would still be a quality bass? I could push the budget towards a grand for the right bass, and as I say a medium scale would be good (I've just got my sweet spot for string tension sorted with D'Addario Balanced Tension strings, which have a .120 E), but I suppose I could have another run around the short scale/tension hoohah if necessary...

 

I've just looked at a Yamaha BX1, which, while undoubtedly a quality bass (and I love a Yamaha), is a 34" scale and weighs more than the Westone...shame, as I rather liked them...

 

 

* And also for something small and bolt-on to get onto a Ryanair flight for some gigs in Italy, which unfortunately haven't panned out...

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The first four are all 7lbs or more, but I'll have a look at the Rail (which is even more, erm, challenging than the others...Riverheads are very rare and, I suspect, expensive because of that 'made of Unobtainium' thing...

 

Thanks for the suggestions, tho... 👍 

 

Hmmmm, Sweetwater (as an example) have one of those EHB1000S's at 6lbs 9oz (the Multiscales are all 5s, not for me)...interesting...

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21 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Yamaha B Motion MB-II: https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-2155344

 

But it's not headless... I need some more coffee. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Close, but no banana: 3.4kg = heavier than the Quantum I have now, unfortunately...I quite like that, tho...those pickups look very like the ones in the BX-1, too

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For that sort of money I'll be speaking to Jon Shuker about a chambered headless, to be honest (perhaps one of his Superleggeras)...which I may yet do...although I'll have to sell something to do it... 🙁🙂

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54 minutes ago, Muzz said:

Now look what you've done - I've emailed Jon Shuker... 🤪 🙂

 

I'd check to see if he's running a "Build your own bass" courses this year - buy all the parts in advance, glue up any wood you might want to use and go prepared...

 

Dib dib dib, dob dob dob.

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