Does anyone gig with a shortscale?

[Gray C]

Yes, an Aria TSB 400 in the pic attached.
 

My first bass bought second hand in 1988.

[beely]

My regularly-gigged MIJ Fender Mustang.

 

I like it because it is light, sounds great and is easy to play.

Had it for about 8 years.

Unintended benefit of a short-scale: it takes up less room on a tight stage.

 

I occasionally get out the guitar it has replaced; a 1978 Ric 4001, play it for a wee while and then put it away again.

[JazzLobster]

I used to gig often with my G&L Fallout, before I thinned the herd.
Now my 32" Pbass with a Jaguar Squier neck gets played out frequently.

[AlexDelores]

Yes, lots.

 

Gretsch G2220 for me. Cost me £245 from BassBros. Has £100 of Gotoh hardware on. It’s my #1 now and helps pay my mortgage.

 

Sounds and feels so good to me that it made me sell my Vintera Mustang.

 

 

[BigRedX]

To expand on my original post.

 

In my current band, I use a 30" Eastwood Hooky 6-String Bass. Our band doesn't have a guitarist so myself and synth play alternate between playing the melody and bass parts:

 

[Marky L]

I have a Retrovibe LP style shorty that came with some hi-gain (forgot the brand) Ric style pick ups. Yes it has a great Ric sound to it. I like to gig it BUT it's essentially a slab body and I find that uncomfortable on my wrist. It just needs a little bit of relief on that top right edge. I dare not do it, it's likely to end up in a dozen pieces if I try. 😁

[Gasman]

Yes indeed, I use a Talman 5-er on flats for the more soothing first set, then a much-up-modded HB PJ Mustang-alike 4-string on rounds for the noisy stuff in set 2

 

I've sold all my decent longscale basses, my small hands with their arthritis don't like long necks any more...

Edited 14 hours ago by Gasman
amplification!

[Woodinblack]

25 minutes ago, Gasman said:

Yes indeed, I use a Talman 5-er on flats for the more soothing first set, then a much-up-modded HB PJ Mustang-alike 4-string on rounds for the noisy stuff in set 2

 

I sold my Talman in the end, I thought it was great for the price but the neck was wide and the headstock was really heavy. Often thought about getting one of the EHBs in short scale though.

[Cliff Edge]

On 06/11/2025 at 10:30, Gray C said:

Yes, an Aria TSB 400 in the pic attached.
 

My first bass bought second hand in 1988.

Nice. I have an earlier TSB650. It creates thunder in the nicest possible way. 

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I usually take a pair of JMJ mustangs when I gig.

[Steve Lawson]

I went from 35 to 33 to 32 and my most recent bass is a Nordstrand Cat bass which I think is 30... 

 

32 is current favourite - Mk II of my Elrick signature is 32" and headless, so super comfortable to play, and fits in a guitar bag so easier to carry on a bike, and to fly with  

 

Steve 

[ezbass]

A 32” Wilcock Mullarkey was being played with The Divine Comedy on Jool’s Later on Sunday night.