Ashdown Capri 23

[Maude]

A quick bit of background info, in one of my bands I solely play doublebass bass. At rehearsals I sometimes just bring a standard electric bass just for ease. Turns out some stuff we do works better with an electric bass and I'm considering doubling on gigs. It'll be a bit of a pain on small stages so I want short scale and light to ease grabbing quickly. I've got some shortscale I can use but this 23" Ashdown has grabbed my eye. 

Nice looking, I briefly had a Saint bass which was fine, standard pickups to swap if needed, a green one which is our band colour, and only £200. But I really like heavy strings, I just don't get on with low tension strings, especially not for the style of stuff I will be playing in this band, lots of percussive stuff. 

My question is, can a 23" scale bass have higher tension strings or will that short a scale and the low frequency always mean floppy strings?

 

https://ashdownmusic.com/products/roasted-capri-23

[BassApprentice]

I haven't played a bass with this short a scale, but I know ACG and Alpher make basses like this too. So you'd think they would be playable without suffering from the more compact scale

 

My first thought is contact Newtone and see what options they can do for 23" scale.

Edited 1 hour ago by BassApprentice