After watching this, I’m really looking into a 32’. I’m planning on retiring my Mark Hoppus Signature P to the closet since it’s worth money now, and replacing it with one of those new Squire Jaguars H’s with the same P split coil in there instead. Really, I want a shell pink bass and they just dropped a pink Jag finally. So I’m just justifying it to myself as well as my wife. Lol.

30"

Do you guys sell 30in scale strings?

my current go to bass combines all of these: the Ibanez EHB1005SMS. The low B is 32" and the high G is 30". It has many sound options, both acitive and passive. It has a very light chambered body and no neck dive because it's headless.

I started on upright so pbass was the most natural for me starting out, however I went to a fretless musicman for a long time and currently alternate between Ibanez sr650e and a mim fender jazz

I was just about to comment on that fact! 🙌🏻

One of the reasons I play a Mustang! Being a tiny guy, a full length looks too big..

No cap. Full disclosure. On god.

Thanks so much!

Good to know thanks.

Correct, and she used felt taped over the top of the bridge to mute the strings.

She also played Aria Pro II basses. Highly underrated guitar brand back in the 70s. The newer ones from the 80s up not so much!

@@moushunter yes, i had one of those Aria Pro basses. Hated that thing.

Ibanez makes a really solid one for cheap

Main reason I don't play 4s anymore is because of the lack of 35" ones. Spent 20 years with a Yamaha TRB4II so got used to that extra inch! Sadly the weight started to become a bit of a challenge for my back. My Mike Lull 5s are over a pound lighter.

Heard of the Ibanez SRMD series? 32 inch and comes in 4 and 5. All of the ones in my local store had frets that stuck out and sliced my thick calluses pretty bad. Probably because of the very dry climate here compared to Asia where they're manufactured, which is a bad excuse. We're it not for that, I would have probably snapped it up.

Yes I have heard and played the Ibanez Mezzo medium scale basses and found them decent instruments. I should have added a qualifier to my first post. All of my Japan manufacture basses are from the eighties and nineties, which makes them vintage instruments. The quality back then was much higher than today. My vintage medium scales all cost between $250-$900. I already own a 30" (short) scale Spector Bantam bass, and am looking at acquiring a 32" scale Spector Bantam five string. The only thing I am hesitant on is the price of a new one, and my Bantam 4 developed fret sprout the first winter I owned it. That issue was easily corrected and now it is a great playing bass. I especially like the option to change the EMG 35 series pickups out easily due to the solderless system EMG has. Thank you for your reply, all information and feedback is greatly appreciated.

@@thermionicemission8136 so workmanship was better in the 80s 90s. Ok

@@carpediemarts705 Quality was very good back then. However, there are some high quality mid market imports from Asia and Europe that I have owned and played. In the 80's and 90's the Japanese manufacturers were producing instruments that equaled or rivaled US made name brands in quality and performance. Many US manufacturers were licensing instruments to be made in Japan back then while they got their act together quality wise after the mistakes they made in the 70's. Japan took their quality serious at that time, and these days as well. The Matsumoku made instruments are legendary, and often highly coveted for their quality. Those instruments often sold too well and cut deeply into the USA made sales. So the USA manufacturers often ended the Japanese made lines. Please be well, and do well in all of your endeavours.

I agree. One thing I love about mine is it's easier to swap between bass and guitar during a gig without everything feeling wierd for half a song!

75'? That's a very long neck!

@@asw7696 Oops. I fixed it.

@@danmorrison8194 Sorry, I couldn't resist! I have a '73 Fender Mustang. I don't think I've ever played a 35" scale bass before but was considering getting a 5 string one. Lakland are on my list to try.

@@asw7696 no worries. I shouldn’t post before coffee. I think Laklands are great! I lot of bass for the $. I bought a 55-02 from their B stock list that had no blemishes; they only replaced the neck for some reason. New neck=good neck.

Dingwalls are super interesting. I got a 5 string combustion a year ago and since then I basically stopped playing my other basses. Weirdly enough even though it has the longest scale length of my collection it also has the best sounding G and D string. Maybe something to do with the pickups. Love how versatile this thing is. Personally I mainly play folk and blues stuff and it fits in really well.

eastwood, fender japan, SX, and ofc warmoth and other custom part builders do lefty medium scale basses :) - a fellow lefty

Theoretically what is the difference of being in a wheelchair and those who play while sitting? I don't see where bringing a handicap in changes the fundamentals of a guitar. Not being insensitive but sharing private things like that with complete strangers only makes you look like you seek sympathetic responses.

@@silencedones4421 look at a wheel chair, for god sake… It has two armchairs which prevent the use of big body. I am not « disabled » but it seems pretty clear to me that a short scale bass is more handy to use in such a situation as the body size is way smaller than a regular body size. Jeeezzz 🙄

@@r3b0rn80 just as I do not understand his point in his comment I also do not understand your point other than the two of you speaking just to speak.

Brilliant😁👍 I had a Greco acoustic bass many years ago (frets were removed by a previous owner). The scale had to have been over 34" but unfortunately , I didn't measure it. It was stolen during a gig in Belgium and I've been searching for another one ever since.

"As the scale is lengthened, the fundamental is suppressed" where did you hear that, That makes absolutely zero sense.

@@blaness13 On a 30" scale bass tuned to standard EADG, all the strings are looser than on a 34" scale bass. Try it yourself. As the strings are looser, they have a greater range of motion, allowing the fundamental more energy, thus more volume relative to the overtone series.

​@@bongosockthat still makes no sense, So I went one (or 5) steps further and I toke my 5 string and recorded E1 in several different ways, (1st) on the Open E string, 36lbs (2nd) I tuned down a whole step putting E1 on the 2nd fret, creating effectively a 30in or close to bass (30 1/4), and the tension of a 30 ish scale, 28lbs (3rd) I tuned down 2 whole steps, so E1 is on the 4th fret, (27in) scale effectively) and even lower tension 22lbs (4th) I played E1 on the 4th fret of the low B string, So effectively making that last one the same tension as the open E1 on the E string, at a 27in scale, 34lbs (Close enough to the Low E string tension) And (5th) I tuned the low B string up a whole step putting E1 on the 2nd fret putting E1 back at 30in scale bass territory, but at 43lbs of tension, And then played each one through EQ with a visual graph, and what i found is that the tension of the string didn't change the relationship of the decay of the fundamental and harmonics, I would half to build a Jig to test the pickup positions effect, but how much tension or how loose the string is didn't change the graph in any meaningful way, the 2nd and 5th test decayed in the same way and the 3rd and 4th tests decayed the same. I'm not going to tune a .125 gauge string up so that E1 is open on the low B (that would be 61lbs of tension) not on my actual Bass anyway. so i can't compare the 1st E1 to anything, the relationship between the fundamental and harmonics doesn't change with tension or scale, as far as the physicality of the string is concerned, It's about the position of the pickup, or effectively where the pickup is "hearing" the string as it decays. because in this test every scale change shorter, moves the pickup closer to the center of the string, picking up more of the fundamental,

@@blaness13 That was excellent work btw! The relationship between the fundamental and the overtone series is not so much to do with the decay over time, though. It's more instantaneous: like a snapshot at any given moment. As you no doubt well understand, the tension of the string effects how far the string can travel backwards and forward as it vibrates. Looser strings have a greater range of motion - most pronounced at their midpoint. This is particularly important for the instantaneous volume of the fundamental tone relative to its overtone series. The greater range of movement allowed at the 12th fret means the fundamental of the open string has more energy, which translates as more volume at the pickup. As the tension on the string is increased, the string becomes increasingly constrained in it's range of motion. The effect of this is the volume of the fundamental tone relative to the overtone series becomes less, and the timbre of the note becomes 'brighter', or 'twangier'. For this reason, an open E string on a 34" bass can sound fat and rich, with a good balance in the instantaneous volumes of its fundamental and overtones, while the open G string tends to sound 'thinner' and 'over-bright'. This same effect can be seen in guitars: with shorter scale length Les Pauls generally sounding 'warmer' and 'creamer', while the longer scale length of Strats give them a 'brighter', and more bell-like sound. Interestingly, the bell is a musical instrument in which the fundamental tone is entirely absent, and all you can hear in its ringing is the overtone series. There are other factors as well, of course, such as the mass and the elasticity of the string, but scale length is crucial. For example, if you put guitar strings on a bass, and strung it up to the pitch of a guitar, it would sound very bright indeed! Let me know what you think :)

​@@bongosock It is possible i wasn't clear, (or I'm missunderstanding ) but the reactions and sound of the strings were consistent between the tests at the same scale length, despite the big difference between tension, on test 2 and 5, With an increase in tension, you get a higher pitch due to the constraints, because the energy you put into the string manifests into faster vibrations, over a smaller area, (think of a ice skater spinning and pulling their arms in to spin faster, the relative relationship of the fundamental and the overtones are still the same just at higher pitch, and the inverse with lower tension and lower pitch, Again it comes back to the pickup and pickup position, the closer to the bridge the less motion is going to be heard by the pickup, and the difference between a single coil and a humbucker is a big factor and is huge reason why LP's are generally darker than strats, (not string tension) I have a 27in LP style baritone, and in a drop B/or C vs my strat in the same tuning, the Baritone is still the darker guitar, because of pickup type and position, This definitely a interesting conversation, I'm definitely going todo more research and tests when i can.

We try to have a fairly broad range of gauge options for Short and Medium scale basses, at least better than most brands.

Would definitely recommend bumping up a string gauge! Medium gauge strings would fix a lot of these issues (assuming you're used to 45-100 or 45-105 on Long Scale)

I would try a 32”. Probably still not ideal to tune down to D, but it’ll take it better than the Mustang

I am just the same! Not that I can't play it, I just don't prefer it 🤷🏼‍♂️ I feel that full length basses are too big for me.. I look stupid in photos too 😅

Man I love Jamerson speculations. The fact that he is probably the most influent bass player ever and that we barely know anything about his bass habits makes him almost ghostly, like a reclusive prophet of bass that we have to interpret with so little certainty.

We've talked about it, just haven't found the time yet. It's on the roadmap though!

@@Stringjoy awesome, looking forward to them coming along.

I have literally heard no one in my 25 years of playing guitar call it an eeebanez.

@@williamfrank83 😆 I know

Also 30" scale, falls into the category of a short scale bass, although they're certainly a bit unique in that category