Firstly congratulations on the channel. At first I thought you were nuts with the lobster claw thing but quickly realised your reviews are fair and balanced and your clear passion for the bass won me over. Great work. I recently bought the Fallout bass after reading your review and realising the design choices with ergonomics felt like it was almost made for me. I cannot use my pinky on my fretting hand due to a childhood injury and although i can manage full scale on my L-2000 with small hand movements to compensate for long fret stretches, it does limit my playing. I had dismissed short scale but decided to give the Fallout Tribute a try and it just instantly felt right. I have not put it down since and being 6’3’ and 300 pounds the larger body and bridge spacing makes me feel like i am playing a full scale bass whilst being easier to play, with the added bonus being I don’t look like a circus bear playing a ukulele! Now i admit large middle aged men with dodgy pinkies isn’t exactly a huge market 😂 but the fact the Fallout exists and just happens to be made by my beloved G&L just blows me away. As players we are truly spoiled for choice in today’s market. Apologies for the long ramble!

Bought this, in part due to your review. Im a tall guy who prefers shorter scales. This thing is heavy, but it is totally comfortable to play.

I think some people don't like the idea of using a "small" bass, so this gives you short scale comfort but long scale looks and reach... It's a short scale for big people! :D

G&L basses are sleepers! The genuis of Leo Fender still exist!

This is my next bass. It’s a beautiful sounding instrument. I just watched a review of this and he changed the strings to flats. Oh my goodness, it sounded so incredible. I love flatwound strings, and I have always changed out the strings on all of my guitars to flats. Personally, I think Leo’s pup design attributes to this bass guitar’s awesome sound. Lobster, change out the strings on this to flats, then come back and do another review. I think you will agree on how awesome this bass truly is.

I’m not a tall guy by any means (169cm) but it’s genius that they proportioned this to look like a standard 34” scale bass. IME with shorter basses (Fender Mustang and even the Ibanez EHB), I get more cramped or strained trying to play those. Kudos to G&L for this design and especially with that MFD pickup. Lots of options for a passive!

Glad you reviewed this one. If not for your video I would never have known that a short scale bass was available in a full sized package. Honestly, the main reason I don't play short scale basses is that at 6'2", 190Lbs, it looks-- and feels-- like I'm playing a child's toy. Now I'm looking forward to giving the Fallout a try. Thanks Lobster!

As a tall guy who likes the sound of short scale basses and the easier fingering, I often find short scales look like toys on me, so I would consider something like this over say a mustang bass.

Excellent review! I love that you brought the picking back. Single coil mode + pick = **chef's kiss**

I love my Fallout Tribute, absolutely the best bass in it's price range in my opinion. Mine is white with black pickguard. I'm not sure how you are measuring the length, my Fallout is about an inch longer than my MIJ Mustang bass and at least an inch shorter than my Aerodyne. It does everything I want it to do tone wise. I have smaller hands and it is as comfortable as any 1.5 inch neck I've played, the profile is a bit flatter than the Mustang which is a vintage C shape and 1.5 inch. Anyone who is hesitant should play it. Thanks Lobster

Great bass channel. I ve been playing for over 40 years and to see a balanced and practical channel like this is great.

Awesome. I love G&L. What an interesting addition to the line. Great grooves.

Beautiful review and sound! Have a great sunday, my low end brother! 🦞🔥👍🏻

While the aesthetics are an acquired taste...the sound is very warm and round. All of the tone variations are useful with OMG packing the kind of punch one would attempt to get with an active EQ. Impressive. Great channel.

Could be the perfect option for someone who feels most Short Scales seem "too dinky". Sounds like you would have to definitely try before you buy.

If they’d just call OMG mode “the meat switch”, they’d sell more of these. Sounds pretty good. 👍🏼

Long time guitar player here who got into bass 4 years ago. I started out with a Sterling full scale (a great bass, especially for the money). A year ago I picked up one of these in black and it’s been my #1 ever since. I prefer the tone of OMG mode when performing but yes, it does have a tendency to get “boomy” when I turn *my* amp past 3. Plays great, looks great, sounds great.

I'm a tall person who is addicted to the short-scale sound. I'm feeling this one.

I instantly like the tone🔥

I love these MFD pickups, both in sound and design. If I ever get my hands on one of these or an L-1000 i’ll probably raise the magnets under the E and A strings on the rear bank of magnets, and then raise the magnets under the D & G strings on the front bank of magnets for a sort of reverse P bass sound.

Gotta love that bass guitar pickin'!

Thanks for pointing out things I hadn't thought about and keeping me from getting the wrong bass for me.

Another cool bass,...and ANOTHER cool "cat playing a bass t-shirt"!😺

“This bass seemed designed for people who want a short-scale bass with long-scale proportions. I’m not sure who that is.” Perhaps the same folks who designed the MIM Fender Rascal Bass? Although many people like small, light short-scale basses I guess that isn’t the case for everybody. Gotta say I really like the sound of this bass and it seems like it belongs in your hands. I have a weird desire to build a lightweight medium-scale Warmoth and put two G&L MFD humbuckers in it and a G&L bridge.

This is a short scale for the low strap crowd. Definitely short scale for the tone, not the compactness. I love it!

Cool bass with great tone and who would have thought that it would be a great slapping bass? Those MFD humbuckers are pretty killer; make a passive bass sound almost active. Would be interesting to hear that bass with flats.

Thanks and hello from our new channel! 🙏

I know the neck position, even though this is a short scale, seems weird, but I think it's brilliant. When I play short scales, the frets are closer to each other, which is comfortable, but this bass doesn't suffer from the entire fretboard feeling too small (too close to my body ) like other short scales. I really like it.

One of these will likely be my next purchase. I'm a diehard P-Bass fan, but age and arthritis make short scales attractive. I'm also 195cm tall, so a short scale that doesn't feel like a guitar is a bonus!

Interesting~ I had a Vantage bass that was 32" scale in high school that I loved~ I didn't realize it was short scale. When I switched to the G&L L2000 it just felt gigantic & it took me a while to adjust to the more normal scale length.

Another excellent t-shirt! Great review as always. I'm hoping Sire will make a short scale 5 string. Their shorty 4 strings sound really good!

Another excellent review Mr Lobster, but I want that t-shirt. Cats and basses! Crazy, but it works!

Lobster: nice looking bass. I have never owned or played a G&L instrument. I do want to get a G&L one day, not necessarily a short scale bass. I do see the advantages of a short scale.

Thanks Mr. Lobster. Excellent review, as always.

I am primarily a short-scale player, and when I tried out the launch edition at Summer NAMM 2019, I didn't notice any ergonomic issues. In fact, the Fallout ergonomics make a lot of sense to certain players. Some people hate that short scales usually have tiny bodies-really wish the Stingray in particular had a full-sized body. This is a short scale that (mostly) feels like a short scale but won't look like a toy on stage. Also, if you play more in the middle/higher parts of the neck, this will be more comfortable-my Mustang PJ can get a little cramped high up. I also didn't feel like the first fret was very far away, which I noticed on the Reverend Dub King.

I love your bass cat shirt.

Great review Lobster I really dig your channel dude! I find that u pick up on details other review(ers) miss. In this case, no review I've seen has mentioned the overall size of this instrument. For me, 6'3" and 240lbs, a Mustang makes me look like a trained bear 🐻. Deal sealed. I am a huge G+L fan and have 3. I will get a Fallout for sure now. Love your channel

Parallel, single coil and OMG... So I assume OMG is series mode with the high bypass cap. The old Gibson EB3s had a similar setting as OMG, by the way. Extra mud from a cap in the mudbucker circuit.

Lobster how about adding in your Sire U5 to the upcoming video comparison? Thanks!

I'm a short guy looking for short scale basses because it suits my hands, but most of them look like toys. I love my Mustang with P/J pickups and flats. I like my Sterling Stingray HH but hate active electronics (I'm heavy handed). I wish this was in HH or Humbucker and single coil, but that one pickup does work. Also interested in the Sterling Stingray short scale. I just like pickups near the neck since my hand gravitates there. I also do like to have a bridge pickup for bite when I want it. I'm kinda particular. I also prefer a Jazz bass neck, but this is an original design and sounds nice. Definitely gonna consider it.

The cat has some interesting moves, if you focus on him (her?) Smooth moves.... What bass is the cat playing?

yes its heavy, very powerfull, good tuners 1/22 ratio and fantastic bridge. I nicknamed it "killerbass" but went for the sire U5

Love G&L, excellent basses. I have a 17 year old L-2000, great , versatile ax. Leo was a master.

Seems like a pretty niche instrument. Sounds pretty good though. I don't hate it. OMG! This is the most I've heard anyone say OMG in a bass video since Davie504.

Nice review, again! I think the pick ups and hardware on the tribute series instruments are really outstanding. Its usually the same as the hardware and pickups on the US instruments that are three times the price. That head stock looks almost comically long, but that bass sounds pretty great to me. Keep up the good work!

Huge fan of the Mustangs and would love to get my hands on one of these. I'd imagine they have fairly similar neck profiles.

Hey Lobster, I love your videos. They're thorough, accurate, interesting, and the right balance between talking and playing. Thanks for what you do. I do have one small suggestion though. Neck dive is an important issue to some people, and just saying it "might have some neck dive when standing" is kind of leaving us hanging. Why not just choose what you consider an average strap, slip it one the bass, then stand up and check the balance? It would take maybe a minute, and be great information. In any case, thanks for doing these videos!

Real good looking sound 's okay no more good things only lobster keep on rocking !😊

keep up the good work, you make great video's . . . . really good reviews

What a sound ! Thx for this ! I 've found my bass :)

About the size, once tried one of those, it felt more because this one is based on the mustang bass if anything that it is that long. The mustang bass also have a bridge away from the lower end of the bass...but in a way, as the mustang was a student model, an advenced neck position might be a good thing for student so when switching to a 34 inch model they already can reach those low notes, just a guess.

Hhhhmmmm, a short scale bass that’s he size of a long scale 🤔. That might suit me, as I’m a large framed person (ok, I’m tall and fat!!) but Indont have very large hands, so I quite like my short scale P bass. But I do look like a giant playing it!!

Great reviews on a very interesting instrument🎉. Thank you

Can you please compare it to a fender mustang? i realky like your way of describing the sounds of the bass!

Meat with a side of meat! I like the tone even OMG. I also like that it doesn't look like a short scale. I'm thinking some flats on that might be great. And I appreciate the picking. "Irkonomics"

Oh My Gosh! That setting does sound meatty! I really dig the tones this bass is putting out, plus as a big guy I can appreciate what G&L is doing with the design. Can you tell me how much it weighs and if it comes with a decent gig bag? Thanks! I'm really looking forward to the Sterling/G&L comparison. BTW... I really struggled playing with a pick for a good while, I was doing the same thing you appear to be doing, and that is holding the pick too close to the point and also holding it a little too tight. When you practice, try holding the pick more in the center and loosen your grip a little bit, I think after you get used to it you'll find it more comfortable and you'll have better control.

Sounds phenomenal. If I was in the market for a short scale this would be it.

Having played both the short scale Sterling Stingray and this bass, how do you think this G&L compares ? Props for playing with a pick by the way, much appreciated !

Low end lobster has to make videos from now on so we can get rid of his claw for him.

You should do a short scale shootout. Want to see what you think of the Gretsch Junior Jet II

Great review, great shirt, and I look forward to the stingray/fallout shoot out. I was super surprised you gave this bass a 4 claws out of 5. Been looking at purchasing this bass for months now but I always did wonder why this bass looked bigger than normal short scales. By the way have you looked at the Ashdown bass called “The Grail”? They have a normal scale and short scale version. Maybe that can be another cool bass for a future review? Either way keep up the great work you’re doing good sir!

Hey...not want to exploid your comment section, just letting you know, yesterday I got the Ibanez EHB1005SMS Short Scale. My god...a short scale with a super powerful B.

Curious to your amp settings on this video, I'm having trouble getting a clean tone from my fallout, that pickup is HOT!

Great video Lobster. That bass sounds FAT. I sent the link of your vid to a friend who is looking for a short scale bass. Cheers!

Great review! As you would expect...I have this bass, too ;) What I do think is really strange...sadly I can't add a picture here Fallout Tribute sits in my sideways stand...and is noticable shorter than the basses around him. While he is certainly longer than my U5 he is directly besides my M7 5 and he really is a junk shorter, especially the fretboard. Greetings from Germany:)

While I did pick up the squier mustang as a short scale I do have a tribute deluxe asat guitar. I play both guitar and bass and the asat deluxe has a wide neck which is very comfortable for me personally. If you're a bass player looking for a guitar I'd say check the asat deluxe out.

Sincerely great sounding bass even with the tone rolled down. I'm curious what that double humbucker Music Man is behind you. My ideal bass would be a music man that can do a P bass sound or a sound like this g&l.

Really nice tone 🎶

Thank you for your review. Could you review a Reverend Wattplower short scale in the near future?

I have a G&L JB which I really like but this sounds pretty dang awesome!

I have this bass and I am still getting used to it. I am old and have played a longtime. I have issues staying in tune. I find this a lot in short scale basses. I like it and need to mess with it more.

Masta Lobster, Is it true that the MFD pickups on the Tribute is the exact same as in the American? I bought my Fallout based on your review and I’m loving it!! Thanks👍🏽

Nice one. When it comes to ‘medium scale - 32"’ basses, which one(s) would you suggest a person considers? Thanks much.

Great review! Been wanting a G&L since your first review and found out about it being a Leo bass, Could you get your hands on a 5H sterling with maple?

Hey Lobster, I know you reviewed the Gibson Short Scale LPJ and also gave it four stars. As this and the G&L are among the very few short scale basses available to lefty handed players, how do your rate them against one another? Both got 4 stars and you did some mods on the Gibson as I remember. I am looking for a second bass as I already own the wonderful Sire U5, and I am checking out these two in particular. Would love your perspective as getting my hands on these in my area seem next to impossible. All the best. Love your reviews.

I think the phrase you're searching for to describe that pickguard is "Mother of Toilet Seat"

ok so, i generally dont like shortscales because i like the fact that basses are big. Basses being large was a part of my initial inclination to them. Like, this weird "make it a large shortscale" definitely hits me as a target market atleast.

Love the red on this, and the new dropped copper red in the sterling short scale. I am having a hard time deciding which one to get. So looking forward to your comparison :)

I play short scale basses and the one thing that I do not like about many of them is the neck width. Why construct a short scale bass with a wide neck? It has been my experience that the neck width is just as important as the length. I like the basses with a 1 1/2" wide nut and a 17mm string spacing at the bridge. I do not care for the basses with a 1 5/8" or 1 11/16" wide nut and 19mm string spacing at the bridge. I can play a long scale bass with a narrow nut and string spacing easier than i can play a short scale bass with a wide nut and string spacing. Many manufacturers don't even list their nut width or bridge saddle spacing in their specs. I have never understood why.

Is there a review for the rest of the tribute series already? Or there will be? :))

I like it! Thanks! 😎

I love your t-shirt!

Lobstah, like we say in Bawstin.

Have a question for you . . . . . of these two what is the better buy, and better bass . . . . The G&L Tribute Fallour or The Sire U5

Hi, Lobster! What is the overall length of the fallout bass (heel to top of the head stock)? Also, what is the max width and length of the body. thanks!

Parallel 13:56 Single 14:19 OMG mode 14:52

For me a 34 inch scale seems a little too big. I have small hands. I have a Fender Mustang that I love but sometimes it feels a little small. I recently purchased this. Black with tortoise and rosewood fretboard. It's perfect for me. Short scale but it still feels big.

Is this a Better Bass vs. the Fender Mustang? I am in the market for a versatile Bass to cover many genre's. My hands are on the smaller side. any input ?

Thanks

Hi there! I was just curious, I keep hearing that short scale basses have a less defined low end, does this bass suffer much from that? It sounded good to me! Jesse B

I can see maybe someone who is worried about how they look with a short scale or not feeling like a "real" bassist. Maybe someone who is self conscious or worried about vanity. Also the body does look really cool and perhaps doing it the way that they did was the only way to make it "work." It does look cool and that does have to count for something?

Does this instrument come with a G&L locking bridge (i.e. saddle lock) ? If yes, have you tried locking the saddles and loosening the adjusting screw ?

I really don't need one, but damn I'd really think about it.

I very much like the proportions of this instrument. I don't understand why every short scale bass has to be miniaturized in its entirety. Short scale makes it easier for me to play with my arthritic hands but being a large man I don't want to be wearing a toy- like Bass on a strap either.

I love your t shirt ❤👍

In your Sire U5 video you decided it was 'better than' the Musicman Stingray Short Scale. How's about The Fallout compared with the U5, please? Excellent videos!!

Waiting for an Ibanez EHB Shorty review

Pino Palladino is 6'8" If he picked up a regular short scale it would look like a ukulele bass. Maybe its geared towards the giants among us who want a short scale sound. For an actual short person like myself. It totally defeats the purpose of having a short scale lol.

You could make a shoe. Ox and rubber band sound good

For some reason this bass reminds me of the loog electric guitar.