Acoustic bass quest

[mavuser]

well the Epiphone looks to be long scale.
So Guild it is! try to get one with maple back and sides. even if it must be Jumbo Jr. it's still a bass tuned to pitch. good luck!

 

[wannabebass]

Funny thing...looking at how she's holding it, it probably doesn't matter if its long or short scales since she has so much of the instrument off to her right. I guess its more about ergonomics than scale length, or at least a combination thereof.
I would love to try a few models, but every music store near me has a grand total of one ABG, and its often the same model!

 

[fronobulax]

Funny thing...looking at how she's holding it, it probably doesn't matter if its long or short scales since she has so much of the instrument off to her right. I guess its more about ergonomics than scale length, or at least a combination thereof.
I would love to try a few models, but every music store near me has a grand total of one ABG, and its often the same model!

Perhaps. But the way I notice scale length is with my fretting hand. Specifically the distances between frets. The body of the instrument has a much greater effect on how I hold and play it than scale length does.

 

[Minnesota Flats]

Or, if money is no object...

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