Jaguar comes in both 30” and 34”
Here’s my modded 30” scale, so funky good.
Here’s the Troy Sanders Signature model 34”
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Oooooooooooooooooooh! WTF? What did you do to that! This is something I like! A lot!
Is this the best sounding & most flexible short scale you have? It’s not Avocado green, but I could live with that ^^
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It doesn’t cost much either. Here’s the steps
- Get a decent Jag (Squier)for less than, hopefully 250 quids
- Watch and read @Barney super awesome refinishing post
- Get the EMG pickups, got stuck? Let me know. I’m an EMG fanboi, I’ll point you in the right direction and models.
If you paint the body yourself this whole project would cost you $450-600 if you change the components as well heck you can even go with the RayRoss Saddleless bridge for a super cool sparkling tone.
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That said If you like unique good looking bass that plays well and very well made, you can also look into Yamaha Motion Bass II or III it’s a medium 32 inch scale, pick one with ladybug headstock. They usually runs $250-500 from Japan these are mid to late 90’s bass. I have 2. Super cool and funky bass. Unfortunately, to mod these pickup it will cost you a few bucks extra.
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Nonono - short scale or nothing 
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Yeah but it’s a Yamaha so you won’t need to mod the pickups like you do on a Fender
I love the motion basses, great little instruments.
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Medium are super fun.
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You are still young - but when you get older your arms will shrink ^^
No, but seriously, I have my mind set on 30" - this is the only think nobody will convince me otherwise, not even the evil forces at BassBuzz!
Size is important, but sometimes (in rare cases) smaller is better!
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If you want small, go for an Ibanez Mikro - it’s 28.5"
For really small I have my super-modfied Blackstarr Carry On Bass.
Will replace my 34" ESP with a 30" … and when I am worthy (= play well enough) get a 5 string long scale. And then never buy another bass again
I’ve got 1 SS already but if I were shopping right now for one, I’d give a serious look at the G&L shortie.
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You can always rock a 23” 
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That little petite is rocking Quad pickups with. The only 2 knob and a switch covers pretty much similar to a full band eq. And it’s a push pull active/ passive. I have it wired north coil series/ full/ and south coil series, it also run 18V power from one 9v battery with the Xpure buffer. Super cool little bass.
If you are going to spend 1500 euros maybe you could contact Lignum and have them build you one in 30” scale.
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I think I’m weird because I really like all scales for what they are. And yeah the 32" medium scale is super cool.
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Yeah - that one is REALLY cool! I totally envy you for that!!!
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The Dub King doesn’t have a traditional hollow/semi-hollow sound, I saw someone describe it as “imagine a Hofner violin bass had a baby with a SG and a Fender P-bass. Though it’s none of those things”. If you listen to a Gibson EB-2 (30.5"), Epiphone Jack Casady (34") or Harley Benton HB-60 (30.5"), they sound quite a bit different, muddier and more resonant. You can get a really nice upright-like sound with a hollow/semi-hollow bass.
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Why wait if you want to play 5 string songs. And if you don’t want to play 5 string songs, why get a 5 string?
Just took a listen on youtube and honestly I think the Gretsch offerings sound a lot more differentiated and less muddy than the Reverend. YMMV. If you really wanted a semi-hollow EB (which is how it sounds to me) then this might be your bass, otherwise I would keep looking.
The videos I saw were also pretty saturated tone-wise, not sure if that’s the bass or the people recording it.
I would EQ this thing hard if I owned one.
Could also be bad online examples, would pay off to hear one in person.
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(I was talking about references in the guitar world 
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All my basses are short scale. At the moment I have 4 basses. The first one is an Ibanez Mikro 28.5", which I took the Beginner to Badass course. The second one I have is a Dean EVO flat black 30". This bass I got for a steal but because it was a cheap bass it had some issues quickly. The strings were crap and one of the turners broke. Replaced the strings and the tuners, and it is a good bass now. My third bass is Fender Mustang again 30". I love the deep thump you get with this bass. My last bass which my wife purchased was a Duesenberg StarPlayer TV 30 " semi hollow. Now this bass is great. I can make it sound anyway I want. It is built like a tank and is well balanced. She got it used and was able to pick it up at a bargain price for Duesenbergs. The person who had it set the bass up like a guitar and had the action way too low. All I had to do was raise the action a hair and played like a dream. Since you are in Europe I would expect that Duesenbergs can be purchased at the top of your budget.
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