Alan Lancaster played a short scale Mustang on most stuff. Super solid timing in everything.
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posted it above, but this thread has gotten pretty long now so its hard to find 
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Here’s the man, Joe Dart, on a Fender Precision Bass Junior on one of Vulfpeck’s new songs. (They’ve released a lot of new stuff recently - I think 10 songs in last 2 months).
I think it’s hilarious that MusicMan has two $2600+ basses named after this dude, and he’s like, “nah, I’m gonna jam this old-school short scale P.” One of those EBMM’s named after him is even a short scale! I guess when you need a P-bass sound you need a P-bass sound, period.
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It’s not actually that unusual that artists don’t always play their signature basses. Like all other players, choosing a particular axe will depend on the sound tunes will need. 
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I haven’t posted here in a really long time, and was scrolling through the various topics for a bit and came across this thread. As it turns out, I have just finished up modding a 2016 Squier short scale Jaguar I purchased from Reverb.
It was in mint condition, but I swapped out the black pickguard to a white pearl, added the bridge cover and last weekend put in DiMarzio Relentless pickups in it. they are absolutely gorgeous and sound INCREDIBLE!
I have gotten back into working through my Baddass course and hope to start being more involved here again: Cheers!
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Relentless has a unique vibe, and DiMarzio some great pickups. Nice bass
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Very nice!
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Big fan here. Ceramic all the way!
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niiccceeee
no secret that i’m not a fender guy, but it wouldn’t take much to convince me to get a jaguar 
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Thanks!
I didn’t think I’d end up with this to be honest. I already have a couple Yamahas and a Jack Casady, but the price on this was really good and I had wanted to give a short scale a try.
These DiMarzio pickups look SO cool on it and are CRAZY powerful and clear!
-Kev
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Love them. They were such a clear winner when I was pickup shopping (I went with the Model P).
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Relentless is simply awesome, though I’m surprised for a pickup that’s designed to be positioned right next to strings they are hot and powerful.
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I wouldn’t say they’re “hot” at all. But (and I apologize if I have this wrong) because they indeed DO have a really comfortable curved body that naturally allows them to be close to the strings, I think that is what makes them able to sound so clear/strong.
Folks that know more about the science can weigh in, but I was always under the impression that the closer the pickups are to the strings, the more powerful the output and vice versa.
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Part of it is that they are ceramic; ceramic magnets are generally stronger than alnico, and they are generally hotter/louder.
Ceramics are also more naturally compressed sounding than alnico, which brings up the body of the tone a lot.
I really like ceramic pickups myself.
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Passive Relentless are about as hot as the active pickup. Great tone.
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Quick crosspost from another thread Project Basses - #2479 by paolo.pfm
Could you measure the position of the pick-ups on a short or medium scale with P or PJ configuration you own? It’s not urgent, but it would be really helpful.
For example: model, scale length, and distance from the bridge (or the nut, as more convenient) to the center of the J or between the split coil.
It doesn’t need to be extremely accurate, at least to be in the right ballpark…
Or is there any meaningful online resource I missed?
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Ok it’s a few weeks away from finish, finally. I bet you they put mine on hold while they built the Nate Navarro SubBass, lol. Well, I don’t mind.
This is the Short Scale MultiScale Lignum bass my second. It will have the Delano Xtender Quad coil.
Purple burst with some Cosmic Inlays
Neck through Asymmetrical neck
Compound radius fingerboard 7.25*-25*
3x1 tuners
Oh! It also Glow-In-the-Dark, lol.
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Love it. Shape is fantastic, great colors too.
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Wowsa!
That’s cool!
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