Short Love

[itsratso]

All Fun, No Compromise! - SBMM Short Scale Stingray

[MikeC]

I have a Sterling shorty in Olympic White. It’s a wicked little beast.

[Wombat-metal]

I saw that before work this morning, no chance to listen to it, I expect it to be an exceptional player for a bass that could use a pickup change. I love that color, have eyed it since NAMM

[howard]

I posted about a few shorties from ESP and Fender in @Whying_Dutchman’s GAS thread:

Fear of the 5th string! The Ibanez EHB1005SMS

If you want really small short scale basses and are maybe a bit of a weeb, you could check out the ESP “BanG Dream!” signature basses from the anime. I’ve seen them in person, high end stores carry them. They are tiny and adorable and I am sure quite high quality. 28" scale: [image] [image] 34": [image] [image] Your image if you own one: [image] This is easily the most brilliant marketing maneuver I have ever seen though. Make an anime about high school/college girl bands with unfort…

[Whying_Dutchman]

@howard

@Whying_Dutchman’s GAS thread:

It’s not GAS! It is a f#cking needy thing that became an absolute obsession and drives me and everybody near me crazy

[howard]

@Whying_Dutchman

It’s not GAS! It is a f#cking needy thing that became an absolute obsession and drives me and everybody near me crazy

dude this is textbook GAS

[Whying_Dutchman]

You sound like my girlfriend, @howard ^^

[itsratso]

ty @howard, these are amazeballs

Fear of the 5th string! The Ibanez EHB1005SMS

If you want really small short scale basses and are maybe a bit of a weeb, you could check out the ESP “BanG Dream!” signature basses from the anime. I’ve seen them in person, high end stores carry them. They are tiny and adorable and I am sure quite high quality. 28" scale: [image] [image] 34": [image] [image] Your image if you own one: [image] This is easily the most brilliant marketing maneuver I have ever seen though. Make an anime about high school/college girl bands with unfort…

[itsratso]

(a thumbnail from above)

[Whying_Dutchman]

I was tempted, as those basses fit perfectly with my school girl outfit ^^

[Whying_Dutchman]

Good news: the Harley Benton MV-4MSB short scale will be in stock again at Thomann beginning next month.

Changes to the previous model:

• (unfortunately) no Gotoh GB7 tuners, but “modern” no-brand ones (whatever “modern” means).
• the long awaited toggle switch for pickup selection - yay!
• Price will remain the same or might be even lower than before (cause: no Gotoh!). EDIT: about 229€

Reviews for the previous model were raving!

[Billn]

@Whying_Dutchman

whatever “modern” means

Small y keys, not big clovers.

[Whying_Dutchman]

Like this? That would be great - don’t like those old fashioned shapes!

[itsratso]

really nice finishes on these

[Whying_Dutchman]

@itsratso

really nice finishes on these

Love the design … but the pickguards … WTF??!

[Wombat-metal]

They look an awful lot like mustangs, and like the colors. I wonder if a Mustang pick guard would fit? that’s some unattractive tort

[howard]

@Whying_Dutchman

Love the design … but the pickguards … WTF??!

yeah, tort doesn’t do them any favors. Say no to salami!

Also, big bummer they went with Jazz Bass-style control plates (which look universally dumb IMO) instead of a solid pickguard like a P-bass.

[itsratso]

got this about a week ago. it wasn’t exactly an impulse buy but pretty close. it’s almost a no brainer considering I’ve often and recently spent more for a pedal. the magnitude of improvement of this over the old kala solid body (which was a POS) is insane, at 1/4 the price. fit and finish is gorgeous, plays great, sounds great, solid features. I have an old cheapo piezo ubass by hadean that I now could put on reverb and make $100 or so, but why? gonna give it to my daughter

[itsratso]

and now I own a p-bass

[howard]

Oh wild, that thing is adorable