nice
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I recently had the opportunity to try a Reverend Sentinel in Rapid City, SD and loved it. I own two Reverend guitars and this was the first bass I tried. Super high quality and at a good price.
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I’ve got a Wattplower, the Sentinel is one I considered when I was looking to buy mine. Now, going the other direction, I’m debating either the Reverend Descent or a PRS SE 277 (both baritones). I’m not in any rush or anything, I probably won’t actually be in the market to buy one till summertime.
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I just saw a sad story on NoTreble.
Hofner is in bankruptcy.
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i’ve always hated the way they look but 100% love and respect for how iconic they are. and i was coming here to post this myself.
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Holy cwap. Much sadness here. Really glad I grabbed their Green Line 500/1 recently. I’ll never part with it now.
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very nice 
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good value with Cort; same factory as Indonesian-made Squier, PRS and Ibanez instruments.
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As a player of short scale bases, I love when new options come out in sorry scale. It looks like a 30” scale, anyone have other specs for it? Width at the nut? Neck shape? Etc…?
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Sorry scale. I’m going to call it that in my head from now on 
Goddam autocorrect
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Sorry, scale. 
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Nut width 38mm, C shape, ~16" fingerboard radius, 3 band preamp
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I just bought a second short scale, but for me it’s a necessity. I also play guitar and I have a Taylor GS Mini. It’s the perfect size as I am 4’8” and trust me, it’s reflected in the reach of my arms. I’ve tried to play full scale and it was extremely uncomfortable.
I started with a Bronco Bass acquired on black friday and I got a heck of a deal. I’m halfway through the course and decided to do a small mod by changing out the pickup and pick guard.
Then I found a Fender Mustang PJ bass, which I really love. I can’t reach the G string tuner on either of these without pulling the bass over. I’m glad short strings are a thing, for whatever reason!
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Have you tried the Taylor GS mini e-acoustic bass? I’m interested in trying an acoustic bass.
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I didn’t realize Taylor made a GS Mini Bass. It seems pretty cool, especially the newer ones made of Koa. The built in pickup is a plus. I installed transducers in my guitar.
Good luck with it if you go for it!
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My latest shorty
It’s a project bass, and I talked about it over there some, and I’ll try not to repeat myself, but this bass came from parts from other basses, with the exceptions of the control plate and electronics. This my fourth mustang, my others are a Squire CV 60s with a Curtis Novak split mustang pickup, Fender Player I PJ with Dimarzio Model PJ pickups, a Fender Pawn Shop Mustang with a Novak Wide Range Humbucker, and Lil’ here with a Nordstrand split mustang pickup.
The basses are very similar. The bodies are the same shape. The contouring is different. The Squire is just a slab of wood. Plays fine and sounds good, with a mustang bridge. It’s a good bass.
The Pawn Shop was a limited edition with a wide range humbucker which is fat and warm
And the Player 1
The bodies on the Pawn Shop and Player are the same, just like the Squire but the corners are rounded off and softened.
The three way switch on my Player is not connected, just filling a hole. I have stacked pots to adjust volume and tone individually for each pickup. And a Hipshot himass bridge. It came with a standard Fender angle iron bridge, and this is an important short coming IMO.
The other three stangs come with a Mustang bridge, string through body only.
The Player with the light Fender bent iron bridge had neck dive without the weight of the heavier Mustang bridge. Least mine did. With the himass added, and a thee inch strap, no neck dive issues on any of them. They stay in the position you set them.
The downside of the Mustang bridge is it is limited to string through body only, so regular short scale strings are too short. You need medium scale. LaBella makes a special set for the stang which fit perfectly. Which is what I use. 760F-MUS is the part.
Lil’s body is from a Vintera II and is nicely contoured and super comfy
Most comfortable to play out of the lot of comfy basses. I would recommend against a Vintera on two points. First is the neck radius is 7.5". not my favorite. Mine are all 9.5" and that makes a difference to me.
Second is Fender’s slavishness to the Gods of Vintage. The truss rod is in the neck, and you have to pop off the neck in order to adjust it. They figured how to fix that in the 70s. Hard no for me.
The Nordstrand NM4 is an interesting pickup. It has rich deep tones, but with the tone knob all the way open, a bit bright. Dialed back a skosh and it sounds fine, clear and articulate with strong mids and highs. Not my favorite sound for playing alone, but would cut through other instruments in a mix.
The NM4 is also super responsive to the tone knob. Roll off the tone, and the sound is still clear and articulate with just the lows. More than most pickups, you get a wide range with just the normal CTS pot. It’s quite sensitive to the tone pot
That’s my overview of my new bass and Mustangs in general.
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