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Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:50 am
by jrmy
I'm sure that I'm not alone in this, but I get a couple of crazy ideas a week, and occasionally one sticks around... they rarely pan out, but somehow they still manage to keep me up at night. This is related to one of 'em:
Does anyone have suggestions for a good, yet cheap, shortscale bass?
I was even thinking of looking into Daisy Rock, though they don't make the one I would have wanted (the star bodied one)... or, wait... maybe they make it as a guitar, but I can't find it as a bass...
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 12:03 pm
by Ghost Hip
Squier Badtz Maru Bass? My bandmate's is still bad ass to play. But when you get up to grab some Fritos don't step on the chord and yank the input jack out. Still plays and sounds sweet through a 4x10 stack.
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 8:03 pm
by smile_man
Squier Bronco bass?
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:40 am
by Caesar
I haven't used 'em, but
rondomusic seems to have lots of shortscale basses in a variety on configurations. Lots of people seem to like 'em. I would guess the resell market sucks.
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 11:43 am
by 1,2,3, Pull Out!
smile_man wrote:Squier Bronco bass?
Yeah I've heard good things about those.
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 12:38 pm
by Ghost Hip
1,2,3, Pull Out! wrote:smile_man wrote:Squier Bronco bass?
Yeah I've heard good things about those.
But you could have a penguin on it!!! BADTZ MARU!!!!
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 12:41 pm
by jrmy
True... but for this particular wacky project, I'm looking for a 2-pickup setup... I was thinking of a jag shortscale from Rondo, but now I can't find 'em.
I might even look into one of those epiphone SG basses.
But I have to admit, Badtz Maru haunts my dreams now...
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 12:55 pm
by Ghost Hip
jrmy wrote:True... but for this particular wacky project, I'm looking for a 2-pickup setup... I was thinking of a jag shortscale from Rondo, but now I can't find 'em.
I might even look into one of those epiphone SG basses.
But I have to admit, Badtz Maru haunts my dreams now...
Mcspunckle has an SG bass up for sale.
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=4204
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 2:37 pm
by Caesar
Badtz Maru... So wrong, but oh so right...
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 3:17 pm
by jrmy
PumpkinPieces wrote:Mcspunckle has an SG bass up for sale.
Damn, PP, you are GOOD!
Now I have to figure out if and where I can scrape the cash up.
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 2:42 am
by tigerdriver
rondo stuff seems to come and go, the rule of thumb is that they never have the exact bass you want when you want it
i had one of the long-scale 70s jazz bass copies and it was REALLY, REALLY nice, better looking than the squier version. maybe could've had a better set up but i know nothing about basses. sold it to get a short-scale version but never got around to ordering it...
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:39 am
by McSpunckle
PumpkinPieces wrote:jrmy wrote:True... but for this particular wacky project, I'm looking for a 2-pickup setup... I was thinking of a jag shortscale from Rondo, but now I can't find 'em.
I might even look into one of those epiphone SG basses.
But I have to admit, Badtz Maru haunts my dreams now...
Mcspunckle has an SG bass up for sale.
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=4204
I didn't see you do that, but I love you for it.
Re: Cheap but good shortscale bass?
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:19 pm
by Ghost Hip
McSpunckle wrote:PumpkinPieces wrote:jrmy wrote:True... but for this particular wacky project, I'm looking for a 2-pickup setup... I was thinking of a jag shortscale from Rondo, but now I can't find 'em.
I might even look into one of those epiphone SG basses.
But I have to admit, Badtz Maru haunts my dreams now...
Mcspunckle has an SG bass up for sale.
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=4204
I didn't see you do that, but I love you for it.
