On Amazon, the Gretsch G2224 Junior Jet Electric Bass Guitar II is around $300. These harmonics give an instrument its unique tone and feel so when the string length is shortened the tonal properties of those harmonics change.

Spending a long time tuning a stringed instrument can be boring, so if you happen to have a child that isn’t exactly super patient, having a short scale bass guitar that’s easy to tune can help to limit your child’s frustration levels when learning how to play a new instrument and fiddle with string settings. The controls are quite basic and come in the form of a volume and treble controls.

Are some of these bass guitars on your wish list too? Pickup Configuration: Single-coil magnet With top players as wide-ranging as Owen Biddle, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Tim Lefevbre, Stanley Clarke, Jesse Murphy, Mike Watt, Paul McCartney, Allen Woody, and many more all favoring a short-scale on occasion, the message is clear: The only thing you lose with a short-scale is length. I find it remarkable that the price of the bass is so reasonable compared to the quality. Gretsch G2220 Junior Jet II Bass TG. This pickguard gives the bass that retro smooth feel. In the mid-’60s Fender also entered the short scale business with the Mustang Bass, which attained a level of cult status after it went out of production in 1981. That certainly dropped the short scale bass’s cool factor, turning more serious players away from them and toward long-scale basses. The pair of humbuckers help you achieve sounds like Paul McCartney and beyond. Tonewood is what makes the bass sing apart from skilled hands. The bass is equipped with two DMT designed humbuckers that allow the bass to be responsive and highly adaptable to different styles of music.

The sound is warm, responsive, and great for playing precision stuff.

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The shorter neck, with less distance between frets, and the more compact body dimensions, make the short scale bass a good choice for players with smaller hands. So the first thing you need to know is that the bass guitar is composed of a lot of different parts and features.

Most commonly you are going to come across solid body type basses. While its single Sidewinder 'mudbucker' (so called because of its placement close to the neck) pickup might make it a one-trick pony, that one trick is just the ticket if you’re after a thick tone with maximum fundamental. A rosewood fingerboard tops the maple neck, which provides a comfortable feel and injects a bit of extra warmth, Aggressive sound with plenty of attack for rock and metal players, Solid mahogany body offers dynamic resonance and sustain, One pickup doesn’t offer as many tones when compared to two-pickup bass guitar models, Fretboard feel and finish aren’t up to par for the price, The body of this bass is made from basswood, a tonewood that provides a clean and balanced tonal profile. This also means that short scale guitars require a low string tension to maintain a proper intonation, which will provide the guitar strings with a loose feel to the strings.

Target Customer: This is the instrument aimed at someone looking for a product that is affordable while at the same time providing value. Estimated Price: $200 Scale Length: 30”. It comes with one single coil mic on the bridge side plus a split single coil precision bass pickup on the neck position; these mics provide a wide variety of sounds that can be achieved with this lovely bass. Helaas is de precieze verzenddatum momenteel niet bekend. That’s why when you play an E on the 12th fret of the E string it sounds so unlike the E at the 2nd fret of the D string, despite their being the same pitch.

As for the pickups that are installed on this short scale bass guitar, you’re going to getting your hands on a single coil jazz bass neck pickup and a split coil P-bass pickup. The scale length of the guitar is 29.75” which is the medium range for short scale bass guitars. As it’s a short scale (30”) it lacks the depth of long-scale basses, and the sound it produces is less wiry.

Materials, Used Fretted Instrument There are hollow and semi-hollow basses out there which are good, but for now, I think the best choices are solid body bass guitar. Harley Benton PB-Shorty BK Standard Series, Palissander fretboard (Dalbergia latifolia), Achterblad en zijkanten: gevlamde esdoorn, Gelamineerde esdoorn top en gelamineerde mahonie achterkant, Geschroefde esdoorn hals met grafieten versteviging en scarf joint, Sterling by Music Man StingRay SS4 MN Daphne Blue, Harley Benton Beatbass VS Vintage Ser Bundle.