Stanley Clarke makes a Strat Bass

[Chris P.]

https://www.musicradar.com/news/stanley-clarke-i-built-a-new-bass-that-looks-like-a-stratocaster-fender-is-going-to-release-it?fbclid=IwAR2G7_dhwOWORydOqPZsfHQfvLCntMhBE4oNdagMtt-PeI0TUCYXfNFZGsM

[Pilgrim]

Looks nice.  I like the reverse headstock.

Interesting comments from him about "how long can you do a show" by yourself.

[ilan]

Fender already did a Strat-ish 3-pickup short scale bass a couple of years ago, the Rascal bass.

[Pilgrim]

Yeah, and I still want one....

[Dave W]

Jimmy Wilson at Landing Bass has been making Strat-shape basses for years.

The Rascal was a Bass VI shape and that was more like a Jazzmaster than a Strat.

[OldManC]

Didn't somebody back at the old place make a Strat bass?

[Dave W]

Didn't somebody back at the old place make a Strat bass?

Maybe. I do remember that a woman named Lisa whose username was Squidlizard had several of the Landing Strat-shaped basses.

[ilan]

I never really inderstood the appeal of Strat-shaped basses. Leo Fender redesigned the Precision bass in 1957 to match the Strat aesthetics, to him this was the Strat bass. And the Jazz Bass was the bass companion to the offset guitars.

[dadagoboi]

StratoBaster, I  built it about 6 years ago, 32", reverse headstock...I'm suing the mofo.



Balance is good and it sounds great.

[Dave W]

I never really inderstood the appeal of Strat-shaped basses. Leo Fender redesigned the Precision bass in 1957 to match the Strat aesthetics, to him this was the Strat bass. And the Jazz Bass was the bass companion to the offset guitars.

They appeal to players who like smaller-bodied basses, especially short scale players.

[ilan]

They appeal to players who like smaller-bodied basses, especially short scale players.

The Mustang bass has a body smaller than a Strat. I don't see why you would put 3 pickups in Strat locations and angles on a bass. It makes no sense other than keeping the distinctive look of a Strat.

To me, a 3-pickup Strat-shaped bass says "I wish I were a guitar player". But that is just personal: I don't feel the same about LP- or 335-shaped basses, Gretsch hollowbody basses etc. Maybe because there were so many Epi Rivoli's in the 60's.

[Dave W]

The Mustang bass has a body smaller than a Strat. I don't see why you would put 3 pickups in Strat locations and angles on a bass. It makes no sense other than keeping the distinctive look of a Strat.

To me, a 3-pickup Strat-shaped bass says "I wish I were a guitar player". But that is just personal: I don't feel the same about LP- or 335-shaped basses, Gretsch hollowbody basses etc. Maybe because there were so many Epi Rivoli's in the 60's.

Don't forget that the Mustang bass is just a bass version of the Mustang and Duo-sonic guitars. I can't see that a Strat bass is any different. Plus, the Mustang looks tiny on many players and it still has the "student guitar" stigma to some. The Strat doesn't.

The original two Landing models had two EMG pickups each. One had the humbucker shape, the other had soapbars. There's no reason they need to have three pickups like the guitar.