show your short-scales!

[drbassman]

WOw, how cool!  Nice examples from the Beatle bass era.  I love your collection.

Chris the two Klira's above are very unique. The one on the left is a Twen Star 162-I and the one on the right is a Twen Star 162-II. The next version Klira made was called a Twen Star 356. It had a Violin body, identical to Hofner's 500/1. The Twen Star 162-II was a pre Twen Star 356 "quasi" combination which incorporated half of the standard violin style body on the upper body along with the cutaway of the 162-I on the lower body. In addition to their unique body shapes, the bound "cat's eyes" sound holes add to the design of all Twen Star models.

But even though the two designs are very similar, Klira made the Twen Star 162-II a 1/2" thinner than the 162-I.

FWIW, the fronts and backs are made from a single piece of German Spruce on the basses pictured. Klira's sound great and they're very well made. I own 4 of them which are all very playable.

Here's a photo I took of them today.



TD

[drbassman]

Here's my latest short scale acquisition on it's way to my bass vault........

[godofthunder]

Oh I like that Bill ! very cool !

[Chris P.]

My shortscales. Missing are my '76 EB3 and my project EB0.

In this picture: A RI DeArmond Starfire, a RI Epi Rivoli, an SG RI Bass and a '76 Ric 3000.





I case you're wondering: The numbers 7, 4 and 5 are just a bit of a joke. A bit of a Pete Townshend PopArt influence;)

[drbassman]

CORRECTION:  Really frickin' short scale!  24.5"  Is it a bass?  Not sure really!!!!  Still playing it to determine its actual usefulness as a bass and waiting to hear from the seller.

Here's my latest short scale acquisition on it's way to my bass vault........

[Freuds_Cat]

Damn! thats shorter than my 25" Bennet Corsair

[drbassman]

Yeah, it's a one-off that Mosrite made.  I've seen others online that Dave and the guys have found, so it's not one of a kind, but it surely is rare and unusual.  I'm trying to figure out if it's really playable or not.

[drbassman]

Damn! thats shorter than my 25" Bennet Corsair

Hey, what strings do you use on that 25" bass?  What's the measurement from the ball to the edge of the wrap on top?

[Freuds_Cat]

The only strings that I've found that work almost OK are these.

http://www.bassguitarstrings.us/store/product.php?productid=16503&cat=346&page=1

Same strings I use on my Allen Woody bass. Still have to cut them down to go on the Corsair.

[ilan]

So, life's too short for long scale basses, eh?

Great thread, great looking basses guys.

Only one of my 10 basses is a short-scale - a '78 Fender Musicmaster, which I gave to my son, so now another '78 is on its way here, this time an Olympic White.

[Blazer]

Not mine but my bassplayer's Gretsch Bariton-jet which I modified for him by removing the Bigsby. It sounds really good though, big powerful sound.

[leftybass]

Here's my Gretsch 6-string bass, modded for lefty playing.

[Blazer]

Here's my Gretsch 6-string bass, modded for lefty playing.

Which is the same instrument as my Bassplayer's but I'm pretty sure you're not using it the same way he does: byt using an Ibanez "Seventh heaven" distortion stompbox and a Laney Solid state 300 watt head and 2x15 cab. It sound brutal.

[leftybass]

Which is the same instrument as my Bassplayer's but I'm pretty sure you're not using it the same way he does...

I use it as a bass, as that's what it is, so I'm sure you're right.

[Barklessdog]

Here's my Gretsch 6-string bass, modded for lefty playing.

Wow, that is really cool! Love the Gibson style pickguard

I was reading on Talkbass about these long scale 6 string bass / baritone guitars. I guess the Fender IV was one of these?