« Reply #25 on: September 15, 2009, 10:47:47 PM »
a few months ago i bought a $40 broken in 2 Vantage Flying V bass
30" scale.originaly i wanted to restore it but the ends of the V's were way smashed. and the crack was missing a lot of wood. so i epoxied the thing back together,used the same epoxy to build the ends back up and covered the whole thing in tons of well placed skate stickers.and like 20 coats of polyurethane (so they don't peel up).yeah it's a little cheesey and juvenille,but so am i.
anyway before i had a chance to try any short scale strings,my drummer gave me 2 sets of "Blue steels". i've tried these a few years ago and didn't like 'em. but on this bass with the 70's DiMarzio pup this thing kills.i can't belive how good it sounds and how easy it plays. they're 34" strings cut down. but they work fine and i have a spare set.now i need a case. i really like the short scale.
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