Amptech: Only the ('orrible) Gibson 80ies Explorers were medium scale, the fine reissue from a few years ago was long scale (maple with maho body) as are the Epi Explorer basses (some kind of mock "mahogany korina" wood for both neck and body, it is very dent prone and almost white, but sounds lovely blurry and is comparatively light). And both much better (than the medium scale Exies) for it, too.
Thanks for the info. I think I'll start looking for a short scale maho neck project, and perhaps an epi korina body and see where it goes.
But it will be single mud
Uwe edit: Ooops, I meant of course korina, not maho. My luthier said that it was some sort of polynesian limba offshoot, too soft for an expensive instrument, but acoustically laudable enough.
