Sholt ol not?

[uwe]

Seattle Sally dug this up here ... My Axis buddy in the offer says it's short scale (but offers no details):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171393503704?afsrc=1

But for the life of me (and bearing in mind how Japanese men are reputed to have size issues) I can't see what should be short scale about it? It's not that it doesn't look like the (long deleted) Shortybirds Gibson put out for a year or so (and which failed abysmally commercially), of course they could have put a short scale neck on a regular TBird body in the nineties with correct pup and pg placements, but that would have necessitated moving the bridge forward. Yet this bridge is where it should be (with a long scale Bird).

That said, I find the concept of a short scale TBird (like a short scale Explorer) self-defeating. Unless you are Suzi Quatro that is. If you don't look stunning in a leather overall, then that bass/shape cries for a long scale neck, period, anything else is kami without the kaze, seppu without the ku. Still, this would be a freak addition to ze Kölleckshün. But judging flom zee pics I don't even see a point in asking whethel it's tluly sholt scale ol not ...

[Dave W]

Doesn't look short to me, and what does he mean by 12 frets 450 mm? That it's over 17" to the 12th fret?

[uwe]

Your dad was the Navy Airforce tail gunner, you ask him! 

[Dave W]

Army Air Corps.

[uwe]

Wot, no Dauntless or Helldiver then? 

[Dave W]

Don't ask me about the details. He didn't like to talk about it and I knew enough not to ask.

[TBird1958]

It's just the standard model............ I'm turning into a feeb   

[chromium]

Just noticed this one, if you're looking for a shortie 'bird:

http://www.themusiczoo.com/product/7117/Gibson-Thunderbird-Short-Scale-Bass-Satin-Ebony/

[lowend1]

Or this un':
http://newjersey.craigslist.org/msg/4587233427.html

[Highlander]

Good grief... don't you go to sleep...? it must be horrible o'clock in your part of the world as I'm just taking a dip-in before heading out for work at 0800...

[Dave W]

I don't think Uwe's looking for one of the Shortybirds, pretty sure he already has one. He was just curious about the ebay listing for Japan which might have been a different model. But I don't think it's short.

[uwe]

I have the regular shorty indeed which is a fine little bass if a bit redundant. The world is waiting for lots of things, but a shortscale TBird is not among them.