I happen to be a fan of short-scale basses, despite having big hands and easily playing long-scales.
I've owned/own Voxes, Hagstroms, a Fender Musicmaster and Bass VI, EBOs, numerous Hamer short-scale 4-, 8- and 12-strings.
Off topic a bit....my true preference is for medium-scale 32-inch basses.
My thoughts on scale length is largely from a different direction. Most guys who claim a long-scale is "better" do so from a player/audiophile prespective....and they are correct. But I see it from a "fan/music buyer" perspective....where 99 percent of fans at a concert cannot tell the difference in sound between bass scales live or on recordings. So, the point is moot.
There are certainly hundreds of great hit songs that were played on short-scale basses. I cannot recall EVER hearing one listener saying "this song would have been better if the bass player played it on a long-scale."
No one except a bass player really cares.
And if a producer thinks the bass sounds weak/lack bottom on a session and he can't EQ in what he wants to hear....he calls in a keyboard guy to layer it with synth bass