Small bass for small woman

[Jack]

The singer in my band is this tiny woman, and she wants to take up bass, but she is very tiny and doesn't want to spend much on her first bass. She is about as big as a P-Bass herself, so she needs something small.

I was thinking: SG Bass or I know another woman who has a small Cort bass that was like $130 used.

Any other ideas?

[eugewong]

Hard to take it seriously (although I'm sure some do!) but there's the Ashbory bass.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Ashbory-DeArmond.jpg

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0350100396

[scottlr]

Fender Mustang bass.

[57special]

Musicmaster or G&L SB-1. Both reasonable, have short scale, and sound outstanding.

[Bassomatic]

ian maidman played one of those on david sylvian tour; it sounded fantastic, to me,
and much more interesting than "standard" basses in that particular musical context.
dt / spltrcl

Sure did when I caught youse guys in NYC.

[cmatthes]

Dan Armstrong Plexi?

Cool short scales and they don't look big on ANYBODY!

There's always the Steinberger (and various licensed copies) route...

[Bassomatic]

Played one of these in a store recently. Damn near bought the thing:

http://www.music123.com/Epiphone-EB3-Bass-Bass-Guitar-i29416.music

[tonemeister]

I used one of these to back up my wife, and so she could play it too at times ... kept great tune, felt great, do not let the Danelectro looks fool you, this is a great bass. I like the red color, which is not shown ...

http://www.jerryjonesguitars.com/NLHbass4.htm

[Thor]

Take a look at Steinberger - light, great feeling, and some good tones to be had.

Cheers,

Edward

[Bassomatic]

Take a look at Steinberger - light, great feeling, and some good tones to be had.

Cheers,

Edward

True, but these are long scale.

[Pearly Gator]

My youngest son just got a violin bass copy for his birthday and he's on the small side. It is small and light weight. I had to dig through a few to find a nice one. But it plays and sounds real good. There are a bunch of these with different names. I think they are all made in the same Asian factory because the hardware is so similar.

http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?ItemPos=2&TempID=3&DepartmentID=2&STRID=203336&CategorySubID=180&CategoryID=180&BrandID=1308&CategorySubPriceRangeID=0&pagesize=10&SortMethod=3&Method=3&PriceRangeID=0&SearchPhrase=&Contains=&Search_Type=Department&GroupCode=&categorysubsearch=true

[Kiwi]

Danelectro Longhorn.

Flyweight, short scale, inexpensive...

and good enough for Garry Tallent of the E Street Band to play all night on tour.


http://perso.orange.fr/city.lights/spiritinthenight/estreetband/garrytallent/gary15.jpg

[lbw]

Another vote for a Fender Mustang bass.

[Tone_Terrific]

Hamer Slammer. Short scale, surprisingly toneful.

[James Knox]

My "little" wife Elizabeth plays bass in the band I lead on Friday nights. She has 2 different short scale Bass's; a Hofner Beatle Bass and a Fender Batz Marue Bass. The Batz is part of the "Hello Kitty" line of guitars - it is based on a Musicmaster Bass. I did a little set-up work on it and it plays and sounds really good. She like it alot and they are not very expensive.

Peace,

James

[KRosser]

ian maidman played one of those on david sylvian tour; it sounded fantastic, to me,
and much more interesting than "standard" basses in that particular musical context.
dt / spltrcl

Yeah - I'm seriously considering getting one of those Ashbory basses for home recording/demo-ing purposes

[eugewong]

I've actually never played the Ashbory, just seen pictures.

I've been told it's got a slightly 'upright' kind of tone? The silicon strings are a mystery to me though...

[loudboy]

Another vote for the Dan-O.

Something that small and light should NOT sound that big and fat...

Loudboy

[Bassomatic]

Another vote for the Dan-O.

Something that small and light should NOT sound that big and fat...

Loudboy

Ditto the Hofners. The expense is another matter.

[Zim]

There is a new Hofner Violin bass, I think the ledgend seriers. It is like $350 new. I also like thw Mustang. Check out the Short Scale Squires too, real nice. And check out Daisy Rock Basses, They are made for women, and really nice. I played a pink one that blew my mind. If it wasn't so "girly" I'd own one. That and the fact that it is short scale. (I'm 6'6")

[mainsale]

+1 for the Hofner's. They are light in weight, short scale, thin neck, easy to play, sound real good and look good too! This is my old Hofner, serial number #937 from '64. It's naturally reliced and sounds better than ever! It cost me a whopping $129, cash money!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b61/Mainsale/Guitars203.jpg

[Gavin]

Shoot me an email. My daughter has a 70's Fender Musicmaster bass shes trying to sell....cheap! She actually bought a Warwick this evening so she wants to move it quick.

Gavin