Thx for this video! I was thinking about getting a new 32 to replace my old jazz bass, and this is it. Groove on!

@thislisa

3 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

I love my Sterling Stingray SS-4 = the fit, finish Sound & Playability exceeded my expectations.

@thislisa

3 ай бұрын

Awesome!

Thanks for making this, very informative.. I'm a lefty and its hard to find anything at any scale, but I have been thinking about a medium scale.

@thislisa

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for stopping in! I hope you find the right bass for you.

I saw this after getting a 32” squire jaguar bass not too long ago, it’s much easier to play and i really love it so far! may have to try to get a short mustang bass…

@thislisa

6 ай бұрын

Yay! Groove on, my friend.

I agree that 32' medium-scale are the best and hope more makers start making them. I have a Fender MIJ Aerodyne Jazz 32" and a Fender Jaguar PJ 32" that are my two primary basses. I have several 34" and 30" basses, but the 34"s are harder to play and the tone on the D and G strings are too thin. The opposite is true on the 30"s, with the E and A strings being too muddy. I think 32" is the perfect middle way and you get a very classic tone from them. In my book, the perfect bass (for me) is a 32" scale, thinner 1.5" jazz style neck, with either jazz or PJ pickups.

@thislisa

6 ай бұрын

32" Aerodyne! That is my dream bass! I agree on your tone assessment.

67 yrs, 54 on bass, severely arthritic hands, shoulder, and lower back...my upright and my 34" fnder are painful. But 30" ss don't quite give me what I want. Thanks for this.

@thislisa

6 ай бұрын

Good for you! Keep playing, my dear.

yeah, Im 6'2" with fairly long arms & once I discovered short scale, I won't even think about anything more than 32. & the only jaguar thats 34 is the fender, all the squires are 30 or 32, im getting into a little luthier fiddling & one thing that I will be focused on is making any bass that I would have not tried in the past due being too damn long, I will be modding any & all starting with a meteora, ive already got a jig on its way & I will figure out the best neck, starting with a 30 reverse headstock fender neck, some cheapos from eBay to start, & go from there. I love the old guild b-300/400s from the early 70s which I'll be building short scale as well. ive got the perfect neck from an epi sg bass that im gonna try around on different bodies. ive got a rev dub king thats only 30 but feels much bigger to me so ill hopefully figure out why it feels that way & maybe have some basses to sell here & there. I know im not alone in wanting to try short scale on every awesome bass design, & I think some how its underserved, at least as far as just making a quick swap out, I know there's more to it than meets the eye but, if the bridge can be moved then it shouldn't be too damn hard, we shall see I suppose.

@thislisa

5 ай бұрын

A Meteora 32" would be sick! Reverse headstock is also a great idea. I wish I lived close enough to try out your experimental short scales.

I purchased a Specter Bamtam 5. It's a high end medium scale bass. It ain't cheap, but it's what I looked long and hard to find due to age and arthritic fingers.

@thislisa

5 ай бұрын

Sounds cool.

Definitely sweet spot. Short Scales are a faff with getting the right strings and don’t quite sound as authoritative on the bottom end unless you get a high end custom build.

@thislisa

8 ай бұрын

Good point

@Eric-wd7kx

6 ай бұрын

what? short scales have a much fatter bottom end. you're misunderstanding how harmonics and sound work.

@RoloTonyBrown

6 ай бұрын

@@Eric-wd7kx I guess so, (but this is IMO) it’s always seems less defined to me due to the differences in attack and sustain and where a short scale sits acoustically in the mix. This is of course dependant on a whole lot of factors, strings, pickups etc. Think how a p-bass seems more rounded and thicker in the mix, a lot of people psychoacousticly think that means it has more ‘bass’ when in reality it’s stronger on the low mids and fundamentals due to the split pickup design emphasising certain frequencies. A jazz bass both pickups dimed might technically when measured have more bass but because of the mid scooped nature of both pickups together seem to have less bottom.

@thislisa

6 ай бұрын

@@Eric-wd7kx There is less snacp and treble response on short scale basses. They sound warmer sometimes muddier.

I think that the reverse headstock fixes the 30" muddiness issue also.

@thislisa

5 ай бұрын

Oh, what a good point.

Nice video, good insight! I have one of the newer 32" jaguars, but I don't know what gig-bag to get. I have hard time finding any for 32s - what do you use?

Excellent Lisa. I’ve been good. You do look good with your short hair. Did you dye your hair? Do you plan on playing drums again

@thislisa

6 ай бұрын

I def bleach my hair. It is a little more sassy. lol. No more drum vids in the works, my dear.

Thank you very much for the info. Do you know the weight of that model? I'm looking for a light 32" (I have a Fender 32" jazz bass and it's still heavy for me after playing for more than an hour, standing up, of course). Thanks for your time!

@thislisa

5 ай бұрын

Mine is right at 7lbs.

I don't get why there aren't more 32 inch basses. They are better than 34 in everyway imo. I love the jaguar classic vibe.

@thislisa

3 ай бұрын

Seriously!!!! There is a market for them and so few choices.

@thislisa

3 ай бұрын

I really want to try that one if it is 32.

@Gonzo.Noise.Project

24 күн бұрын

​@@thislisaI've had my Squier CV Jaguar for about 3 months now and it is one of the best feeling basses I've ever played/owned. I even sold my medium scale P bass about a month ago because I just wasn't playing it anymore. If you like Jazz basses, you'll like the Jaguar. Cheers!

Please tell what strings length work for 32 inch! I've got the Jaguar, thank you for your presentation.

@thislisa

4 ай бұрын

I just bought regular bass strings

@bandicoot5412

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

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Hi- do you still have this bass? I am very interested!

@thislisa

5 ай бұрын

No, sorry

Sterling RAY’s series are 32“ scale too. The D and G strings sound fatter than the ones on a 34" scale…. I have both and convinced the 32" is the way to go 😊

@thislisa

8 ай бұрын

Oh I didn't know that. I knew they had a 30" short scale. Good to know.

@RoloTonyBrown

8 ай бұрын

I don’t think they are. I had one of the older SUBs, 100% 34”. You could be forgiven for thinking there a medium scale though, I shimmed the neck on mine and accidentally stumbled into having the lowest action without buzz of any bass I’ve played since 😂. Skinny jazz bass neck profile too.

@phil-good

8 ай бұрын

@@RoloTonyBrown Oh yes … i guessed it’s a medium scale but to my great surprise i saw on the spec’s it’s a long 34" scale 😳 You’re very right. Love these machine guns 😍😍😍

It is such a huge difference, I’ll check out 34”-ers but they will just be for bodies. Fender has a 34” jag, & yeah, the Japanese have shorter arms, literally, & 50% more per capita. :so yeah

@thislisa

3 ай бұрын

Yeah it is a big difference. I love that Fender Japan offers shorter basses and guitars. I which they would import them.

@mofost1

3 ай бұрын

@@thislisa yeah for less then $200 would be ideal(.shipping alone I mean)

madam ur height is 5.2 ???

Hi friend

@thislisa

8 ай бұрын

Hi James!

@james22939

8 ай бұрын

@@thislisa hope you’re okay

@thislisa

6 ай бұрын

@@james22939 I am. Thank you, my dear.

@james22939

6 ай бұрын

@@thislisa your the best

I think the 32 sounds better

@thislisa

3 ай бұрын

Me too

That Is A Solid Body Fiddlutype E-Bass, Not A Bass Guitar Read My Information About The Fiddle At The Mandolessons Video About The “Mandolin Family” Sort By The Comments (Newest First)

@thislisa

3 ай бұрын

Interesting

Still these medieval units... there is metrics for good reasons, dudes. It exists some centuries, by now. Please please please, move on. Inches? Pounds? Why? And oh yes, a 32" scale is a very very good idea. Or even a three quarters size bass. Try it yourself, listen how such slightly smaller instruments do sound, and feel how they play. You might like it better than you had expected. For real. Besides, I converted some electric guitars to 4 string bass, and the results are interesting. Thanks for this video!

Warmoth neck with a FENDER logo? Not cool.

@thislisa

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I bought it this way. So don't blame me. lol