What features should I look for in a short-scale bass guitar?
| Product ⇅ | Price ⇅ | Scale Length (inch) ⇅ | Number of Strings (none) ⇅ | Body Material (none) ⇅ | Neck Material (none) ⇅ | Fingerboard Material (none) ⇅ | Pickup Configuration (none) ⇅ |
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Ashdown Roasted Capri-23 (Onyx Green)
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£77.38 ≈ | 23 | 4 | Poplar | Roasted Maple | Roasted Maple | 1x PP Alnico |
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The Ashdown Roasted Capri-23 is a compact mini bass built around a poplar body and roasted maple neck and fingerboard. It uses a PP Alnico pickup with simple 1 Volume / 1 Tone controls, and comes with a padded gigbag. It's well-suited to players who want a short-scale bass with stable, comfortable playability. ★ Ideal forIt's a 23 in short-scale (596 mm) 4-string bass with roasted maple neck and fingerboard plus a single PP Alnico pickup, making it a good fit for comfort and easy plug-and-play setup on shorter scales. |
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Fender Player II Mustang PJ Short Scale Bass - 3-Color Sunburst (Model #: 0140492500)
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£643.71 ≈ | 30 | 4 | Alder | Maple | Maple | PJ |
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The Fender Player II Mustang Bass PJ is a short-scale (30 in) 4-string bass built with an alder body and a maple neck and maple fingerboard. It uses a PJ pickup configuration with a split-coil Precision-style middle pickup and a Jazz-style single-coil bridge pickup, selectable via a 3-way toggle switch. It's designed for fast, comfortable playability with a 9.5-radius fingerboard and medium jumbo frets. ★ Ideal forShort-scale players typically want easier reach and a punchy but versatile pickup set; this model's 30 in scale and PJ (Precision split-coil + Jazz single-coil) configuration give you both comfortable handling and multiple tonal voices from one bass.
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