Short Scale Basses

SHORT SCALE, No problem

It's the year of the Short Scale Bass! The best in Bass builders are all creating a Bass that fits your short scale needs. Basses from Fender, Supro, Gibson and more! Give us a call and find your Short Scale Bass at Chicago Music Exchange. Learn more from Scott,  Mike, and Nathaniel about Short Scale Basses below!

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Fender Player Mustang
Supro Bass Group
Gibson

Nathaniel Murphy has Questions: Short Scale Basses

What do bassists think of short-scales? Do they feel different? Do they sound different? Are they just for kids? Nathaniel Murphy has questions, so we sent him looking for answers. Verified big person Scott and fellow BASSment dweller Mike Larsen give Nathaniel the long and short of it, filling him in on the full-throated world of short-scale bass.

SHOP SHORT SCALE BASSES

Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966 Bass Guitars / 4-String

Gibson EB-2D Cherry 1966

$ 52,355.00
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020 Bass Guitars / 4-String

Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Lake Placid Blue 2020

$ 12,149.00
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973 Bass Guitars / 4-String

Gibson EB-3 Cherry 1973

$ 27,882.00
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale

Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard

$ 14,509.00
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Black w/Tortoise Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Black w/Tortoise Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Black w/Tortoise Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Black w/Tortoise Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Black w/Tortoise Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Black w/Tortoise Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Black w/Tortoise Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Black w/Tortoise Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale

Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Black w/Tortoise Pickguard

$ 10,157.00
Reverend Mike Watt Wattplower II Bass Gloss Root Beer Sparkle Bass Guitars / 4-String
Reverend Mike Watt Wattplower II Bass Gloss Root Beer Sparkle Bass Guitars / 4-String
Reverend Mike Watt Wattplower II Bass Gloss Root Beer Sparkle Bass Guitars / 4-String
Reverend Mike Watt Wattplower II Bass Gloss Root Beer Sparkle Bass Guitars / 4-String
Reverend Mike Watt Wattplower II Bass Gloss Root Beer Sparkle Bass Guitars / 4-String
Reverend Mike Watt Wattplower II Bass Gloss Root Beer Sparkle Bass Guitars / 4-String
Reverend Mike Watt Wattplower II Bass Gloss Root Beer Sparkle Bass Guitars / 4-String
Reverend Mike Watt Wattplower II Bass Gloss Root Beer Sparkle Bass Guitars / 4-String
Reverend Mike Watt Wattplower II Bass Gloss Root Beer Sparkle Bass Guitars / 4-String
Reverend Mike Watt Wattplower II Bass Gloss Root Beer Sparkle Bass Guitars / 4-String

Reverend Mike Watt Wattplower II Bass Gloss Root Beer Sparkle

$ 29,700.00
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017 Bass Guitars / 4-String

Epiphone De Luxe Classic Acoustic Electric 4-String Bass Vintage Sunburst 2017

$ 12,149.00
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021 Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021 Bass Guitars / 4-String

Squier Classic Vibe '60s Competition Mustang Bass Lake Placid Blue 2021

$ 6,905.00
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / 4-String
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / 4-String

Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard

$ 14,509.00
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale
Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard Bass Guitars / Short Scale

Fender Player Mustang Bass PJ Shell Pink w/Mint Pickguard

$ 14,335.00
Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder 4-String Tobacco Sunburst (2nd Gen) Bass Guitars / 4-String
Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder 4-String Tobacco Sunburst (2nd Gen) Bass Guitars / 4-String
Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder 4-String Tobacco Sunburst (2nd Gen) Bass Guitars / 4-String
Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder 4-String Tobacco Sunburst (2nd Gen) Bass Guitars / 4-String
Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder 4-String Tobacco Sunburst (2nd Gen) Bass Guitars / 4-String
Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder 4-String Tobacco Sunburst (2nd Gen) Bass Guitars / 4-String
Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder 4-String Tobacco Sunburst (2nd Gen) Bass Guitars / 4-String
Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder 4-String Tobacco Sunburst (2nd Gen) Bass Guitars / 4-String

Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder 4-String Tobacco Sunburst (2nd Gen)

$ 8,391.00
Squier Bronco Bass Shell Pink Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Bronco Bass Shell Pink Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Bronco Bass Shell Pink Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Bronco Bass Shell Pink Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Bronco Bass Shell Pink Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Bronco Bass Shell Pink Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Bronco Bass Shell Pink Bass Guitars / 4-String
Squier Bronco Bass Shell Pink Bass Guitars / 4-String

Squier Bronco Bass Shell Pink

$ 3,322.00
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