Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a bass guitar for people with smaller hands?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Bass for small hands?
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genocide roach
DOOOOOOOOOOM
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how much money are you wanting to spend? if youre lookin to spend some cash, go for a rickenbacker.
~gR~
~gR~
Fender's Geddy Lee Signature Jazz bass has a small neck. Perfect for small hands and very comfortable for large hands.
Bryant
Mr. Sleepy
Gibson (and maybe Epiphone) has an SG bass. It is a very lightweight and shortscale bass for players that don't have a large stature.
Bryant
Bryant
you're better off learning on a normal scale bass. I too have small hands and I thought it'd be a problem, eventually you develop a perfect technique, it just takes time. Hang in there.
genocide roach
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some of those daisy rock guitars arent that bad! mahogany bodies ans whatnot. i wanna buy one. put on some corpse paint, put on a shitload of spiked gauntlets and boot covers and WIELD THE FLOWERY AXE OF DEATH!
you know anything that cute has to be designed by satan \m/
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you know anything that cute has to be designed by satan \m/
~gR~
MFJ
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Okay, I'd reccomend an Ibanez Soundgear... my SG400 has a very thin neck, and it has a great range in tones. It also was $300-400 depending on what finish you want. Hope this helps.
USMC0341
Dead Cold Day
Ibanez and Ricks are good to go...one other suggestion I can make is if you want an bass from the 80's, that has a nice, thin nect and awesome action - go on eBay and find an Araya Pro II SB (Superbass). It's the same model Cliff Burton played (you can see part of it in my sig pic). They have oval pearl inlays on the neck, and either a single EMB of Dual EMGs. They sound awesome, and they are perfect for a metal bassist who plays agressive lines. I have pretty small hands, but I just dealt with it and now I play a 34 and 35 inch scale 6 string (84 mm neck at the widest part - so that goes to show you can get used to a big bass)...
Hope this helps...
Hope this helps...
Clammy
Heavy Metal MANIAC!
I have small hands as well, and over time I've gotten used to playing a "normal" sized bass neck. The ones on my handmade B.C. Rich Warlock basses aren't huge, but they're beefy (yet extremely comfortable to play due to the profile)... now, that said, I also have a 1976 Rickenbacker 4001 and I recently picked up a 2001 Gibson Blackbird (Nikki Sixx signature Thunderbird), and they both are 34" scale, but have smaller/thinner necks, and I find them very easy to play, especially since I am used to the necks on my BCRs.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Bryant
Mr. Sleepy
You have some serious and some not so serious replies here, but I once owned a '63 Gibson SG bass, neck-thru and it was a great guitar. I am 6'1" with large hands (though average length fingers) and can handle a long scale P-bass (Fender Perecision) and currently own a long-scale Peavey Foundation but though that SG might seem outdated, give one a try. I would pay double for what I sold it for now. It was a sweet guitar.
Bryant
Bryant
MFJ
Active Member
Ricks, B.C. Richs, and Gibsons really aren't all that bad either, allthough some of the gibson necks can be quite chunky. Also, Rick's and Gibsons are 3 times as expensive as an Ibanez or B.C.
Clammy
Heavy Metal MANIAC!
Marksveld said:
Only the import BC Richs... the USAs are more expensive than Gibsons or Ricks.
Cheers!
