A-Branger
SS.org Regular
I got a couple of questions for you guys wizards of the scales
My first one is a bit dumb, and sorry for that. Its about the number of frets vs the distance between them
In my mind I think if a bass is 34" scale, the frets positions would be the same regardless of the numbers of frets the bass have. The 12th has to be at a specific place.
Having say that, I have play with ibanez basses (4 string SR for 4 years, and EDA 5 string for like 14 years), both of them being 34" scale and with 24 frets. But every time I go to a store and pick up a music man stingray 21-22 fret, or a jazz bass 20 frets. I feel the distance between the frets is bigger?
is that just me, or its my perception as lets say the 20th fret would be at a position where my 24th would be???.... but I also feel the lower register frets to be "bigger".....
this is one of the reason I have stayed away from GASing into an ibanez 35" scale BTB as I dont like the big gaps on the lower end
My first one is a bit dumb, and sorry for that. Its about the number of frets vs the distance between them
In my mind I think if a bass is 34" scale, the frets positions would be the same regardless of the numbers of frets the bass have. The 12th has to be at a specific place.
Having say that, I have play with ibanez basses (4 string SR for 4 years, and EDA 5 string for like 14 years), both of them being 34" scale and with 24 frets. But every time I go to a store and pick up a music man stingray 21-22 fret, or a jazz bass 20 frets. I feel the distance between the frets is bigger?
is that just me, or its my perception as lets say the 20th fret would be at a position where my 24th would be???.... but I also feel the lower register frets to be "bigger".....
this is one of the reason I have stayed away from GASing into an ibanez 35" scale BTB as I dont like the big gaps on the lower end