Ventures Bass Scale Length?

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Ventures Bass Scale Length?

Postby oipunkguy » Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:40 am

hey does anyone know what was the ventures bass scale length? my univox is a short scale bass, but the mosrites look longer in pics
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Re: Ventures Bass Scale Length?

Postby dubtrub » Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:59 am

Although mine is not a Ventures model, it's a '72 with a 30 1/4" scale length.
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Re: Ventures Bass Scale Length?

Postby oipunkguy » Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:31 pm

thanks Dub, my guess is all mosrite basses had the same scale length. can anyone back that up?
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Re: Ventures Bass Scale Length?

Postby MWaldorf » Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:10 pm

There were at least some Celebrity basses with a 24.5 inch scale, same as the guitar! Someone here had one briefly if I recall correctly.
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Re: Ventures Bass Scale Length?

Postby jtr654 » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:08 am

They were all short scale.

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Re: Ventures Bass Scale Length?

Postby Haole Jim » Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:30 pm

How the heck do you tune down that far and not have the strings as loose as...you know, something old and loose?

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Re: Ventures Bass Scale Length?

Postby 101Volts » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:07 pm

Haole Jim wrote:How the heck do you tune down that far and not have the strings as loose as...you know, something old and loose?


Heavier strings.

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