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I've had Ultra long scales that sounded nowhere near as good as regular long scale (and some shorter ones)
I've played some of the £5000 Dingwalls and none of them came close to my old 34 scale Marleaux Consat Custom 5. The B on that bass is just mental.
But all things being equal - so same woods / construction / pickup etc you might get an advantage from a longer scale. Like the new Ibby headless models - they come in 34 scale and 35 multi. But you'd feel the difference more than hear it.
String gauge is only half of it. Some string makes just make better B strings than others. Roto B strings are awful. EBs are ok. Dunlops are very good. But after spending hundreds on trying a wide variety, D'Addario Prosteels were the best roundwound low B I found anywhere, and Dunlops the best flatwound. They were surprisingly different and the Prosteels were head and shoulders beyond the others I tried - even other D'addario options.
The concept of a longer scale is lifted from a piano - the bass notes use a longer string. But in a piano the difference in the scale length is enormous and not just an inch or 2.
After a decade of really trying this sort of stuff Construction and String Choice trumps scale length every time. So I wouldn't worry about it too much. If an instrument feels good and sounds good - don't over think it.
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That is such a wise and helpful reply.
Strings make a huge difference on bass, much bigger than on guitar in my experience. I wish I'd learned that sooner.
Made me hate the bass. New strings but still lifeless and thuddy.
I just happened to have a set of Prosteels lying about that I was going to put on another bass - and it transformed it. Beautiful deep piano like tone.
I played that bass for years. Had to go in the end - was too heavy for me after my multiple surgeries.
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They reckon they could build me a Betra that is light enough.
Just need to find £4000 now.
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Don't look at the fretboard. Weirdly, the multi-scale thing works fine if you just use muscle memory - looking at what you're doing just confuses things!
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