TROK
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 Posted: 06/29/2008 at 1:03 PM Post subject: TB2000 Scale Length |
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I'm trying to figure out if my Travis Bean bass is short scale or not, it always seemed a lot shorter than a normal bass. The measurement from the nut to the centre of the 12th fret is 16 inches. How does this compare to a normal TB2000?
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ello
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| Posted: 06/29/2008 at 6:24 PM Post subject: RE:TB2000 Scale Length |
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hey i was going to start this same thread topic - because the info i've read is there were a few 30" short scale basses and the rest are 34".
if i measure mine from the face of the nut to the middle of the 12th fret, it's a shade over 16.5" which would be a 33" scale. if yours is right at 16", that would make it a 32" scale. anyone else have different scale lengths?
here's a 'fret calculator' at stewmac - http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator
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Chris Hall
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| Posted: 06/29/2008 at 7:10 PM Post subject: RE:TB2000 Scale Length |
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The scale length of a standard TB2000 is 34 1/2 inches.
All of the guitars were 24 3/4 inches.
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Chris Hall
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| Posted: 06/29/2008 at 7:25 PM Post subject: RE:TB2000 Scale Length |
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Oh, and I took that info from the Travis Bean Spec sheet that I saved a jpg of years and years ago.
Not sure if it's 100% accurate, since it says that the TB2000 only has 1 tone control.
Here's the image:
http://home.comcast.net/~.....1/TravisBeanSpecSheet.jpg
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Chris Hall
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| Posted: 06/29/2008 at 7:40 PM Post subject: RE:TB2000 Scale Length |
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Alright, I just went and measured my TB2000 and TB4000. I've never measured them before, because I've never really cared what the scale length was.
Both measure 16 and 1/8th inches to the 12th fret, so apparently they're 32 and 1/4 inch scale.
*shrug*
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TROK
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| Posted: 06/30/2008 at 7:19 AM Post subject: RE:TB2000 Scale Length |
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So if a few of us are under the standard 34.5" scale length, does that mean we each have one of the 12 short scale basses that were produced?
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rlrlrl
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| Posted: 06/30/2008 at 7:46 AM Post subject: RE:TB2000 Scale Length |
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huh, maybe. but I thought that short scale usually refers to about a 30". I have two short scale basses (not Beans!) and they both feel significantly and obviously smaller than a standard bass, in a way that any bass player would notice just picking them up. I guess we need everyone to go measure their basses now!
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Chris Hall
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| Posted: 06/30/2008 at 10:49 AM Post subject: RE:TB2000 Scale Length |
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No.
32 1/4th has to be the standard scale length, since my wedge and standard are both that size. There were no short scale wedges made.
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ello
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Chris Hall
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| Posted: 06/30/2008 at 10:08 PM Post subject: RE:TB2000 Scale Length |
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Alright, so I just went back and measured my TB2000 with a tape measure, and it came out to 16 1/2
I guess the crap ruler I was using was... crap.
33" scale. That's my final answer.
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yba1
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| Posted: 07/04/2008 at 2:32 PM Post subject: RE:TB2000 Scale Length |
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ello- the specification in the original TB2000 brochure says that the scale length is 33 1/4 inch. So that would jive with your measurement.
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