Best Hollow Body Short Scale Bass Guitar

How can we not review the Ibanez AG75BS Artcore Hollowbody Electric Guitar? It is touted as the perfect hollow short scale bass guitar that is ever made by Ibanez.

The Ibanez Artcore AG75 is perfect if you are looking for a guitar with pickups, volume and tone control yet at the same time featuring an acoustic hollowbody short scale bass guitar. In terms of materials, the body is made of Maple at all of its sides. The neck is made of Mahogany while the fingerboard is made of bound rosewood. As mentioned earlier, this is a hollowbody short scale bass guitar. This ensures that the sound that is being produced is sweet and mellow!

The frets are actually large, though the scale length is only at 24.75″. While it being short, it does mean that this hollowbody short scale bass guitar is perfect for small hands or short fingers. When we tested this guitar, we didn’t use any amp or any special equipment. We simply played as it is. Indeed, we were pretty surprised at how well this guitar sounded even without amps. I wonder what would have happened if we have plugged in the bass combo amp for small gigs!

We highly recommend the Ibanez short scale hollow body bass to any player, as the price is actually pretty affordable, making this one of the best hollowbody short scale bass guitar for the money.

If you are not constrained by budget, then we will recommend you to purchase the Gretsch G5442BDC Electromatic Hollow Body Short Scale Bass Guitar. While it might be a little on the expensive side, be rest assured that what you are getting is simply value for the money.

This hollow body short scale bass guitar is used by many bass guitarists who love the make of this guitar. In terms of material, the body is made with a 5 Ply Maple with the gloss urethane finish. The neck is made of maple while the fretboard is made of rosewood. Now that you are more familiar with materials, you will realize that most short scale bass guitars are made using the same materials.

The scale length is at 30.25″, and the frets are not too closely packed together. There is the Black Top Filter’Tron bridge and neck pickups. Of course, this means that you have full control over the sound that you are trying to produce with this hollow body short scale bass guitar. This is on top of the hollow body of this guitar. All of these means that the guitar will be able to produce a deep, woody sound that will resonate across the whole room, captivating your audience at the same time. 

Let me reiterate, if you have the money to spare, then please purchase this Gretsch hollow body short scale bass now. 

When it comes to premium short scale bass guitars, the first model that comes to mind is the Lakland Hollowbody 30 Skyline Bass Guitar. Being popular, it is constantly out of stock. So please do check the listings often if you do not want to miss out on what might be the best hollow body short scale bass guitar ever.

This guitar is not for the budget conscious people. It is the most expensive hollow body short scale bass guitar that we have reviewed, but it does produce a deep sound that resonant across the body. In terms of material, the fingerboard is made of Rosewood. It seems that the rest of the material does not deviate from the norm, so I am not going to mention that.

What I am going to mention is that the hollow body short scale bass guitar is stocked with a pair of single-coil, vintage-style pickups. You can fully customize the sound output by playing around with the volume and tone controls. The compact body is machined with an “F” hole. Somehow, this allows for a better all rounded sound that is not commonly heard in gigs.

There is also the Lakland top mounted bridge/tailpiece. Together with the Hipshot licensed Ultra-Light tuners, what you are purchasing is not just a simple guitar, but a premium guitar only meant for serious guitarist.