4-string · Set neck (3-piece neck)
A short-scale bass with a P pickup for THAT vintage 'big bass' tone. Poplar body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, vintage tort-look pickguard. Hand-built in Seguin, Texas by Birdsong Guitars (head luthier Jake Goede; the Cortobass, designed by Scott Beckwith, launched the company in 2004). Proprietary 31" short scale that still takes standard-length strings, 24 frets with a zero fret, 3-piece maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, 2-way truss rod. Walnut, mahogany or poplar body, righty or left-handed, fretted or lined/unlined fretless, 17.5 mm bridge spacing. Quality hardware (Hipshot, Gotoh, CTS, Switchcraft), copper-shielded and star-grounded, passive electronics. Ergonomic small-body short-scale design for perfect balance and less reach. $2,500.
| Construction | Set neck (3-piece neck) |
| Strings | 4 |
| Body | Poplar (walnut/mahogany options) |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fingerboard | Rosewood |
| Neck Pickup | Single split-coil P (P-style) |
| Bridge Pickup | Single split-coil P (P-style) |
| Controls | Passive: volume, tone |
| Bridge | Hipshot |
| Made In | USA |