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Your cart is empty.Comfortable, Stellar-sounding Short-scale A/E Bass Martin has taken the DNA of its compact D Jr-10E model and devised a super-sharp instrument for bassists: the D Jr-10E acoustic-electric bass! Taking after its 6-string sibling, the D Jr-10E bass features a compact body with a spruce top with sapele back and sides, perfectly matched for bolstering woody bass tones wherever you find yourself playing — from van jams to bandstands. Its shorter scale length means you can extract the same great bass tones with a much smaller footprint, which is excellent news for smaller-framed players and those looking for more comfort from their acoustic bass. The Dreadnought Junior high-performance-taper neck also feels great in hand, matching the universal comfort of the rest of the bass. Backed by Fishman PreSys VT electronics, this bass is ready to plug in and play whenever the moment calls. Bassists around GearNuts are rejoicing — finally, a
JerryWithaJ
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2024
This is an acoustic/ELECTRIC short scale bass. It has a 24 " scale, compared to bass ukuleles, which can run from 20.5" to 23". It has phosphor bronze strings, so it's not going to sound like a double bass or even hint at it the way the polyurethane strung bass ukuleles do. But that should be no surprise so it doesn't affect my rating.The good news is that it it excellent as an acoustic instrument. If that's all it was I'd give it 5 starts. By looks and sound, it fits right in with other bluegrass instruments.The potential bad news (it was for me) is the electric part. And, unfortunately, it's subjective. What might be a problem for me might not be a problem for you and vice-versa.I've gone through well over a dozen bass ukuleles. (I'd say "two dozen and maybe more" but with "well over a dozen" I'm playing it safe.) One of the things you immediate;y look out for is whether the strings sound balanced. With the one I received, the E&A strings were loud and boomy. The D&G strings are much softer. This is true acoustically, too, but acceptable to my ears. Used as an electric bass in Jamulus for online jamming, the E&A strings can be deafening where OTOH I could hear the sound of the D&especially the G strings in the room bleeding through to compete with what I was hearing in my headphones. And it's not just my ears. When I set my audio interface so that the A&E strings peak just below the red, the B&G strings barely make it into the yellow.That said, I would like to have one if I could find one at the current Amazon price with strings that sound balanced to my ears, but I'm not sure I could afford it if I had to pay shipping back and forth to find one.
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