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I have a couple of Electra basses. I could swear I have a short neck version somewhere. One is a model x640 phoenix and the other some variant. Pics to come. Is there an Electra short neck bass? Information and speculation welcome.

hmmm. I've never seen a Phoenix style short scale...
The only short scale basses, from SLM would have been the LP bass (maybe) and the early Violin bass.
PCM had some short scale j-bass looking rigs...

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Both are X640N's - the one on the left is from '81 or '82 and the one on the right is '83.

I have one like the one on the left with the active electronics and it really booms. Great Bass.

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My 1980 X640 is the finest sounding bass I've ever played, so I'm sure those are both quite nice! They certainly look good!

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Very nice bass axes tekmahn:

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I like the looks of the later one with no pickguard, but I'd bet that the older one with the split coil pickups has better sound because of the pickup placement. I've found you don't want the bridge pickup located too close to the bridge on a Bass, too thin sounding. Very cool to compare the two, Thanks for sharing.

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The bodies look laminated in the longitude direction parallel to the neck. Does this mean they do not qualify as a "solid body guitar"? I've never really played them at all. Just thought it was cool to collect the Phoenix styles. I think I really lucked out in getting ones that are mint or near mint.

The woods look different to me. Are they both ash?

These just sit in cases in storage. Nobody has the pleasure of plunking them. Sad.

Those are considered solid body, nit pickers might say Laminated. The newer one (on the right) is all Ash, the one on the left has both Ash and Maple planks. What do you want for the older one with the pickguard? Shoot me a PM. Mike.

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proendorser the older X640 with the twin split coils is the finest sounding bass you will ever play. Nothing I've played has sounded anywhere near as good.

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man... I wouldn't even know... I don't even know what I paid for them.. Several hundred I'm sure...I just bought them because they were cool and I got in the market when they were sold at a reasonable price and they had the phoenix body style, which I dig tremendously, and is my main reason for collecting Electras. I know what they sold for originally from the factory from the brochures. Maybe I'll play them to test the sound. They are about as close to new as possible. One has some slight scratch marks on the back so i know it was played at some point.