Re: [LAU] bassguitar

schoappied wrote:
> Aurelien wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 08:16:33AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote :
>>
>>
>>> Andre Majorel wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 2008-07-02 08:42 +0200, schoappied wrote:
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>>>>> What are the advantages or disadvantages of an acoustic bass?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Guitar-sized acoustic basses ? IME, they sound like shit. May have
>>>> to do with the case being too small to resonate effectively at low
>>>> frequencies.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I agree. I've played a couple "acoustic bass guitars", they did indeed
>>> sound poorly. I forget the name of the Mexican guitar-like bass, but
>>> McCabe's (in LA) sold quite a few of those when buyers realized how much
>>> better they sounded than the $$$ Dreadnaught-style basses.
>>>
>>>
>> Depends on the price you put in, obviously. Actually, I quite agree with
>> you, I haven't heard a lot sounding well.
>>
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>>> I think you're right about the resonant characteristics. In truth, the
>>> sound itself wasn't so bad, it just carried about two feet and just died
>>> there. No projection worth a damn. Maybe a good sound in studio though ?
>>>
>>>
>> Not sure it has to deal with
>> the dimensions finally, as my own bass (acoustic/solid body at the same
>> time) just sounds awesome with deep basses, and very accurate sound. By
>> the way, many non-linear acoustics phenomenons permits to get basses
>> with small-dimensions instruments, and I think you can't think in
>> another way if you want the instrument to be human-playable. I mean
>> 100Hz is already a 1.7m wavelength, I wouldn't have to play on an
>> instrument which is sized to produce 20Hz!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> dp
>>>
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> Anyone with experience with the Cort GB34A ?
> http://www.cort.co.kr/english/products/common/view.asp?product_id=76
>
>
Can I practice with the bass using my maudio dmp 3 preamp, my linux box
and speakers?
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Received on Wed Jul 9 00:15:02 2008