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Perfectly stated, posternutbag. And photographic evidence? This is an acoustic bass whose sound doesn't disappoint. |
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We have a few bass players, grandson strictly electric. My son has an accoustic bass, after several years he added an archtop and frankly he digs the differences. He is very happy to have augmented the sound, found his accoustic a bit restrictive.
I dabble on a three string upright that is a stick, got myself a portable amp and haul it into the yard. The U-bass is a sweet thing that is on the list for next addition, should already have one. really my favorite accoustic bass. Several uke basses are great, but Kala deserves a good look. |
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Very useful contribution to the debate, and that dos sound huge
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Lots of fun to play and no one can believe the tone that comes out of that little thing! |
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My own take, based on the one acoustic bass I have and the few others I've played, is that there is indeed a difference between the solid-body and hollow-body basses, and it's mainly due to the pickups.
My acoustic bass has two piezo pickups under the bridge plate, so it picks up what the soundboard is doing. Most solid-body basses use induction-type pickups which sense the magnetic variations in the string itself as it vibrates. Put this sort of pick-up on a hollow-body guitar, and you're not going to see much real difference in the sound quality. My AB doesn't have the "punch" of a solid body, and sometimes the notes seem a little muddied compared to what you get with a solid-body. But I'm getting overtones from the soundboard that solid-bodies don't generate, resulting in a sound that has been described as "mellower," "woodier," or "warmer." Since I'm not using flat strings, I also have to be a bit more careful in avoiding finger scrape. In sum, the acoustic bass has its place in the world, depending on the sound you want to get from your bass. But that's just my opinion.
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Yamaha FG-411-12 String Oscar Teller 7119 classical (built in 1967) and a bunch of guitars and mandolins I've made ... OM, OO, acoustic bass, cittern, octave mandolin, mandola, etc. ... some of which I've kept. |
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Speaking primarily as a bass player and then as a guitar player; I really don't like acoustic bass guitars. If I want an acoustic sound I want to use my double bass.
These are my reasons against acoustic bass guitars: 1: Lot's of feedback when plugged in. 2: Almost no useable volume unplugged. 3: I wasn't a fan of the tone of the ones I have played, solid bodies do electric bass better and double basses do acoustic better. 4: The ones I've played have all had really bad neck dive due to the lengthy neck and hollow body. 5: A double bass in inherently more versatile; being able to be played Arco or Pizzicato. Edit: 6: The piezo sound can be found with solid body instruments that can have piezo pickups and electromagnetic pickups; as well as on double basses. |
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I have one of these and I love it played acoustically and amplified. Granted, I don't play bluegrass so I don't need a lot of volume, but with a few other guitar players playing jazz and/or fingerstyle, played as a solo instrument, or recorded, it works and sounds great.
Bobby Vega, the instigator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BpmY9MKPk8 A wee bit of Bach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQy0uSfakGM Last edited by Backcountry; 09-23-2016 at 08:39 AM. Reason: Youtube tags don't work. Nice. |