Acoustic bass

[The Growler]

Originally Posted by PorkPieGuy

Yup, but folks need not be fooled by a laminate-top upright bass. All of the bluegrassers around here want a upright Kay laminate bass for not only the sound, but the durability.

Man, I forgot all about those little Kala basses! I'd love to have one of those just for kicks. I watched a few videos and I was totally impressed.

I have the fretless Kala Ubass (mahogany) and they are a blast. Sound great and a lot of fun. Highly recommended!

[LSemmens]

I would counsel against using a conventional amp for Bass, apart from the very real risk of blowing the speaker cones you could also blow the amp itself up. I speak from very recent experience. For some reasons that I have yet to determine, I have managed to fry the power amp before even getting near to blowing speaker cones. Until then I had always considered that blowing the speakers would be the only risk given that amplifiers are meant amplify, albeit with various circuits to either enhance or diminish certain frequencies.

[s2y]

Even if you don't blow the speaker, bass through a guitar amp seldom sounds very good.

I'm a fan of the Godin or Rob Allen styled semi-acoustic fretless. The U-Bass wasn't around yet when I bought my Rob Allen basses. The Guild Ashbory bass was somewhat frustrating to play and hard to keep strung with the strings that were available at that time.

A friend of mine hurt his right hand with an acoustic bass. The additional body thickness added a lot more bend in his wrist, causing some bad tendinitis. I'm extremely comfortable with acoustic guitars. Acoustic basses don't feel comfortable when playing a really long time.