Hi Seamus:
I’ve only ever used an electric bass. Acoustic bass guitars (ABG) don’t have the body volume to properly amplify low notes. Stand-up basses sound good because they are large enough to do the job. If you are playing an ABG with a single acoustic guitar, it should hold its own, but in a larger group jam, an ABG can’t keep up. And since they tend to be more expensive than electrics……..
Another note on adding bass to a recording: GarageBand has a library of digital instrument sounds. Many of these are rather artificial-sounding, but some of the basses (eg upright jazz bass & Liverpool bass) aren’t bad. GB allows the user to choose a digital instrument, then to input notes using the computer keyboard – select Control – Musical Typing. These notes can later be edited to change pitch, location and duration of the notes. Several of my projects have “bass” played in this way – no instrument required.
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