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12-14-2008, 10:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ireland | | | Busetto or Violin shape?
Thinking of buying a Christhopher 300 series. Can any tell me the difference between Violin and Busetto shape. Is it just appearance or sound.
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12-14-2008, 10:32 AM
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12-14-2008, 11:28 AM
|  | ...or Jason, if you insist on vowels. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Bay Area | | The extra "bumps" on the busetto give the sound a little more space to swish around inside your bass, picking up more of a woody character. It's like when you swish a fine wine around in your mouth.
Naah, just yanking your chain. 
It's just aesthetics, but that doesn't mean aesthetics are unimportant. Anything that increases your level of bonding with an instrument should be acknowledged, and celebrated. The more you enjoy it (on as many levels as possible) the more you'll play it.
Get the one that looks coolest to you. Which is that? |
12-14-2008, 11:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bethlehem, PA | | | I believe the violin corners make the bass sound better because it encourages sound vortexes. So a bass with a violin shape has 4 violin corners, making it 4 times more likely to encourage sound vortexes than a bass with a busetto shape, which has no violin corners.
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12-14-2008, 11:40 AM
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12-14-2008, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by jschall84  started to belt.. | Got a cold?  |
12-14-2008, 12:15 PM
|  | Official Forum Flunkee | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA | | | The only advantage? Bussetto has less corners to break if you're a clutz. |
12-14-2008, 02:49 PM
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They make violins without pointy cutaways? Bussetto as
used in this thread (look above) means both smooth and
pointed cutaways! I'm getting confused 
I'll stick with smooth cutaways - regardless of what you call
them. I like the term Bohemian myself |
12-14-2008, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ROCKWOOD They make violins without pointy cutaways? Bussetto as
used in this thread (look above) means both smooth and
pointed cutaways! I'm getting confused
I'll stick with smooth cutaways - regardless of what you call
them. I like the term Bohemian myself | Hey, Arnold....Would you make me a bass with some of them pointy cutaways?
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12-14-2008, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by ROCKWOOD They make violins without pointy cutaways? Bussetto as
used in this thread (look above) means both smooth and
pointed cutaways! I'm getting confused
I'll stick with smooth cutaways - regardless of what you call
them. I like the term Bohemian myself | You better get yourself edgicated by some research on these here forums before you do anymore posting, ROCKYWOOD. The hardtimers around here will eat you for breakfast, lunch and dinner! |
12-14-2008, 04:05 PM
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12-14-2008, 06:28 PM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Old timers around here can be nice.  Here you go Rocky...
Busetto: 
Gamba: 
Violin: 
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12-14-2008, 06:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Princeville, Kauai | | | Man, that Pohllman (sp) Busetto is a beautiful instrument. Anybody got about 20K they'd like to lend me? I'll take those roundy corners!! |
12-14-2008, 07:58 PM
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drurb, please include the 'smooth cutaways', like this bass --
Even though they may be in the minority, they are pretty sexy:
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12-14-2008, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Pentabass drurb, please include the 'smooth cutaways', like this bass -- |
You read my mind. The carbon fibre cornerless is cool too. 
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12-14-2008, 09:05 PM
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Anybody have a picture of a Framus? |
12-14-2008, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by txstatebass Anybody have a picture of a Framus? | Here you go, a single cutaway gamba.
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12-14-2008, 09:34 PM
| | Official Forum Flunkee | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA | | | The only problem with guitar shapedi basses... I've never seen one with a reasonable price and for good reason (cracks anyone?) |
12-14-2008, 09:37 PM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Pentabass drurb, please include the 'smooth cutaways', like this bass --
Even though they may be in the minority, they are pretty sexy: | Well, I think you just did it! |
12-15-2008, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by dchan I believe the violin corners make the bass sound better because it encourages sound vortexes. So a bass with a violin shape has 4 violin corners, making it 4 times more likely to encourage sound vortexes than a bass with a busetto shape, which has no violin corners. | You've got this backwards. The vortexes disrupt the sound, and the extra mass of the violin corners dampen the vortex effect.
I wouldn't say I think Busettos are ugly, but I certainly do prefer violin shape. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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