Greetings from California's great central valley.

[Bruce (the K)]

I hail from Davis, California and I'm actually a cocktail drummer (although I have dabbled on guitar and bass in the past). I always tease our bass player about the fact that the bass is the most important piece in the band, both harmonically (being the one that determines what chord everybody is actually playing) and rhythmically (working with the drums in the rhythm section).

I'm going to find the right forum here to post my issue but I might as well state it here as well:

What are the challenges with having a steel-stringed, acoustic, fretted bass guitar built that has an extra large body and is designed to be played as a stand up bass? It would not be bowed, would not be used for jazz or sophisticated stuff, just for 3 and 4 chord folk rock and simple pop tunes. It also would have to be loud enough (unamplified) to hold its own with two steel-stringed acoustic guitars and a small, cocktail drum set being played with Cool Rods (bundled dowels that provide a volume between brushes and solid drum sticks).

Look for my post on this subject on the appropriate forum, if you have any thoughts on this for me.

Thanks.

Bruce (the K)