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12-18-2012, 02:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Modesto, CA | | | What basses 'Mwaaahh' that aren't a Wish bass?
And what is it thats part of the design that makes them Mwaaahh? Being fretless?
Ive been looking more closely at what Wish basses are all about and have more appreciation for them. But if I ever had one built it would have to be more of my own design. But back to the point...My favorite feature is the great Mwaaahh that I hear time and time again in the vids ive watched.
But is this only specific to Wish? What is causing that effect? What else out there Mwaaahs? Is it just a fretless thing?
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12-18-2012, 02:43 PM
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12-18-2012, 02:45 PM
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12-18-2012, 02:53 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: West of Stumptown, USA | | I have a purple G&L L2000 c1990 that mwahs like theres no tomwahrow.  |
12-18-2012, 03:09 PM
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Me endorsed? | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | I find Wishbasses kinda "moo", not mwah.
I think Pedulla when I think mwah.
Just me though.
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12-18-2012, 03:21 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Puyallup, WA | | | It's my understanding that mwah, muaha, or muhahahaha, comes from a hard fingerboard and low action and plucking near the end of the fingerboard. |
12-18-2012, 04:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Land of Lakland | | | My Curbow has plenty of Mwaaahh and believe it or not I have an older Waterstone fretless Lulu bass that has Mwaaahh X 10 |
12-18-2012, 04:29 PM
|  | Endorsing Artist : Reverend Guitars | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: S.E. Connecticut, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fourstringbliss It's my understanding that mwah, muaha, or muhahahaha, comes from a hard fingerboard and low action and plucking near the end of the fingerboard. | ...also a straight neck
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12-18-2012, 04:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Queens NY | | | The Squier VM fretless has lots of mwah |
12-18-2012, 06:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Modesto, CA | | | So if I just went fretless I would be closer to Mwaaah? Cool.
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12-18-2012, 07:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Western NC | | Here's an A/B comparison with the second being my new fretless.
This thing has TONS of mwahhh. Epoxy over a BEM board.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh_lhGZS9sM
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12-18-2012, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Lesfunk ...also a straight neck | True Dat. You can use the truss rod to control the amount of Mwah. The more relief in the neck the less mwah and the cleaner the tone. |
12-18-2012, 08:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Modesto, CA | | I think I need a fretless.
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12-18-2012, 08:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | Zon, Zon, or Zon. Maybe a Zon. You could also try a Zon. Fretless of course! |
12-18-2012, 08:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Houston, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Diesel Kilgore So if I just went fretless I would be closer to Mwaaah? Cool. | Yeah, if you've got a fretted bass that has mwaaah, you've got a problem.
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12-19-2012, 05:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Redford, MI | | | Two questions:
1. Would a maple neck be hard enough?
2. Is applying epoxy to a neck a DIY job?
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12-19-2012, 05:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Cincinnati | | | As long as it has rounds and not flats you can get that sound pretty easy IMO |
12-19-2012, 06:02 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Columbus, IN | | MWah! WishBasses just can't take a Good Slapping! 
And the D-Strings are Kinda Weak... 
Disclaimer - No WishBasses were actually Harmed in the making of this Post!
Damaged WishBass provided by UPS Ground-n-Pound
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12-19-2012, 06:06 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Richmond, VA | | | Fretless...and knowing how to set one up and play it.
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12-19-2012, 09:10 AM
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