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Acoustic bass talk
- Thread starter N0Legs
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Well, I have a Dean EAB4 and love it!
I really can't imagine gigging with it, but that is not why I bought it. I bought it for noodling around unamplified and exploring bass lines to spanish guitar.
Plus my band's guitarist and I are good friends and sometimes play outside with acoustic instruments.
I really get into the tech of electric basses/guitars/keyboards etc. But it is also really nice to unplug every once in a while and play with the earthy tones of strings and wood.
Glad you like your acoustic!!
I really can't imagine gigging with it, but that is not why I bought it. I bought it for noodling around unamplified and exploring bass lines to spanish guitar.
Plus my band's guitarist and I are good friends and sometimes play outside with acoustic instruments.
I really get into the tech of electric basses/guitars/keyboards etc. But it is also really nice to unplug every once in a while and play with the earthy tones of strings and wood.
Glad you like your acoustic!!
After doing some setup TLC on a friend's Ibanez it sounded very nice, and I hope to convince him to bring it with him when he runs sound for me in the future.
Ι have an Ocscar Schmidt AE. Have had it for the last 11 years. I love it.
Great sound while unplugged, and full sound when plugged in.
When I first bought it I remember the wonder of being able to actually go outside, sit under a tree and play! Prior to that I'd lug around my electric and plug in a pocket rockit and wear headphones.
Great sound while unplugged, and full sound when plugged in.
When I first bought it I remember the wonder of being able to actually go outside, sit under a tree and play! Prior to that I'd lug around my electric and plug in a pocket rockit and wear headphones.
I received my Warwick-Rockbass Alien Deluxe 6 earlier this month. It is a blast to play. The first day I bought it, I only played it acoustically for hours! Surprisingly, it has a decent volume. I've not had a chance to play it with another acoustic guitarist to compare volumes, but I think it will keep up. Plugged, in the Fishman electronics also sound great.
Also available as Fretless.
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Also available as Fretless.
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I have the same guitar. It's ... not great for gigging. You need a soundhole cover (I use the Planet Waves one) and an acoustic bass preamp (I use one from Fishman). You need to constantly mute unplayed strings if you're doing anything with any kind of volume or gain or they'll vibrate and feed back.
When I was gigging with it regularly (in an Alice in Chains tribute), I considered buying a new pickup/preamp for it, since it has a crappy passive preamp built in, but that band is finished so I haven't bothered.
The other problem with it is that the body is huge. It's not the most comfortable thing to sit and play with.
Ah... you're new here. A well known rule:
No Pic, No Bass.
One for gigging. One for kickin' 'round/camping.
Welcome to TB!
hello N0Legs
another newbie here ... new to forum, new instrument, new to bass playing (since about a month ago
). In reply to your question. My acoustic bass is an Italian made EKO BA4 from 1980. It has a deep body. I am experimenting with ways of playing it. I like to hold it like a cello, and pull the strings double-bass style. That way it gets that laid back easy sound. I have to say I love it. Also I am trying out how to amplify it. It has an undersaddle pickup but that doesn't do justice to its tone i feel.
no pics no bass
ok, here goes (hope the link works)[edit] oh and it is fretless - the lines on the fingerboard are just markers.
Brought my Ibanez AEB5E with D'Addario Tapes camping and had a blast noodling around the campfire. Such a fun instrument!
I have an Ibanez AEB8E, which does its job superbly.
I strung it A-D-G-C and it *really* started to sing... Seems like that's a good range for the bodies on these things. Acoustic solo blues and jazz sounds fantastic (check out Jordi Gaspar). Notes on the C string resonate beautifully.
Sounds good plugged in, kind of like a P bass, just stay next to/behind speakers if possible or get a soundhole plug (to avoid feedback). But I bought it mainly for acoustic use and it's plenty loud to play along with guitars and a singer around the lounge room/campfire/whatever - just use a pick if you need to be louder.
I strung it A-D-G-C and it *really* started to sing... Seems like that's a good range for the bodies on these things. Acoustic solo blues and jazz sounds fantastic (check out Jordi Gaspar). Notes on the C string resonate beautifully.
Sounds good plugged in, kind of like a P bass, just stay next to/behind speakers if possible or get a soundhole plug (to avoid feedback). But I bought it mainly for acoustic use and it's plenty loud to play along with guitars and a singer around the lounge room/campfire/whatever - just use a pick if you need to be louder.
You can control that kind of feedback with left or right hand damping/muting technique, or dampen sympathetic vibrations using a bit of foam under the strings near the bridge, or wrapping a thick hair tie/scrunchy around the neck, over the strings, at about the nut position.
Pretty much the same with my aeb10. I raised the action pretty high and dig in with a pick and am heard just fine. Did some birthday blues with some friends last night and had no problem keeping up with a pick. Of course I had to learn to use a pick first
