the first image is what i meant i was thinking of getting Acoustic Electric-Bass Guitar as a first starting insturment they had one from Glarry and i was wondering if i should play a Acoustic Electric-Bass or get a Electric Bass Guitar first and was thinking if it be easy if the Acoustic Electric-Bass is plugged in or not to play?
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Acoustic Bass?
- Thread starter Kevin1234451
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I've always found it easy to play this...but I always plug it in.
And some very nice battery-powered bass amps are available if you're thinking of playing on street corners, backyard barbecues, camping out, etc, in various sizes.
Just remember one important thing, even MTV Unplugged isn't actually unplugged.
like would it be good to play it plugged in before playing it without it i was really thinking of getting an Acoustic Electric Bass first and was wondering should i get that or Electric first?
The acoustic-electric is going to be bulkier (thicker from front-to-back). I think that might be a positive for a "starter" bass.
Depending upon which electric bass you're thinking of getting (I think the SR300 is a great starter bass), the acoustic-electric is going to have a chunkier neck.
So, I stand by my initial post that starting with the acoustic-electric is going to make playing on an electric seem like child's play.
As far as how it would sound plugged vs. unplugged. That's a tough question.
I had a 7ender acoustic-electric which sounded really terrific when plugged into an amp.
When unplugged, it sounded like something I scrape off the bottom of my shoe, when I'm not watching where I walk in the park.
I gave it away a couple of months ago.
Instruments very. That's just the way it is. I am not familiar enough with Glarry to offer an opinion on that part of the question.
I've been thinking of giving these a try. Kala-U, P/J etc... I see they have 5 mm and 3.1 mm
Which do you use? Thanks!
I like the 5mm. They also have 3 different levels of rigidity. Dark to light is most rigid to least rigid. I feel the most rigid works best, especially on round wound strings.
The least rigid are fine, but on round wounds they feel like they’re dragging. Doesn’t feel that way on flats or tapes.
The big thing for me is no clickity/clack. I like the 5 mm because I was previously using 5 mm Galaxy Acrylic pics. Get a sampler pack on Reverb.
I do appreciate that info. The 5mm sampler is what I saw on Reverb. I will try it. Thanks!
In my mailbox yesterday. Not bad. I like the Medium best so far. I believe they will become a permanent member of the family.
Thanks for your input.
Thanks for your input.
It's FINE to start on the ABG. Most of the reasons people give for not playing one don't hold water. The OP is obviously attracted to the ABG (or the question wouldn't have been asked) and that is possibly the best reason to start with one. It certainly won't create any habits that will impede moving to the slab.
