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Fretless and Acoustic

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johnm0187

Jul 12, 2002
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Marietta, Ga, US
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#1
Hey.
Here's my story. I have $850 and I want to buy a Fretless and also an Acoustic Electric. I am planning to spend $600 on the fretless and the rest on the acoustic. I would prefer both basses be 5 or more strings. On the fretless, I will play rock, jazz, and pop and the acoustic is for small coffee shop gigs. Also for the fretless I would rather have it unlined. I have looked at Warwick Rockbass, MTD Kingston, and others. For the acoustic, I don't know what to look for. Suggestions for either are greatly appreciated.

Thanks
John
 
#11
There will probably be conflicting opinions here but after spending a good amount of time playing a Tacoma, Taylor/Klein, and Godin I would guess that none of them are really loud enough (unplugged) if you are playing with other musicians at a small venue. Maybe loud enough if it's just vocals/classical guitar but a big steel string guitar is going to plow right over your acoustic bass.
 
#12
hrm..
5 strings eh....
acoustic.....
electric too eh?
fretless eh....

CARVIN *cough cough*

849 for the basic model, thats 20$ shipping and about 50 for the case, so all in all your paying A LITTLE bit more, BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT. I know I'd rather have 1 good bass than 1 mediocre and 1 cruddy bass.

my 2 cents

Baker

P.S. Good Luck!
 
#13
Scott French said:
There will probably be conflicting opinions here but after spending a good amount of time playing a Tacoma, Taylor/Klein, and Godin I would guess that none of them are really loud enough (unplugged) if you are playing with other musicians at a small venue. Maybe loud enough if it's just vocals/classical guitar but a big steel string guitar is going to plow right over your acoustic bass.
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It is just vocals and classical guitar, but does the Godin sound just as loud as a normal acoustic bass such as a Tacoma or is it not as loud because it's Semi-acoustic?
 
#14
sargebaker said:
hrm..
5 strings eh....
acoustic.....
electric too eh?
fretless eh....

CARVIN *cough cough*

849 for the basic model, thats 20$ shipping and about 50 for the case, so all in all your paying A LITTLE bit more, BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT. I know I'd rather have 1 good bass than 1 mediocre and 1 cruddy bass.

my 2 cents

Baker

P.S. Good Luck!
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YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
#15
sargebaker said:
hrm..
5 strings eh....
acoustic.....
electric too eh?
fretless eh....

CARVIN *cough cough*

849 for the basic model, thats 20$ shipping and about 50 for the case, so all in all your paying A LITTLE bit more, BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT. I know I'd rather have 1 good bass than 1 mediocre and 1 cruddy bass.

my 2 cents

Baker

P.S. Good Luck!
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Problem about that is money is not easy to come by because I have no job. I will definently look for it when I scan through sites. Anyone know about the Godin yet?
 
#18
I suggest you save your money at this point.
The unpluggedGodin will not be heard above a guitarist and singer. I have found that ABGs are not loud enough in most situations against a guitar, but that is my opinion to what is considered "loud enough". I just purchased a Pignose Hog30 battery powered amp, and play that in acoustic sessions.

Good luck with your search.
 

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