Looking for Great Accousic Bass Buitar for Practicing

A U bass

 

My Hofner violin and Hofner Club are acoustically loud enough for me to practice without an amp.

I also use a Vox AMPlug Bass into earbuds to practice on a solidbody without disturbing others.

 

Get a headphone plug with an Aux in for $60 or so and use your existing electric bass. My NU-X MP2 lasts hours and I can plug it into a phone external battery (which I already have) and I could play for days non stop. If you have no desperate reason for an ABG (recording, specific tone etc), I see it as a waste of money.

 

Something like a Carvin AC40 may work.

 

The Breedlove Pursuit is a quality ABG with a smaller body, yet full tone.
Pursuit Concert Bass CE Sitka Spruce - Mahogany

 

Guild Jumbo Junior if 25.5" scale works for you.

 

Traveler Redlands Mini Bass, 22.2" scale, doesn't even have pickups or electronics, $250, Redlands Mini Bass Spruce | Traveler Guitar

 

There’s a Traveler bass in the Classifieds. 32” scale, headphone and aux jacks built-in. I own two of these — they are terrific for practice.

 

What's the "too big to play" bass you speak of?

 

You'll get lots of recommendations here.
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Some 34" scale ABG's can be quite big too, so keep that in mind.

 

Try a Ukulele bass something in the 22-25” scale length. I prefer the bronze wrapped/nylon core type strings over the rubbery ones. They sound surprisingly huge for a small bass. I’ve got a Lanikai brand but Taylor makes one, Gold Tone makes one.

 

Gotcha, that lower bout can be a bit much for some players. At 18", it's 1.5" wider than my G series Takamine, and that's considered "jumbo". If I were looking, Breedlove and Furch would be at the top of my list - I'm sure there would be others.

 

Here you can listen to the Taylor mini Bass:

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