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"Silent" practice basses on eBay?
- Thread starter BassWombat
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just looking at it, i wouldn't buy it. is that a piezo pickup? they pick up too much string noise on bass IMO
Uh...before anyone buys this, I suggest you unplug your bass and play it. Doesn't get much more silent than that!
Looks a lot like the Yamaha 'Silent" series of instruments. They make Silent Violins, Violas, Cellos, Basses (double, that is) and Classical guitars. I'm still not sure who made this one.
My guess is that this particluar one will sound much like an acoustic bass guitar when plugged in.
I'm with some of the others on this one - the electric bass is hardly an instrument that needs much silencing when unplugged.
However, the one main feature that makes the Yamaha Silent series of instruments interesting is that you can plug your headphones right into them and get a nice amplified 'personal' sound.
This however, is not a Yamaha.
My guess is that this particluar one will sound much like an acoustic bass guitar when plugged in.
I'm with some of the others on this one - the electric bass is hardly an instrument that needs much silencing when unplugged.
However, the one main feature that makes the Yamaha Silent series of instruments interesting is that you can plug your headphones right into them and get a nice amplified 'personal' sound.
This however, is not a Yamaha.
mattsk42
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I don't know much about amps, but can't most all of them be muted down enough to just plug headphones in one of the outputs somewhere? Mine has a headphone jack.
The idea of "silent instruments" is to plug in a headset and hear a decent volume. Without carrying anything around, except the instrument and the headphones.
That excludes headphone outs on amps, as well as just not plugging in.
The competition for that application is between "silents" and built-in headphone amps.
I think this item looks fishy! Not for me, could be something for you. E-bat is not really my cup of tea, I prefer looking at and feeling a physical thing to just taking chanses on pics.
That excludes headphone outs on amps, as well as just not plugging in.
The competition for that application is between "silents" and built-in headphone amps.
I think this item looks fishy! Not for me, could be something for you. E-bat is not really my cup of tea, I prefer looking at and feeling a physical thing to just taking chanses on pics.
I bought a headphone amp so I can practice at night w/o disturbing the waif.
It also allows me to bring the bass to work and jam at lunch time (when I am not taking a nap).
Gotta love two hour lunch breaks.
It also allows me to bring the bass to work and jam at lunch time (when I am not taking a nap).
Gotta love two hour lunch breaks.
you can get a l'il 9 volt amp for thirtyish, clip that to your belt and plug yer phones in. i still think this things is silly
IMO, for a bass, that is like shooting oneself to rid one of a headache. That looks like a ripped apart and rebuilt Yammy anyways. I would just get a headphone amp built for bass, and use that. You could even get an amp built in for headphones by the time you buy something like that.
Thanks all - I wasn't actually looking at buying one, just interested to see if anyone had experience with them (I use a Korg PX3 for my "silent" practising).
Haven't had experience with one, but I would think that it would be better to practice on my own bass, (unplugged if necessary), since it's the fretboard, and string placement I need to be familiar with... 
Aria still does make something like that.
Called the Sinsonido bass. You can get them at music123.com
danman
Called the Sinsonido bass. You can get them at music123.com
danman
