Aurelien wrote: > On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 08:16:33AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote : > >> Andre Majorel wrote: >> >>> On 2008-07-02 08:42 +0200, schoappied wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> What are the advantages or disadvantages of an acoustic bass? >>>> >>>> >>> Guitar-sized acoustic basses ? IME, they sound like shit. May have >>> to do with the case being too small to resonate effectively at low >>> frequencies. >>> >> I agree. I've played a couple "acoustic bass guitars", they did indeed >> sound poorly. I forget the name of the Mexican guitar-like bass, but >> McCabe's (in LA) sold quite a few of those when buyers realized how much >> better they sounded than the $$$ Dreadnaught-style basses. >> > > Depends on the price you put in, obviously. Actually, I quite agree with > you, I haven't heard a lot sounding well. > > > > >> I think you're right about the resonant characteristics. In truth, the >> sound itself wasn't so bad, it just carried about two feet and just died >> there. No projection worth a damn. Maybe a good sound in studio though ? >> > > Not sure it has to deal with > the dimensions finally, as my own bass (acoustic/solid body at the same > time) just sounds awesome with deep basses, and very accurate sound. By > the way, many non-linear acoustics phenomenons permits to get basses > with small-dimensions instruments, and I think you can't think in > another way if you want the instrument to be human-playable. I mean > 100Hz is already a 1.7m wavelength, I wouldn't have to play on an > instrument which is sized to produce 20Hz!!! > > >> Best, >> >> dp >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> >> > > Anyone with experience with the Cort GB34A ? http://www.cort.co.kr/english/products/common/view.asp?product_id=76 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
