Re: bassguitar

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schoappied wrote:
> Aurelien wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 08:16:33AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote :
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>>> Andre Majorel wrote:
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>>>> On 2008-07-02 08:42 +0200, schoappied wrote:
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>>>>> What are the advantages or disadvantages of an acoustic bass? 
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>>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>> Depends on the price you put in, obviously. Actually, I quite agree with
>> you, I haven't heard a lot sounding well. 
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>>> 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 ?
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>> 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!!!
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>>> Best,
>>>
>>> dp
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> Anyone with experience with  the  Cort GB34A ?
> http://www.cort.co.kr/english/products/common/view.asp?product_id=76
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Can I practice with the bass using my maudio dmp 3 preamp, my linux box 
and speakers?
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