Do a search for Rondo Music. I think it might be <a href="http://rondomusic.com">rondomusic.com</a>.<br><br>They sell their own brand of guitars and basses named SX. If you check out the various forums, people have been raving about these. They're not much over 100 dollars.<br>
<br>I bought an SX strat copy and I love it.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/2 Aurelien <<a href="mailto:orl@ammd.net">orl@ammd.net</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:47:43AM +0200, Svend-Erik Kjær Madsen wrote :<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> ons, 02 07 2008 kl. 08:42 +0200, skrev schoappied:<br>
> ><br>
> > Ok you're right...<br>
> > but this question remains:<br>
> ><br>
> > What are the advantages or disadvantages of an acoustic bass?<br>
><br>
><br>
> You can rehearse without plugin it in an amp. You can choose to record<br>
> it by a microfone to get more tone.<br>
><br>
> It's probably a little more inconvenient to handle than an electric one.<br>
><br>
> The best way to find out, is to by the guitar at a local music store,<br>
> where you can try it out before you by.<br>
<br>
</div>I personally find that acoustic bass often have a quite porr sound.<br>
Recording them with a microphone is not that much a good idea (in most<br>
cases), as there will be lack of frequencies (bass, especially).<br>
There also often is some buzz problems with those basses, as the<br>
"lutherie" part of the bass is more important, and for an equal price<br>
you won't get the same electronics than a solid body. (got to see that,<br>
as most of -quite- good basses are active, electronics is often the<br>
first thing to fail with time...).<br>
And, the really important thing is that acoustic bass won't have such a<br>
"jazz" sound, but something much more like a "folk" one.<br>
By the way, you have to think about fretless if you're interested in<br>
walking a lot (if you thought about Marcus Miller as a jazz bass player,<br>
then, this is not true anymore! :)[1]<br>
I told you that, but actually I play on a acoustic/electric solid body<br>
bass, but it's quite a single isolated case (actually the bass is unic<br>
model):<br>
<a href="http://sebkhachott.pix.free.fr/albums_photos/2007_Freakshow_Artrock_Festival_Wurzburg//Freakshow_091.jpg" target="_blank">http://sebkhachott.pix.free.fr/albums_photos/2007_Freakshow_Artrock_Festival_Wurzburg//Freakshow_091.jpg</a><br>
<a href="http://sebkhachott.pix.free.fr/albums_photos/2007_Freakshow_Artrock_Festival_Wurzburg//Freakshow_019.jpg" target="_blank">http://sebkhachott.pix.free.fr/albums_photos/2007_Freakshow_Artrock_Festival_Wurzburg//Freakshow_019.jpg</a><br>
(the "luthier"'s website: <a href="http://www.leduc.fr" target="_blank">www.leduc.fr</a>)<br>
<br>
<br>
[1] Finally the first thing to ask is what kind of jazz do you mean?<br>
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