[LAU] bassguitar

[schoappied]

Aurelien wrote:
> 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