21 Apr
2013
21 Apr
'13
12:44 p.m.
There are a couple of guitar-like bass-register instruments in Spanish-speaking folk music
(the bajo sexto and the guitarron) but neither of them is exactly an acoustic bass guitar
(tuning, range, number of strings differ). They are certainly acoustic instruments. My
point was that the acoustic bass guitar usually is employed as a "hollowbody electric
bass", so the straightforward path to recording it is to use a DI as you would an
electric bass.
Of course you can and should experiment with pointing mics at anything that might make an
interesting sound! It just sounded like the original poster was looking for basic
advice.
Note: I'm a bass player (double bass and electric) so I have strong opinions about
this stuff :)
Thanks,
Bill Gribble
On Apr 20, 2013, at 23:20, Bob van der Poel <bob(a)mellowood.ca> wrote:
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Bill Gribble
<grib(a)billgribble.com> wrote:
An "acoustic bass guitar" is a bit of
an oxymoron. The whole idea of it was
invented for "MTV Unplugged" so that bass players who couldn't play a
double
bass would have something to do. Nobody ever hears them acoustically, they
just can't keep up with an unplugged band. You need a much bigger body to
decently reproduce low frequency sound. So forget about mic technique, use
a good DI, and treat it like an electric bass, which it is.
Thanks,
Bill Gribble
Isn't an acoustic bass (ie, a great big guitar) an essential part of a
Mariachi Band? Or are you guys talking about something else?
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