On 30 June 2008 at 11:18, schoappied <schoappied(a)gmail.com> wrote: With the economy in the toilet, you can probably pick up a bass at a pawn shop or on Craig's list. G'luck.... -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user

Svend-Erik Kjær Madsen wrote: Wow didn't find it that cheap till now, but what about the quality and the sound? I like a Jazz sound... What about this one? http://www.westerhaven.nl/shop/produktinfo.php?vjaID=20080630174035&pro… And what about the brand Crafter? http://www.westerhaven.nl/shop/produktinfo.php?vjaID=20080701210017&pro… Squier? http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_squier_std_jazz_bass_antiqueburst.htm Dean? http://www.thomann.de/gb/dean_guitars_edge_09_m.htm Cort? http://www.thomann.de/gb/cort_action_bass_2.htm Yamaha? http://www.thomann.de/gb/yamaha_rbx_375_3.htm But I'm a guitarist and doubting about how much money I have for it... but I can search for a second hand one if I know which ones are good... Thanks in advance, _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user

I was not thinking about an acoustic one.... What are the advantages or disadvantages of an acoustic bass? I want to be able to record it on linux...

Ok you're right... but this question remains: What are the advantages or disadvantages of an acoustic bass?

On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:47:43AM +0200, Svend-Erik Kjær Madsen wrote : I personally find that acoustic bass often have a quite porr sound. Recording them with a microphone is not that much a good idea (in most cases), as there will be lack of frequencies (bass, especially). There also often is some buzz problems with those basses, as the "lutherie" part of the bass is more important, and for an equal price you won't get the same electronics than a solid body. (got to see that, as most of -quite- good basses are active, electronics is often the first thing to fail with time...). And, the really important thing is that acoustic bass won't have such a "jazz" sound, but something much more like a "folk" one. By the way, you have to think about fretless if you're interested in walking a lot (if you thought about Marcus Miller as a jazz bass player, then, this is not true anymore! :)[1] I told you that, but actually I play on a acoustic/electric solid body bass, but it's quite a single isolated case (actually the bass is unic model): http://sebkhachott.pix.free.fr/albums_photos/2007_Freakshow_Artrock_Festiva… http://sebkhachott.pix.free.fr/albums_photos/2007_Freakshow_Artrock_Festiva… (the "luthier"'s website: www.leduc.fr) [1] Finally the first thing to ask is what kind of jazz do you mean? -- ============================== W.O.II /// Sebkha-Chott www.sebkhachott.net _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user

On 2008-07-02 08:42 +0200, schoappied wrote: 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.

On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 08:16:33AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote : Depends on the price you put in, obviously. Actually, I quite agree with you, I haven't heard a lot sounding well. 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!!!

Can I practice with the bass using my maudio dmp 3 preamp, my linux box and speakers?

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