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On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 08:16:33AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote :

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> Andre Majorel wrote:

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

> >

> >

> >> What are the advantages or disadvantages of an acoustic bass?

> >>

> >

> > 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.

> 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.

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 ?

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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