Our band are trying out some acoustic setups for quieter venues.
We had a 3-up session last week (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, and me on bass) and for this I had my Ibanez semi going straight into an old Marshall acoustic amp. Sounded pretty good.
I'm thinking of various options tho, and wondered what others do/would do:
- Stick to an electric bass but use a small portable amp like a mark bass 801
- Acoustic Bass into acoustic amp
- Semi acoustic bass into a small amp
- Bass (electric or acoustic) into an FRFR or DI to desk and hope monitoring is good enough
Thoughts?
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
As for the bass itself, well, I'm a bit torn. I might break my golden rule and get a short scale.
I’m wondering if a smaller scale bass might be a good idea too
For small bass combos, check out Phil Jones Bass. Costly but they sound excellent.
I might even try tapewounds.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Not sure I could cope with upright.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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or you could wuss out and get a fretless 4
It's downside is that it requires bespoke, Taylor strings and they cost over £40 a set!!!
GS mini looks good. Would need to try one tho
Some of the better ones start at over £40 *for the G string*...
The full set is over £200 :-O.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I would be surprised if those Taylor strings don't last well over a year unless you're playing it much more than just occasionally.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein