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| Author: | j.Brown [ Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:17 am ] |
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One of my next projects is going to be an acoustic Bass. Of course, now I have ALL KINDS of questions. Whats the best size? What bracing considerations do I need to think about? Do the strings on a bass produce more force on the bridge than a 6 string acoustic? Are there plans or other resources available for acoustic basses? Thanks for the help. -j. |
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:20 am ] |
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I believe it was Al Carruth that had some great wisdom for building an Acoustic Bass. Smaller Body works best, if I remember right. Al. I'd PM him, haven't seen him in a few days. I've seen a couple, they tend to be overbuilt and not too loud. |
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| Author: | Rick Turner Gui [ Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:26 pm ] |
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The only acoustic bass guitars that I've seen that I like (excepting the Mexican guitarron...) is the new Tom Ribbecke Halfling. It has a cello-like voice that really works, and it's surprisingly loud acoustically. Disclaimer time...I'm working with Tom on pickup designs for the Halfling. |
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:28 pm ] |
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A Pic would be cool. Sounds like something from the Lord of the Rings. |
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| Author: | Todd Rose [ Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:19 pm ] |
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Another great acoustic bass guitar, IMHO, is Jay Hargreaves'. I did a "Meet the Maker" interview with him for American Lutherie that came out recently (issue #83). His web site is jthbass.com. |
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| Author: | John Kingslight [ Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:03 am ] |
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I opted to go BIG and have been pretty happy with the results. You are welcome to check out dimensions - woods used etc. on my website - Here's the link : http://www.kingslightguitars.com/18Acoustic%20Bass%20Guitar. htm You can actually hear this ABG being played unamplified across a big room with other guitars being played. Have fun! |
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| Author: | Mark Swanson [ Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:03 am ] |
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Hi John! I played John's bass, anyone who went to the last ASIA meeting may have seen it there. It's as sweet as he says it is, too. I can't see how a small body would help anything...? Some of the best info I've seen is included in one of the GAL's Big Red Books, I believe it to be #2...There's a coiple of good articles in there, one by Harry Flieshman that has a plan as well. The GAL also sells a pretty nice plan of Tim Olsen's design. |
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