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Posted by Dave A bit of context... I'm a six-string player usually and always had a love of accoustic music. The first time I saw an accoustic bass I wanted one - that was many years ago; but I never bought one. About 4 months ago I had a dream about me playing an accoustic bass but it was, in my dream, very definitely fretless. So, I went out and I got one! I changed over to flatwound as I could see a few neck gouges on the instrument from previously-fitted roundwound strings - the guitar was reduced in price because of that and a few other, very minor, blemishes. The guitar has an active output and I have the usual bass, middle, treble sliders plus volume pot, a 'phase' switch and a mysterious (at least to me!) slider called 'Scoop' which doesn't seem to do much but may be some kind of 'negative gain' as it introduces up to -6db into the output. The amp, although budget, does have some EQ or 'shaping' control but I always seem to lose the resonance. I have found that if I use the old upright bass-players fingering technique with the right hand (the two-finger 'pluck') I can get it a bit more lifelike - but I have to pluck up the fretboard towards the nut. Maybe I'm just expecting too much!! --Previous Message--
on 8/31/2005, 2:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Accoustic sound"
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Many Thanks for the reply ...
: Are you running roundwound strings? This can
: help greatly. What type of electronics does
: your acoustic have? I hope this helps.
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: I have an accoustic fretless. Great sound
: but
: when it's plugged in to an amp I just lose
: that nice 'accoustic' sound... any
: tips/settings for getting that 'unplugged'
: sound back? Crafter Bass. Behringer
: Ultrabass 30 Amp
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