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Posted by Dave on 9/1/2005, 6:01 am, in reply to "Re: Accoustic sound" Many thanks... --Previous Message--
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OK... will try it all! Am thinking about a 'contact' pickup placed somewhere away from the bridge to soften the piezo...
: : Yea an acoustic definetly has a unique, and
: full fretless sound. I can't think of
: anything else that can help.I'm assuming
: your bass has a piezo bridge setup, which is
: excellent but they tend to have a very sharp
: attack. I had to leave most of the treble
: and mids out, at the bass so the sound
: wouldn't be so sharp. I also turn the bass
: all the way up, with the low and high mids
: up 3/4 of the way, at the amp I hope this
: helps.
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: Many Thanks for the reply ...
:
: 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!!
:
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: 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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