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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Acoustic Electric Bass "electronics " new question |
I am working on a Acoustic Electric Bass I picked up . Brand new and Had Minor Damage . I have very little Experience with Bass. I need Strings , its a 4 string . Suggestions Please . Was thinking Ball end Nylon Flat wound . Advice would be much appreciated, Brand , size etc: 
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| Author: | sprocket [ Sun Dec 01, 2013 3:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Acoustic Electric Bass Guitar Strings |
These must be great , had an electric set on my Prestige BTB Ibanez electric bass & loved them . Don t know why they wont be good . What s the scale on that bass . http://www.stringsandbeyond.com/elnaacbastli.html |
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| Author: | Mike Loukakis [ Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Acoustic Electric Bass Guitar Strings |
Also check Thomastik Acousticore with nylon cores for a nice upright like tone. They are very different from steel core strings. The feel under the fingers is like wound classical guitar strings. Very low tension and when you play them fingerstyle you feel them like "rolling" when you pluck them... But to my ear they sound much better through piezo pickups than conventional brass round wound steel core strings. For nylon tape wound I would go with the Rotosound Tru Bass 88. They deliver a very convincing uprighty tone even through magnetic pickups.. To my ear conventional brass round wound strings have the sound of an acoustic guitar tuned lower. That's not bass!! Lots of demos on youtube |
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| Author: | Doug Balzer [ Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Acoustic Electric Bass Guitar Strings |
Upright bass strings (ball end) are tricky in that they must be wound around the tuning machines on the silk portion of the ends where the strings are thinner. The strings would be destroyed if one tried to wind around the sound generating portion. Herein lies the problem as standard acoustic basses do not provide the necessary length for this dynamic. Additionally, the ball end begins with several inches of silk that would not work on a standard bridge - the silk portion would ride over the bridge. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Acoustic Electric Bass Guitar Strings |
Bought these . Gonna give them a try . Attachment: Nylon wound bass.JPG
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| Author: | the Padma [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Acoustic Electric Bass Guitar Strings |
Yo Wud Me likes the nylon wound strings...but on every set me has ever had, the G string always unwinds....still playable but off it comes.* blessings  ?adma* NOTE: this is the truth, the whole truth and nothin but the truth and any Freudian interpretations are your own hallucinations, an indication of your state of consciousness and as such were intended. 
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Acoustic Electric Bass Dumb Question |
Looking for Used Preamp and the necessary electronics to set up the Alvarez acoustic bass , any ideas ? |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Acoustic Electric Bass "electronics " new question |
Bumpity bump |
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