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Bass Guitars

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>>Music

    1. Learning Bass
    2. Bass Amps
    3. Resources
      1. information
      2. hardware
      3. services
      4. repair
    4. Guitars
      1. upright electric bass
      2. electric bass guitars
      3. travel bass guitars
      4. other
    5. Anatomy of a guitar
      1. tone woods
      2. neck
      3. bridge
      4. tuners
      5. electrical
      6. strings

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Learning Bass

 

Bass Amps

Resources

information

 

hardware

 

 

services

 

repair

 

Guitars

upright electric bass

  • about: wikipedia, EUB DB
  • manufacturers
    • Dean: Pace 4 (35") $500, Pace 5 (35") $600
    • Palatino: VE-500 (40.74") $580
    • NS:
      • WAV (41.75") $900 street
        • scale: 41.75"
        • length: 52"
        • weight: 10.5 lbs
        • tripod stand: 7 lbs (standard)
        • end pin stand: 5 lbs (optional)
    • BSX: Flip (34") $1750, T (39-41") $1950
    • CCI Mediums: Upright3 $1200

 

electric bass guitars

 

travel bass guitars

 

other

 

Anatomy of a guitar

tone woods

  • hard: hard maple, rock maple, ebony, walnut, paduak, wenge, koa, rosewood
    • slap
  • medium: mahogany
  • soft: alder, swamp ash, basswood

neck

  • attachment
    • neck-thru: mellower, softer tone, more sustain
    • bolt-on: bright, snappy, percussive tone, less sustain
  • shape: C, D
  • size: width at nut
  • fretboard wood
    • rosewood: warmer, darker tone
    • maple: punchier, more percussive

bridge

tuners

electrical

pickups

  • passive
    • sound: warm, full, round, fat, punchy dynamic tone
    • treble/bass controls only turn down
    • can pickup interference/noise
  • active
    • pre-amp
    • cut and boost frequencies
    • hotter output, less signal loss
    • sound: bright, clear snappy
    • less external noise, interference
  • types
    • single-coil: bright, clear sound. Susceptible to external noise, humming.
    • double-coil - humbucklers: roll off tonal highs, more output
    • split-coil
    • piezo:
      • more common acoustic bass
      • senses vibration under bridge, works with nylon strings
      • with wrong preamp can sound brittle, thin
    • optical
  • placement
    • close to the bridge: thinner, brighter
    • close to the neck: fuller, warmner
    • two allows emphasize tones
  • P-J configuration
    • neck: P-bass humbuckling style
    • bridge: J-bass style
    • allows variety of tones
  • articles
  • vendors

other

strings

 

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