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Permalink Reply by Jim Mitchell on August 6, 2010 at 8:26am

Hey there, How does the bass sound? I could trade a Bacotte fingerboard.

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Permalink Reply by pi_r_squared on August 6, 2010 at 9:42am

They're really quiet unplugged, probably for a variety of reasons.

-I haven't cut any sound holes yet (not sure if I will).
-I think I secured too much structure to the lid of the box, so it doesn't resonate much.
-They're nylon.

I guess I could record a wav file, but that might tell you more about the electronics and amp than anything else.

Sure, I'd trade for that if you really want to, I think I might be getting the better end of the deal though.

Let me know if you want a sound bite. But beware, I'm a rookie with a fretless, and my ear might be almost as good a Van Gogh's.

But be advised, without a serious resonator, they might not be very good unplugged. Probably should have mentioned that in the original post.

Jim Mitchell said:

Hey there, How does the bass sound? I could trade a Bacotte fingerboard.

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Permalink Reply by pi_r_squared on August 6, 2010 at 10:54am

ok, might have to forget about the sound bite......it's either the crappy mic on this computer trying to get down around 30-50 Hz, my little practice amp, could still be too much gain from the piezos.....in any case, I tried, but on the recording, the low end has so much growl and buzz it sounds like a dogs breakfast (at around noon).

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