It seems that acoustic/electric bass guitars are becoming more common, as most music stores stock a few. How well do these perform in recording, and how do they differ in recording from their solid body counterparts (major advantages/disadvantages)?
I think you'll find they sound more like an acoustic up right bass. Or at least that's my perception having recorded a few. A direct input & a microphone on the Cabinet makes for a lovely sound and I am generally not one of those people to put microphones on the base cabinet. Quite a nice sound.
Acoustic electric bass, for those too lazy to schlep the real deal.
I have recorded a Few. Like ACU GTR some have more low engery then others. We used ACU bass on a techno song to try and give the tune a bit more reality. I liked the sound we got. A lot of string sound but still a punch around 150hz. IT was mic'd with a Rode NT2 on the 12th fret and a AKG C3000 behind the bridge.
You can't beat the nice "growl" of a straight-up acoustic bass. A sound unto itself. The hardest part I've run across in recording them?? That's easy - finding a bass player that can actually play it - and play it well....
Thanks for the replies. I have my eye on a Hofner, not the Beatle style, but rather a true acoustic body with built in pick up. I wondered what kind of sounds I might expect.
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I think you'll find they sound more like an acoustic up right ba
I think you'll find they sound more like an acoustic up right bass. Or at least that's my perception having recorded a few. A direct input & a microphone on the Cabinet makes for a lovely sound and I am generally not one of those people to put microphones on the base cabinet. Quite a nice sound.
Acoustic electric bass, for those too lazy to schlep the real deal.
Ms. Remy Ann David
I have recorded a Few. Like ACU GTR some have more low engery t
I have recorded a Few. Like ACU GTR some have more low engery then others. We used ACU bass on a techno song to try and give the tune a bit more reality. I liked the sound we got. A lot of string sound but still a punch around 150hz. IT was mic'd with a Rode NT2 on the 12th fret and a AKG C3000 behind the bridge.
not to distract too much, but sometime i'd love to see and hear
not to distract too much, but sometime i'd love to see and hear a fretless acoustic bass. i bet it sounds sexy!
You can't beat the nice "growl" of a straight-up acoustic bass.
You can't beat the nice "growl" of a straight-up acoustic bass. A sound unto itself. The hardest part I've run across in recording them?? That's easy - finding a bass player that can actually play it - and play it well....
JB
Thanks for the replies. I have my eye on a Hofner, not the Beatl
Thanks for the replies. I have my eye on a Hofner, not the Beatle style, but rather a true acoustic body with built in pick up. I wondered what kind of sounds I might expect.
Bass.
Bass.
Hmmm... That was one of my main concerns. I had images of midran
Hmmm... That was one of my main concerns. I had images of midrange or maybe even treble emanating from it rather than bass.