shorty basses

Discussion of newer designs, copies and reissue offset-waist instruments.
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DWO
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Re: shorty basses

Post by DWO » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:30 am

Try some flats?

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Re: shorty basses

Post by timiscott » Sat Jun 16, 2018 3:35 am

I've never used those... never owned a bass before! How do they change the sound?

PS. Thanks for the reply!

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Re: shorty basses

Post by DWO » Sat Jun 16, 2018 3:56 am

timiscott wrote:
Sat Jun 16, 2018 3:35 am
I've never used those... never owned a bass before! How do they change the sound?

PS. Thanks for the reply!
I love flats. They are very different from rounds. They lack the ridges of rounds so they feel nice and smooth, easier on your fingers and frets. The sound in much bassier and thumpy, more like an old school bass sound. You can also leave them on for years or even decades.

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Re: shorty basses

Post by mackerelmint » Sat Jun 16, 2018 3:14 pm

Yeah, another flats fan right here. Those high frequencies that I generally EQ out just aren't there to begin with in flats, and the string noise you get from roundwounds isn't there, either.
This is an excellent rectangle

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Re: shorty basses

Post by vistavision » Sun Jul 15, 2018 7:04 am

And just when I thought I was done looking at the Talman TMB30 because of the poplar/mahogany switcheroo they introduce Mint Green. Arghhh...

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I'm sure some Fender dealer in '64 looked at the new Duo-Sonic II and thought, "That's not a Duo-Sonic. That's a Mustang".

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