One of the few basses I'd actually buy...but $1,899 is just too much.

Other than that, I only see white on the Godin page.

Peavey and Dean Markley once used  brown silk on their bass strings.

52 minutes ago, chyc said:

One thing I don't get about the flat vs round debate is the thing about flats lasting longer. I mean when rounds get old they sound like flats to me. So, with that in mind, what's the difference between an old round set and an old flat set other than feel and cost of purchase?

New roundwounds don't sound anything like new flatwounds or tapewounds...in other words, they're not old right out of the pack and when they start going dead, they don't really sound the same as a good set of flats or tapewounds.

Many bassists get rid of their roundwounds after they start losing their zing. They want that roundwound sound so they buy 𝘯𝘦𝘸 roundwounds.

Roundwounds don't feel as smooth, not even close. Even some flatwounds/tapewounds feel better than others.

One more thing, roundwounds don't look this good.

I used to be big on flatwounds but I went with black tapewounds on both of these...GHS on the left, D'Addario on the right.

I have the GHS strings on six basses and D'Addario on three.

The GHS black tapewounds are exceptional.

Yes, definitely yellow with a black pickguard.

Looks good with black hardware.

(For a second there, looked like black strings, too.)

You might want to try something like this

4 hours ago, barrycreed said:

Would one of those full hollow hofner ignition basses be a halfway house between acoustic/electric.

Different beast again perhaps ..

Nowhere near the volume of an acoustic bass...louder than an unamped P bass, sure, but not loud enough to hear if you're trying to learn bass lines from an ipod played through something like this.

50 minutes ago, barrycreed said:

@jd56hawk I love the Alice in Chains unplugged album. He's using a bit of chorus on his bass right? I won't be gigging it, so I don't need a pickup or I don't care if it's loud, or not loud, or big or small etc.... I *might* use it to record....

Just read on Talkbass that it's a $10 chorus pedal he bought before the show...Alvarez acoustic.

(My Boss Dual Cube has chorus...I'm going to see how it sounds with my Exotica later today.)

Alice In Chains' Mike Inez: "Picking very hard is part of my tone secret - I attribute that to Zakk Wylde!"

13 minutes ago, BreadBin said:

I have posted about this before but will repeat. An acoustic bass will not generally keep up with an acoustic guitar unless it has a large body and you play loud. I have a Tenson Jumbo which was easily the loudest instrument in the room in a folk outfit I was part of, but I am quite a heavy hitter. Also has more than held its own around campfires and the like.

 

However...

 

The OP hasn't mentioned anything but home practice, so most of the opinions espoused are pretty much irrelevant.

Folks need to chill out a bit and read properly 👍

Yes, but I'm guessing he might find the need to plug in, occasionally.

1 hour ago, TheGreek said:

 

Interesting...so your advice is to "don't listen to them,  listen to me" even though there is a consensus that Acoustic basses generally aren't loud enough without amplification and that feedback can be an issue. 

Several people have suggested that a semi Acoustic could be a good compromise,  again the OP should take your opinion over the advice of the many...🤔🤔

 

 

Hold on, let me check.

Hmm, he was asking about 𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 basses, and it's really quite simple an acoustic bass sounds great plugged in, furthermore, feedback 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 an issue for many. Listen to the MTV Unplugged Alice In Chains show and point out where feedback was a problem. 

Now, as far as opinions go, some are simply more helpful than others.

Plenty of people say P basses are one-trick ponies.

Fact?

No.

Just a mere opinion that doesn't contribute to the conversation.

So it isn't "don't listen to them, listen to me."

It's  "don't listen to the few, listen to the many!"

As for hollow-body or semi hollow-body basses, I have an Epiphone Jack Casady and an Italia Imola, both sound great plugged in but they're nowhere loud enough unplugged and simply can't compete with an acoustic bass.

I've been using GHS and D'Addario black tapewounds for nearly a decade with no issues.

I don't use a mere guitar pick, though.

Always nice to have a battery-powered amp, for those times you can't plug in.

6 hours ago, barrycreed said:

@jd56hawkthat dean looks interesting alright. I already have an electric bass, which is why I asked about an acoustic bass! Not sure if soundhole pickups work well in acoustic basses or now. I suppose something with a pickup would be ok. I don't plan on gigging it. Maybe a folk session might be nice.

I'd never use a sound-hole pickup.

The piezo is what gives this its tone.

(Not to mention, my Exotica is more versatile than many solid-body basses.)

As for those "They're only good for playing on your couch" remarks, not if you take the MTV Unplugged approach...plug in!

By the way, feedback is a non-issue with a sound-hole plug. I've been playing mine for eight years. The only time feedback is a problem is when I take it off and lean it up against the amp or put it in its stand.

i have it in my cart at Reverb.

It really comes alive when the light hits it.

https://youtu.be/TWNK__dNohM

No need spending big bucks when these are available for $300 or so used...I'm talking the older models with the superior Aphex System electronics, Aural Exciter with Big-Bottom Sound.

Not another bass made with the Aphex System!

When it comes to solid-body basses, there are quite a few I can recommend, but when it comes to acoustic basses, even though I've tried out more than most people, I simply cannot recommend anything else.

(By the way, I own two and wouldn't trade either one for a Martin, Guild, Warwick, etc...D'Addario black tapewounds on both.)

Headphones are recommended.

Good luck, and whatever you do, don't listen to the detractors and their "Acoustic basses are useless " bs. That's been proven wrong time after time after time.

4 hours ago, bartelby said:

I quickly scanned through that TB thread.

All I could think was there's a lot of Fender and Ernie Ball clones and

 

$2700 for the black Aria Pro II SB-1000 and it doesn't even have the original style bridge!!!

 

That's why it pays to check out Reverend.

...but this isn't just another FSO.

Yes, Andy 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 likes the Dub King and the Thundergun...half a dozen videos.

29 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

I'd still be interested to find out what it plays and sounds like. 

 

I think the body shape makes more sense when being worn than when it's on a stand- a bit like a Warwick Dolphin.

It sounds every bit as good as the Reverend Thundergun...some of the best stock pickups and electronics made, right up there with my G&L L2000s.

I own two Squier Jazz basses, one very good, one even better...a Contemporary Active Jazz and a Crafted In China Classic Vibe.

I bought both of them because they look better than most of the similar Fender Jazz basses. I had a CIC CV years ago, so I was well aware they're better than the Fender MIM Standard/Player Jazz basses, but I had no idea how much I'd like the CA Jazz, not being a fan of active Fenders. Turned out to be pleasantly surprised.

Maybe the active electronics simply work best with my GHS black tapewounds.

Other than that, Squier is definitely getting the attention they deserve. Are they all good, no, but the same can be said for many basses.

https://reverendguitars.com/basses/linh-le-signature-lil-linhbacker/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

I'm guessing no Thunderguns?

7 hours ago, la bam said:

 

In truth ...... I didnt like it. It sounded amazing on it's own- unlike any other bass. But in the mix ...... it just didnt work. No punch, no character. The only way I could get it to give a half decent sound was with what I considered the worst tone I could get out of it when solo'd.

 

The bass i have now has passive and active options, so I'm lucky.

The L2000 has passive and active options...you didn't like either mode?