Re: Vodka-induced curiosity

On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:17:18 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
<dishborealis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


OK (re Hofner), but I'm referring more to the bottom end that you feel in
your feet. Some of this HAS to be based on scale length, don't you think?

Yes. The string excursion on a 41" to 42" scale bass is greater and
has a lot to do with the articulation one gets with such a bass. That
being said if you can play an upright it is possible to mimic that
articulation with a 34" or shorter scale bass...it just isn't all that
easy if you haven't already learned to draw the sound out of an
upright.

As for scale lengths longer than 35" on the bass guitar it's such a
bio-mechanically difficult instrument to play (much more so than the
upright) that any longer would be too much for most players. Hell, I
can play the upright and my main non-acoustic bass guitar is a 30"
Danelectro copy....

.

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