Re: Hollow body bass guitar

On Dec 30, 9:12 am, "dustoyev...@xxxxxxx" <dustoyev...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Could be wrong but "hollowbody bass guitar" seems pretty specific. I
mean, like "ABG" is pretty specific, and different from a "hobo".
Hence, the proffering of "there's one!" examples (and I really should
go play a Lakland hobo, WTH).


I would tend to read/write/speak in that way also. But
I think there's a well populated land of half-breeds. An
"AGB" will have an "acoustic PU" aka a piezo bridge,
and deep enuf body that you'd never call it "thin line".

OTOH, a thin hollow body with magnetic PUs would
not be an ABG ... simply a thin line. But a hybrid, or
half-breed, sometimes called an "Amplicoustic", has
both the piezo bridge and enuf hollowed out innards
to be heard as a "thin line acoustic" ... and it's even
more acoustic sounding absent any frets.

Back to the OP ... who makes a good ho'bo ? Hard
to pin down, but whoever makes a ho'bo with BOTH
piezos and magnetic PUs on the same ax is higher
up on the list ! Which brings up another thing: For
some applications that seem to call for a a thin line
with magnetic PUs, a solid body piezo-loaded bass
might be a better choice ... especially since a solid
body model is far more likely to be available with
BOTH piezo and mag PUs on the same ax.

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