Acoustic "Classical" style, nylon string BASS guitar?!

[idsnowdog]

Cool!

In west africa they played the "Kora"; which was a harp, with dual sets of strings (one for each hand), a pumpkin? body, with goat skin top .
And there was a...one stringed fiddle, with no fretboard... the string was stopped at different harmonic intervals.

Aswell as alot of drums. .

PS: Couldn't find the "classical bass" anywhere on that list. It had nothing particularily "african" about it; it looked like any "spanish" classical guitar. Just bigger.

-Erl

Try looking under North, South, and Central American instruments. There are a number of instruments which match your general description.

[Erlend_G]

Try looking under North, South, and Central American instruments. There are a number of instruments which match your general description.

Portugese, spanish? I think:

"Sometimes a 4-string acoustic bass guitar (violão baixa) is also part of the instruments to accompany the Fado singer (man or woman)"

:/ who knows. I wish these basses were mainstream,
I can't afford anything else .

It was wonderful to play. Had a rich, sonorous tone, exactly like the bass strings of a good nylon/classical guitar, but one octave lower.

It seemed to have mahagony neck, back and sides- with a cedar top.

[treyhaislip]

No. A steel string acoustic, and a classical guitar- is built in two completely diffenret ways. It's two different things.

Try putting steel strings on a flamenco guitar (or the other way around)... and You will understand what I say! :o

I totally agree with you BUT...have you ever tried nylon strings on a Tacoma Chief acoustic?

[Erlend_G]

I totally agree with you BUT...have you ever tried nylon strings on a Tacoma Chief acoustic?

Nope . How come you ask?

[ICTGoober]

Many guitarrons I've worked on for local Tejano and Mariachi bands have large nylon strings for the basses. Don't know about any sources, but hey - the internet is at your fingertips.

[GuitarStv]

Would a Taylor GS mini get you in that ballpark? It sounds like a bass and uses nylon core strings (although they've got a metal wrap around them).

[Erlend_G]

:/ I'm thinking that I'd get one of those gigantic, mexican bass guitars. .

Those seem to be the closest, to the instrument I tried in Gambia. (Though much bigger!)

[solspirit]

Well... There's plenty of string out there for when you do find it.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...string-041-086

These strings must play themselves for $77
How good could they be for this price? Crazy

[treyhaislip]

Nope . How come you ask?

because...a Tacoma Chief with a Cedar top, while designed for Steel Strings, with Nylon/Classical stings actually sounds phenomenal.