Epiphone has a new short 30.5" bass selling for like $400 new. I'm debating buying one to convert it to a piccolo bass. Anyone got any advice on this? I know nothing about piccolo, but I figured it would probably prefer to be done with a shorter scale, and I would steal the four highest strings from a bass VI string set?
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I actually like that. Also, the actual Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI is pretty cool, too.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Piccolo bass strings are cheap. They are tuned an octave below, making them the same as the first four strings on a guitar.
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Originally posted by ICTGoober View PostPiccolo bass strings are cheap. They are tuned an octave below, making them the same as the first four strings on a guitar.
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Originally posted by Mincer View PostI actually like that. Also, the actual Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI is pretty cool, too.
perhaps this could also be a good time to revisit my cello-bass idea from earlier. It would give me a few more low notes (C2 to A3 versus E2 to G3) plus it would fit an e-bow. Then I would have to decide if I wanted to go fretless or not. hmmYou will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go You are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright
Whilst you can only wonder why
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I bet that would be awesome with an E-bow!Administrator of the SDUGF
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Allegedly the mudbucker is actually not at all like an actual mudbucker, but you're right. I'd want to do research on it before pulling the trigger lest I wind up with a sound that quite frankly isn't for me.You will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go You are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright
Whilst you can only wonder why
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Mudbuckers are stupidly named. Back in the 70's I bought a Gibson one from a store and installed it in the bridge position of my first bass (a Magnatone Hurricane). It sounded terrific. Plenty of presence and clarity - fingers or pick. Lots louder than the stock single coil, and quieter. Sounded as good as my Rick. Used it on a number of songs every night we played.aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever
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I'm just saying I sat and played 4-5 different model short scale basses (Fender, Ibanez, Gretsch, Epiphone, etc.) and the recent-era EB was impossible. I had to hit it hard to get any volume out of it and couldn't get any useful tone out of it. It did sound a bit vintage, but it only did one thing, and not that well IMHO.
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Originally posted by ICTGoober View PostMudbuckers are stupidly named. Back in the 70's I bought a Gibson one from a store and installed it in the bridge position of my first bass (a Magnatone Hurricane). It sounded terrific. Plenty of presence and clarity - fingers or pick. Lots louder than the stock single coil, and quieter. Sounded as good as my Rick. Used it on a number of songs every night we played.
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