nariette

I play the piano, on a Yamaha, the guitar on a Blade texas standard pro, and recently started playing the viola. Blades look like Fender, and they have the same quality.

zombiecowz

I play guitar. I started with some sort of a takemine(idk if thats how you spell it) acoustic. Then I used a Dean Vendetta electric for quite awhile. And I kept practicing, got pretty good,then picked up a Fender American Stratocaster Eric Clapton signature. It is such a chill guitar, all kinds of tone control. As for my amps I use a Carvin V3, Marshall MG30 practice amp, and eventually bought a marshall half stack.

Paul Smeenus

I just bought this today:





I was going to look for a little practice amp that would allow me to play in my apartment without being evicted, as I likely would with my current rig:




...but I saw this little number for about what a practice amp would cost, plus it can plug in if desired, this way I can be quiet AND portable AND have a second bass to play for certain types of music. I paid $200 for it and it played better than some other acoustic basses did for $400 and almost as good as some for $600.


I still haven't done the second cabinet thing...

Burning Down

I merged your post with the existing thread that hasn't been bumped in a while.

Paul Smeenus

Perfect, I tried to find a thread such as this but I musta overlooked this. Thank you BD

Burning Down

The search function here sucks. I always use Google lol.

Psychedub Dude

Holy sheet Paul, that is a seriously beautiful acoustic bass!!! How does it sound?


Jay Turser Acoustic Electric

I got this gem off Amazon during a sale a few weeks ago for really cheap (125$) but it plays and sounds like a Martin. Very user friendly, the action is just right. I also love the tone of this guitar, its very bright and mellow: perfect for my reggae rock stylee. A very underrated guitar maker imo, excellent build.

It also came with D'addario EXP strings on it.

also side note
-That guitar on the right in the picture had been my guitar for the last 3 years.. It's an Aria, it's definitely a solid guitar but it was rough around the edges. I always had trouble with it's action, even after many truss rod adjustments I still could never get it to where I wanted it.
-It definitely helped me build up my strength for sure though. It has a good tone and I really like its percussive abilities as well. Very open sounds, like a bongo. The Turser has more sharp drumming tones like a snare.

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Paul Smeenus

It sounds great acoustic, I plugged it in at the guitar store that I bought it from, it didn't get very loud before it started to feed back, but that's ok. Probably just need to adjust the tone settings and not stand directly in front of the amp.

It's got a bit of a buzz on open E (not a lot, and not every time), it appears to be buzzing on the fretbar between 5th and 6th frets, their guitar tech wasn't in but he's gonna make a little neck adjustment this coming week


That rocks. Yay good deals. I just a couple weeks ago got an incredible deal on a near pristine 2001 Audi A4 AWD wagon ($4000 all sales tax and fees included), but that's OT to this tread, innit

More info on the bass I bought
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/...-electric-bass

*edited to add link

Psychedub Dude

Yeah it's most likely the EQ settings and because you were to close, because Deans are legit. Ahh buzzing, thats beat but atleast you can get it fixed!!

I never tried one of their acoustics though. I've been trying to find a fairly priced acoustic electric bass for a while now. Would you recommend that one? I'm not entirely familiar with the Bass but I can play some simple bass rhythms. Would it be good for a beginner?

And yes I love me some good deals. I was so surprised by how good the Turser sounds. I was expecting a solid guitar but I got a truly fantastic one. I can't get over how good it plays it sounds. Even all my friends are like duude whoa

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Paul Smeenus

Actually it's only very infrequently buzzing and just a little when I strum an open E a little bit too forte (which is gonna happen every once in a while, there's no point in trying to deny it), the guy who sold it to me didn't *promise* that the guitar tech *could* fix it but he didn't see why not, the neck just needs the slightest relief.

It's fecking excellent. I played about eight different acoustic basses there, only one was marked lower than the Dean (it was an Ibanez and it sounded like ass), all the rest were double or triple. Without plugging them in (again this is mostly for practicing in my apartment but I would definitely consider playing quieter music with a duo or acoustic group or somesuch with this axe), the Dean sounded better and I mean considerably better than units that cost double and *almost* as good as units that cost triple. My guess is that the higher priced models would be better on an amplified stage, reading through the reviews this bass does appear to be a bit feedbackey.

But I wouldn't consider it over an electric. It's really good for what it does, but I'd only play on stage with this if I was playing some hella quiet music. It ain't for rockin' out.

Totally