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Any Basses sound like the DeArmond : Ashbory Bass


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Hi ,
Does anybody know of any other bass that sounds like the DeArmond Ashbory Bass , I love the sound of this Bass [url="http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishiscocks/Bass%20guitar%20samples/"]http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishisc...itar%20samples/[/url] but I know I could not adapt to the 18" scale. Any Suggestions

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[quote name='markdavid' post='46808' date='Aug 17 2007, 12:13 PM']Hi ,
Does anybody know of any other bass that sounds like the DeArmond Ashbory Bass , I love the sound of this Bass [url="http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishiscocks/Bass%20guitar%20samples/"]http://www.frozencloudmusic.com/~chrishisc...itar%20samples/[/url] but I know I could not adapt to the 18" scale. Any Suggestions[/quote]

Hee hee, I recorded that and had forgotten all about it! They're not too bad to play once you get used to them. Regarding tuning, intonation is harder AND easier in a way as rolling your finger gives you about a semitone's woth of adjustment so "zeroing in" on a pitch is a little easier. That was recorded with an early 2000s one which has got the "normal" guitar type tuners which hold their tuning pretty well. The biggest tuning issue is the G strings tendency to go flat ( or snap!) in transit.

The closest I've got with any other bass is my Alden violin bass with flatwounds, played over the end of the fretboard but it's not the same really.

Cheers
Alun

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