martin acoustic bass

[chrisd24]

I played on one of these a little while ago and was amazed by the projection, volume and clarity of it played purely acoustically. After playing on a few acoustics over the years i had just always excepted that they were only ever any good if they semi acoustic and plugged in but now i really want one....the only problem being that this being a martin the price tag was a little out of my range.

My question is that is there any acoustic basses out there in the more budget price range with actual volume played acoustically?

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

[quote name='chrisd24' post='795624' date='Apr 4 2010, 12:19 PM']I played on one of these a little while ago and was amazed by the projection, volume and clarity of it played purely acoustically. After playing on a few acoustics over the years i had just always excepted that they were only ever any good if they semi acoustic and plugged in but now i really want one....the only problem being that this being a martin the price tag was a little out of my range.

My question is that is there any acoustic basses out there in the more budget price range with actual volume played acoustically?[/quote]
My Tanglewood rosewood reserve has a great tone (with TI acoustic strings) and has a solid sitka spruce top & is nice & loud played acoustically. I used to think tanglewood were a cheap & cheerful brand, but this one oozes quality.


Its well worth the £359 current price at DV247, but I managed to get an ex-demo one from ebay for £230.