Re: Loudest Unplugged Bass

hey, It;s just for fun,,,,Like this group.


Smokey
(If I was to plug in anything in anyway it would be  my J into my Kustom filling remover!)  


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>From: mark monillas <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 1:47:42 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Loudest Unplugged Bass
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>wrong.. i gave alternatives.  i did say you were screwed under the original premise...
>You know your abilities, AND your options .......... open your eyes.  maybe the answer stands in front of you ........Try an EAB - and a small i repeat SMALL amp.. like a pignose30... ......... . OR  plug the EAB a small pa.... 
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>Yo Victa, whatsoever you do, remember this here. You can't hold no groove, If you ain't got no pocket !
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>--- On Fri, 9/4/09, Steve Molk <bassmansince62@ yahoo.com> wrote:
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>From: Steve Molk <bassmansince62@ yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Loudest Unplugged Bass
>To: bassplace@yahoogrou ps.com
>Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 9:47 AM
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>Yea, 
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>But no one had even one single word of encouragement so I think it's time to move on. 
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>I knew it was hopeless from the start but I thought is was worth a shot to see if anybody knew of a magic ABG.
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>I don't want to actually use an amp either. 
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>Just thought up the Ashbory and Pignose as a joke because they are actually smaller then a 4/4 standup 
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>Well, If I get done with work on time tomorrow, I guess I'm a guitar player again. 
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>Smokey
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>>From: mark monillas <alembic4@yahoo. .com>
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>>To: bassplace@yahoogrou ps.com
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>>Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 12:10:44 PM
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>>Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Loudest Unplugged Bass
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>>markbass amps also has a battery powered bass amp, but the original premise was NO amp......... ......... .......
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>>Yo Victa, whatsoever you do, remember this here. You can't hold no groove, If you ain't got no pocket !
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>>--- On Fri, 9/4/09, Steve Molk <bassmansince62@ yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>From: Steve Molk <bassmansince62@ yahoo.com>
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>>Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Loudest Unplugged Bass
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>>To: bassplace@yahoogrou ps.com
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>>Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 8:21 AM
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>>Ashbory with a Pignose Hog amp???
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>>Not really unplugged, (and really good sounding, either) but it's portable as long as the batery holds up
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>>Smokey
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>>PS Can't believe I am comming up with this stuff. I havn't had a beer since Monday!
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>>> From: "r_a_smith3530@ sbcglobal. net" <r_a_smith3530@ sbcglobal. net>
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>>> Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 12:12:01 AM
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>>> Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Loudest Unplugged Bass
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>>> I have to say though, sitting around a campfire with four guitarists, someone on 
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>>> a washboard, and some rudimentary drum and you won't even be complementing, 
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>>> you'll just be drowned out!
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>>> Peace through music!
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>>> I bought an EAB acoustic/electric bass some time ago for occasional
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>>> acoustic-only sessions. It's quiet, but its possible to drag enough
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>>> guitarists. Rob is absolutely right, though: if the guy on the
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>>> six-string doesn't cooperate, it's a lost cause.
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>>> The EAB is nothing fancy, but it's cheap (Musician's Friend and many
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>>> other outlets have them)....and as long as you have no illusions of it
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>>> being a monster axe, it does the job reasonably well. It's also more
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>>> easily transportable than a washtub bass.  ;-)
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>>> From: r_a_smith3530@ sbcglobal. net
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>>> To: bassplace@yahoogrou ps.com
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>>> Subject: Re: [Bass Place] Loudest Unplugged Bass
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>>> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:30:36 +0000
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>>> What he said! ;-)
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>>> At one point, I went hunting for an AEB (Acoustic Electric Bass) for reasons 
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>>> similar to yours. I discovered that it did not matter whether you spent $150 or 
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>>> $1500, you were only going to get so loud (which wasn't very). I ended up with 
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>>> an Ibanez that was a nice compromise, but do realize that this whole category is 
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>>> a compromise. If vocals are mic'd, see if you can get a mic to amplify your 
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>>> sound, otherwise some kid on a cheap First Act guitar is going to drown you out!
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>>> an upright would be what you need, an acoustic bass is kinda loud only within 1 
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>>> washtub bass maybe!!
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>>> Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 4:30 PM
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>>> I play my olde 64 Epiphone FT-79 Texan flat top guitar at an unplugged jam 
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>>> woukld prefer to play the Bass. (Even to Kingston Trio tunes!) Any type of 
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>>> amplifier is strictly verboton so what's a guy to do?
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>>> Don't want to have to go out and buy another standupbass just for a session. I 
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>>> alsosometimes get prettydrunk and walk home carying the Epi- (His name 
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