Bill
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I voted for #2 being maple, but after listening again, I'm guessing that #2 is indeed rosewood.
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shamus63
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Even though file #2 wouldn't open up on my computer, I was already thinking Maple for #1.
philthygeezer
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I'd have to go for Number 2 being rosewood as well. #1 seems a little more open and edgy. The difference is not as marked as between my rosewood 2 band Stingray and maple Sterling though.
Oldtoe said:
+1111111
I could be wrong in the answer, but there is a very clear difference in sounds and am very surprised. I didn't expect the as large a sound difference with bass guitars.
Somebody should do this for the 6 strings guitars too.
Great idea!!
phatduckk
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fogman said:
+1
im surprised at that too. id be cheating if i would say something like "i can tell clip x is maple" ... but i can w/o a doubt say that i can tell that they're not the same bass.
Franklin
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TheDirtyMoocher said:
I think you can buy an adaptor to work with the firewire chargers.
phatduckk
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midopa said:Hm... Did phatduckk purposefully play a slap line at the end of track one and a finger plucking one in the second to intentionally throw us off???? Hm!!!
na ... nothing was on purpose. LOL i didnt try n trick anyone.
ill post the answer in a day or 2
mike not fat
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Very good pol idea Duck ! For what my computer gave me for sound, I foud n° 2 beeing brighter than n°1, so the 2d should be mapple... then I checked the results and saw that most of our buddies have a different opinion.
When wil the result show off ?
MNF
When wil the result show off ?
MNF
phatduckk
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mike not fat said:
ill put up the answer later tonight when i get home or tomorrow
phatduckk
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ok ... most people were correct ...
Clip 1 = maple
Clip 2 = rosewood
woot
Clip 1 = maple
Clip 2 = rosewood
woot
mike jewels
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phatduckk said:
I knew it all along; I just didn't want to ruin it for the others.
Mike
Bill
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I never thought I'd be able to hear a difference between a rosewood & maple FB bass until I had SR4s with both boards. And then this thread came up; I thought that clip 2 sounded slightly less bright than clip 1. Maybe my ears aren't totally shot after all. Good stuff!
SteveB
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Golem said:
That's a brilliant guess, after the answer has been posted!
Originally Posted by Golem
All I got is my office PC [my employer's PC] with POS sound card [on main board], but it has decent outboard speakers. "Clip 1" sounds definitely brighter, even on this system, so to me that is the maple.
I've owned about 3 maple FBs, out of about 60, because I have a definite preference between them [and that's with mainly flatwounds...]. I for one am glad he posted the [well recorded] comparison so that I know now for sure that I'm not just some nitpicking neurotic tone tweaker. So, here's an overdue "Thank you" to PhatDuckk, for whom time weighs heavy upon his brow.
Maybe that's why I play FL. I pay attention to the sound of fingerboards cuz I really *like* the sound of them. FWIW [not much, I'm sure] my only FL maple FB is hardened with gunstock oil, mounted on a LightWave bass, and strung with Acousticores [bronze over nylon RW's]. Definitely a uniquely voiced bass.
The ax in my avatar has a pua ferro FB on a graphite neck. The moment I first heard flatwounds on it, I could hear it begging me to get rid of it's frets and hear that pure voice. Frets are loooong gone, as should be plain by my expression in the picture
All I got is my office PC [my employer's PC] with POS sound card [on main board], but it has decent outboard speakers. "Clip 1" sounds definitely brighter, even on this system, so to me that is the maple.
Why would you suspect I read ahead and cheated? The point of the post is that even on a POS system, the distinction is very clear. Even if he had skipped the quiz and labeled the clips 'maple' and 'rosewood', given that some posts claim to hear no real difference, I would have posted about the audible difference.SteveB said:That's a brilliant guess, after the answer has been posted!
I've owned about 3 maple FBs, out of about 60, because I have a definite preference between them [and that's with mainly flatwounds...]. I for one am glad he posted the [well recorded] comparison so that I know now for sure that I'm not just some nitpicking neurotic tone tweaker. So, here's an overdue "Thank you" to PhatDuckk, for whom time weighs heavy upon his brow.
Maybe that's why I play FL. I pay attention to the sound of fingerboards cuz I really *like* the sound of them. FWIW [not much, I'm sure] my only FL maple FB is hardened with gunstock oil, mounted on a LightWave bass, and strung with Acousticores [bronze over nylon RW's]. Definitely a uniquely voiced bass.
The ax in my avatar has a pua ferro FB on a graphite neck. The moment I first heard flatwounds on it, I could hear it begging me to get rid of it's frets and hear that pure voice. Frets are loooong gone, as should be plain by my expression in the picture
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Mr Light
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The answer
...So when will the answer be revealed. You're killing me with the suspense!
...So when will the answer be revealed. You're killing me with the suspense!
Mobay45
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Mr Light said:
See post #32.
SteveB
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Golem said:
Sorry, Golem! I honestly thought you were being fecetious in your post, since it came just 3 short posts after Phatty revealed the answer. I thought you were pulling our leg(s)! No offense intended.
