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StingEye said:However the Warwick Corvette is not only louder than the stingray
bovinehost said:No, the grammar and spelling is good - can't be Nick.
I don't think, personally and everyone is free to disagree with me, that there is much the wood will do for volume.
Volume is all about strings, pickups and electronics.
Now, have a go at me, I'm ready.
jubjub721 said:from what iv seen its not the wood that the bass is made of its more of the neck
i noticed that maple makes a bass a whole lot louder than a rose wood
i just had a brainfart it is rose wood right
and imm extremly interested in how a ebony fret board would sound
to bad im to lazy to look for one for my sterling
Jean, I think you hit it right there... the other trick I have learned is that volume-wise, Maple and Rosewood are pretty much the same... it is an auditory illusion that Maple is louder. What in essence is happening is that Maple is moving the higher frequencies at a faster pace so they are more dominate - therefore they sound louder. Rosewood, on the other hand, moves all of the frequencies at a slower pace. They are sill at the same level, but because the highs aren't empahasised, they volume SEEMS to be less.Jean-Frédéric said:Well I don't think it's much more of the neck's wood either .. the tone yeah , but not the volume .. Mapple give a snapy and great "attack" sound , while Rosewood is more a warm sound ..
oddjob said:Jean, I think you hit it right there... the other trick I have learned is that volume-wise, Maple and Rosewood are pretty much the same... it is an auditory illusion that Maple is louder. What in essence is happening is that Maple is moving the higher frequencies at a faster pace so they are more dominate - therefore they sound louder. Rosewood, on the other hand, moves all of the frequencies at a slower pace. They are sill at the same level, but because the highs aren't empahasised, they volume SEEMS to be less.
oddjob said:Jean, I think you hit it right there... the other trick I have learned is that volume-wise, Maple and Rosewood are pretty much the same... it is an auditory illusion that Maple is louder. What in essence is happening is that Maple is moving the higher frequencies at a faster pace so they are more dominate - therefore they sound louder. Rosewood, on the other hand, moves all of the frequencies at a slower pace. They are sill at the same level, but because the highs aren't empahasised, they volume SEEMS to be less.
StingEye said:One thing that first strikes me about stingrays are how even all the strings are in vloume. It is a very loud bass. I've played Carvin's, Tobias' and Fender's through cabs, but the stingrays always seem louder without touching any knobs between basses. However the Warwick Corvette is not only louder than the stingray...but at full level on all the knobs it will put so much bass and punch through the speakers that it will distort. So what exactly determines definition and volume? I mean the corvette is made of alder, and it is louder than basses that are made out of bubinga, ash? Is it wood? electronics? Both? Construction maybe?
spectorbassguy said:Thank you Professor, Have you seen Gilligan? Wow what a deep thread! I just plug my bass in and turn it up til it's louder than anyone else then play.It's about all my simple mind can handle (too many silica packs I guess).
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spectorbassguy said:Thank you Professor, Have you seen Gilligan? Wow what a deep thread! I just plug my bass in and turn it up til it's louder than anyone else then play.It's about all my simple mind can handle (too many silica packs I guess).
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