Re: bass sound with guitar

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

One might try the little Guild bass (don't know the model number) that uses surgical rubber for the strings.  It's a tiny little bass, and I seem to remember it being cheap and doing a great job of sounding like an upright fretless bass.

Mark  Sottilaro

On Sunday, November 18, 2001, at 04:57 AM, Doug Miller wrote:

> I agree. There is no substitute for the real thing.
>
> But, since our group had no real bass player for many years, I used my Roland GR-30 to get low bass-like tones from my guitar. I used a real Fender bass amp though. This set-up
> worked fine.
>
> Most of the stock settings for bass on the VG-8 are weak, even through a bass amp. The Yes Bass is almost OK. I'd go with a GR.
>
> > As a bass player, I have to say that this would really only be possible with
> > a fretless bass.  But I'm sure that someone on here can recommend a machine
> > that imitates some of the characteristics of a fretless bass.  But for "real
> > good fretless bass sound", there really is only one option...
> >
> >
> > My dream would be a real good fretless bass sound. What
> > methods are available?
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