Takamine Acoustic bass guitar

[markcv]

This looks like it might be pretty nice. A high end acoustic bass guitar with radius of an upright so it can be bowed and a tube preamp built in. MSRP is $4229. They didn't have a pic for the lefty so I flipped the right handed pic.

http://www.takamine.com/guitars/bass_guitars/tb10lh

[markcv]

It can also accept an endpin so you can play it pseudo standup style.

[Addison]

You know... I'm normally not an acoustic bass guy, only because the physics involved simply will not allow them to ever be loud enough to compete with an acoustic guitar without plugging them in... so they're kind of useless, IMO.

But that... that thing looks KILLER.

[Agent00Soul]

My god that's beautiful!!

My hat's off to Takamine for making such an esoteric & high-end instrument available left-handed!

[andrew]

Fretless is more in keeping with the vibe of the instrument, but I'd like one of these with frets.

[Jeroen]

You know... I'm normally not an acoustic bass guy, only because the physics involved simply will not allow them to ever be loud enough to compete with an acoustic guitar without plugging them in... so they're kind of useless, IMO.

Wait until you hear a Taylor AB-1

...or a Music Man Earthwood!

[andrew]

...or a Music Man Earthwood!

LOVE these.

[Addison]

Wait until you hear a Taylor AB-1

...or a Music Man Earthwood!

I dunno man.

I used to have the king mother of all acoustic basses, a Guild B-50.

It still wasn't loud enough to cut through a couple acoustic guitars and a set of congas... and that was playing as hard as I possibly could.

An old band I was in did a stereo recording with two kick ass room mics about 5 feet away and the bass was barely there... you could hear the "clicks and clacks" but there was zero bottom end. It had to be mic'd separately.

[slybass3000]

I've got a special Rob Allen MB-2 5 strings and it is awesome for that upright tone. Amplified!

I have a Martin acoustic that is really great especially thru my B-15n.

Never had so many compliments about a bass sound on tv sets from artists.

[pjmuck]

I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Branch Brook Park/Newark this past weekend (Go ahead and snicker, but when you're married with kids you get roped into this stuff and actually come to appreciate it...eventually). There was a Japanese jazz band playing in the tent, with 1 drummer, 1 keyboardist, saxophone, and a guy playing an acoustic Takamine. Long story short, he was practically inaudible even plugged in.

I'd love to get one just for noodling around at home and recording, but I'd never make one my #1. Most I've heard, with rare exception, just don't have enough thump or bottom even when plugged in.

[Frenchy-Lefty]

That's a lot of dough to just use it at home for noodling...

[velalv]

I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Branch Brook Park/Newark this past weekend (Go ahead and snicker, but when you're married with kids you get roped into this stuff and actually come to appreciate it...eventually). There was a Japanese jazz band playing in the tent, with 1 drummer, 1 keyboardist, saxophone, and a guy playing an acoustic Takamine. Long story short, he was practically inaudible even plugged in.

I'd love to get one just for noodling around at home and recording, but I'd never make one my #1. Most I've heard, with rare exception, just don't have enough thump or bottom even when plugged in.

I feel you there PJ. Being married with kids will get you roped into such "events". Never thought I would be living in the burbs for example, then I got married and got myself a kid, and next thing I know, I am living way out there.

Also, it's unfortunate about the Takamine. The Takamine bass at Adirondack http://www.adirondackguitar.com/lefty/t ... s/bass.htm had caught my attention so that I could start to play with the acoustic set at church, which is a plugged in acoustic guitar, myself on acoustic bass plugged, and a jimbae (like a conga). I am going to Houston in a couple of months for a wedding and hoping to visit Southpaw Guitars to try out some acoustic basses, and electrics while I am at it. I still might get the Takamine for noodling at home, or at small group bible studies with on acoustics, but all that I hear makes me feel like its not worth it.

[pjmuck]

That's a lot of dough to just use it at home for noodling...

Yeah, I was referring to acoustic basses in general, not that Takamine specifically. That's a ridiculous amount of money. I wouldn't pay more than $200 on any of these unless it truly blew me away. I like acoustic basses in theory, just not in practicality.

[Jeroen]

I used to have the king mother of all acoustic basses, a Guild B-50.

It still wasn't loud enough to cut through a couple acoustic guitars and a set of congas... and that was playing as hard as I possibly could.

Sounds like you don't know the Earthwood
Here's John Entwistle playing one:



And the Taylors are incredible (and huge!) too. They're so deep they made the body wedged for playing comfort: the bottom, resting on your legs, is deeper than the top, where you lay your arm over.



Awesome basses. I have long lusted for one, but to the best of my knowledge Taylor never produced any lefties

[pjmuck]

[quote="Jeroen"]Sounds like you don't know the Earthwood
Here's John Entwistle playing one:



Yes, the Earthwoods are the rare exception, and ridiculously rare and expensive too. EB should reissue them already. But damn! Look at the size of that thing in the Entwistle photo. I didn't think they were THAT huge. Is that some custom model or something? Looks about 8" deep.

[Jeroen]

I believe it's all stock

[Frenchy-Lefty]

Or you have the option below - It ain't so "rock'n'roll" but you can hear it when played with other instruments - Of course you get to wear the costume too -

[slybass3000]

Or you have the option below - It ain't so "rock'n'roll" but you can hear it when played with other instruments - Of course you get to wear the costume too -

Very funny LOL

At least you get to drink tequila on the gig.