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It's a bass, it's a guitar...
OldManC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5zrEFsCuHs
This guy has some great videos but most of them are guitar-centric, so I've never posted them here. This one kind of bridges the gap, so what the heck.
And I don't know what he does for a living, but his amp collection is insane.
Again, this one is guitar, but with all the talk we do about wood and tone, I thought it fitting (though not nearly as funny as Dave's clip).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrEar7dgVwI
Granny Gremlin:
Riff 3 makes it obvious. The Maho has that low note sounding fuller.
I dunno why most folks always do such shootouts with distorted full chords. Try some clean arpeggios and then differences are easier to spot (especially when it's a youtube vid - audio quality isn't that great- and the audience is listening on crappy laptop/comp speakers or earbuds).
Dave W:
A guitar with the scale length of a short scale bass doesn't sound like it should to my ears.
I don't need convincing that different woods sound different, but his video isn't likely to convince skeptics. Too many other variables, and as Jake said, you need clean tones.
Basvarken:
I like the experiments. Too bad the wood comparison doesn't use the same size slab for all three. That does matter.
uwe:
I was gonna say: Finally a geetar with a decent scale length, enough room between the frets and enough string tension so it doesn't sound out of tune when you play it as a hamfisted bassist. :mrgreen:
I think the wood tone test is clear enough, maho sounds warmest and most pleasant, but I understand why some guitarists prefer the snap of the maple.
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