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| Author: | Hupaand [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | acoustic guitar body as bass guitar |
Can I use an acoustic guitar body as a bass? Some sites show about 180 pounds stress on each. I know I'd have to mess with the neck length. |
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| Author: | Ti-Roux [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: acoustic guitar body as bass guitar |
An acoustic guitar with 25.5'', 12-53 phosbronze is 160-165 lbs... An acoustic bass 34'', 45-100 phosbronze is 190 lbs... An acoustic guitar with 25.5'', 13-56 phos bronze is 190lbs.. Have you ever put 13-56 strings on a guitar built for 12-53? You could do a 30 or 32'' bass, but the only strings available are 45-100 and it's really floppy on this scale. I have personnaly a short scale acoustic bass, and don't really like it. And a guitar body is way too small to produce a nice sound. Dimension of an acoustic are similar to a jumbo, usually. So... 16-16½ large, 20'' long, 5'' deep, and sometime it's not enough. |
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| Author: | Hupaand [ Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: acoustic guitar body as bass guitar |
Thanks, Francis. I'd thought of some of that, but not the looseness of the strings. That really would be trouble. |
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