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Mr. Low « Tool, not stage »
Published on 02/24/13 at 05:18I bought this bass on a trip abroad where I yearned to gratouiller, two years ago. And like buying an acoustic part of my projects ...
Sure, I may be a bit rushed and I have tried to manage other models, but I was looking more like an instrument travel to practice and "compose", I referred primarily an instrument for the price affordable. For me, the connectivity was mostly a plus.
Precisely, if we look at the technical details, in addition to its four strings and 22 frets, this bass has interesting things when connected to an amplifier:
- The connection is made jack or XLR choice. (Personally, I've never plugged in XLR)
- It is equipped with a 3-band EQ (bass, middle, treble), a volume knob, and a setting Shape (round or to sharpen the sound)
- The microphone is in piezo
- Phase button is also present, but I do not find interest ...
- Finally, the tuner is good, even when it is not connected (well, you still have to put batteries - 2xLR6 in a drawer near the connectors)
Question ergonomics, the least we can say is that AEB8E is very far from perfect:
- Imposing fund tends to hurt the right arm strength to play (but after all, this is a low, so the body must be consistent ... I guess)
- Positioning settings (EQ, etc.) is not practical at all since they are under the right arm and, while playing, you tend to accidentally move the buttons slide :-(
- The handle is horrible practice: a thickness and a width impressive, large paws essential.
- Strings are placed at a staggering distance of the keys, which makes it suitable to play really slow at the base, and especially tired quickly left hand.
- Head and neck alone must represent about 75% of the weight of the instrument, which gives a perfect balance predestining its user lumbago certain.
The value of electro-acoustic bass also seemed to play without connecting to accompany a guitar, for example. Thereupon, I am mistaken, but I think this detail is not related to the model and that any risk of acoustic bass disappoint me on this side: the unplugged volume is far too low to be audible if a guitarist with you.
Connected, the sound is not so bad against at all even though, as pointed out by one of my predecessors, tuning vacuum gives little surprises in the accuracy of the game more ...
And the interface is so bad that we did not particularly want to use up. So for a small session on blues stool is okay, but no need to consider a rock concert with it!
In addition, I do not know exactly where it comes from, but some frequencies are particularly prone to feedback, and it is really not practical (you put your bass forgetting to mute your amp, and boom! Gros feedback that kills)
In conclusion, today, I almost do not use more than travel, sitting in the forest or on the beach, history gratouiller few notes inspired by nature, solo course, or to work on exercises endurance, precision left hand. For, indeed, all the disadvantages mentioned above for the handle and the strings become advantages when working sessions: when I look back on my SR505, I appreciate even more playability of the latter.
In short, as said in the title: the AEB8E can not, in my opinion, not be regarded as anything other than a working tool, and certainly not as an instrument of scene.
If I would reiterate purchase today?
Clearly not. I'm not even sure I réinvestirais in acoustics ... unless perhaps a fretless ...
Sure, I may be a bit rushed and I have tried to manage other models, but I was looking more like an instrument travel to practice and "compose", I referred primarily an instrument for the price affordable. For me, the connectivity was mostly a plus.
Precisely, if we look at the technical details, in addition to its four strings and 22 frets, this bass has interesting things when connected to an amplifier:
- The connection is made jack or XLR choice. (Personally, I've never plugged in XLR)
- It is equipped with a 3-band EQ (bass, middle, treble), a volume knob, and a setting Shape (round or to sharpen the sound)
- The microphone is in piezo
- Phase button is also present, but I do not find interest ...
- Finally, the tuner is good, even when it is not connected (well, you still have to put batteries - 2xLR6 in a drawer near the connectors)
Question ergonomics, the least we can say is that AEB8E is very far from perfect:
- Imposing fund tends to hurt the right arm strength to play (but after all, this is a low, so the body must be consistent ... I guess)
- Positioning settings (EQ, etc.) is not practical at all since they are under the right arm and, while playing, you tend to accidentally move the buttons slide :-(
- The handle is horrible practice: a thickness and a width impressive, large paws essential.
- Strings are placed at a staggering distance of the keys, which makes it suitable to play really slow at the base, and especially tired quickly left hand.
- Head and neck alone must represent about 75% of the weight of the instrument, which gives a perfect balance predestining its user lumbago certain.
The value of electro-acoustic bass also seemed to play without connecting to accompany a guitar, for example. Thereupon, I am mistaken, but I think this detail is not related to the model and that any risk of acoustic bass disappoint me on this side: the unplugged volume is far too low to be audible if a guitarist with you.
Connected, the sound is not so bad against at all even though, as pointed out by one of my predecessors, tuning vacuum gives little surprises in the accuracy of the game more ...
And the interface is so bad that we did not particularly want to use up. So for a small session on blues stool is okay, but no need to consider a rock concert with it!
In addition, I do not know exactly where it comes from, but some frequencies are particularly prone to feedback, and it is really not practical (you put your bass forgetting to mute your amp, and boom! Gros feedback that kills)
In conclusion, today, I almost do not use more than travel, sitting in the forest or on the beach, history gratouiller few notes inspired by nature, solo course, or to work on exercises endurance, precision left hand. For, indeed, all the disadvantages mentioned above for the handle and the strings become advantages when working sessions: when I look back on my SR505, I appreciate even more playability of the latter.
In short, as said in the title: the AEB8E can not, in my opinion, not be regarded as anything other than a working tool, and certainly not as an instrument of scene.
If I would reiterate purchase today?
Clearly not. I'm not even sure I réinvestirais in acoustics ... unless perhaps a fretless ...