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The acoustic bass guitars are the bass instruments that comprise a hollow wooden body that is a bit larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. A bass/acoustic guitar is similar to the traditional the double bass and the electric bass. Generally the acoustic bass guitar has four strings that are tuned like E-A-D-G.

As it becomes really difficult to hear these guitars without using an amplifier, the acoustic instruments have pickups either piezoelectric or magnetic both, so you can amplify with a bass amp. The traditional Mexican music features many varieties of bass/acoustic guitar like the baja sexton that has six strings pairs and the guitarrón, a big and deep bodied Mexican 6-string acoustic bass guitar.

History

The first modern acoustic bass guitar was introduced in the 1960s by Ernie Ball from California. Ernie wanted to provide musicians a more acoustic-sounding thing that could match better with the acoustic guitars sound. Ernie Ball said that acoustic basses can go with acoustic guitars greatly. Since then these guitars are popularly used and liked by many people.

Today, apart from the professional artists, a large number of people who love music play these guitars at their home as part of their hobby. Due to the growing popularity of bass guitars, a huge market of cheap acoustic bass guitars has formed that includes used acoustic bass guitar.

Best Brands - The brands are known for best of these guitar are Fender, Yamaha, Ibanez, Gibson, Applause, Cort, Eston, Furch, Guild and many more. These companies also produce left-handed acoustic bass guitar.

1. Alvarez Acoustic Bass Guitars - The Alvarez Guitar Company one of the most popular acoustic brands in the music world. The Alvarez guitars are very attractive and sound warm.

2. Breedlove Acoustic Bass Guitars - Breedlove guitar Company is not very old. The Breedlove Company is based in Bend, Oregon. It was established by an ambitious ‘Kim Breedlove’ who wanted to be renowned luthier. He still works as a master luthier for his own company.

3. Dean Acoustic Bass Guitars - The Dean Guitars is a well known musical instrument company. Dean is known for making quality guitars that includes electric guitar, acoustic guitars and bass guitars.

4. EpiPhone Acoustic Bass Guitars – Epiphone is part of the ‘Gibson’ guitar corporation. The Company was established in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos. Earlie,r it ws rivale company to the Gibson before the acquisition.

5. Fender Acoustic Bass Guitars - Fender is the first name that you would hear in the world of guitars. Fender is seen as a respect name. When Leo Fender, the creator joined the guitar industry, he was an amplifier designer.

6. Ibanez Acoustic Bass Guitars – The Ibanez group is a well known guitar manufacturer. It is mainly known for acoustic guitars, though it makes all kinds of instruments.

7. Michael Kelly Acoustic Bass Guitars - Michael Kelly is an American guitar company that is based in Clearwater, Florida. The Company was established in 1999 and it has recently gained popularity because of its ‘Dragonfly’ series.

8. Washburn Acoustic Bass Guitars - The Washburn Guitar Company is an American company, established in Chicago in 1883. This group is part of the U.S. Music Corporation.

Construction and tuning

The acoustic bass guitar has a hollow and the majority is fretted, but still a few are fretless instead. The semi-fretted versions are also in production.

The body of acoustic bass guitars is very small to produce an acceptable volume at lower pitches with the ‘B’ string (lower one). As it is difficult to hear an acoustic bass guitar with no amplifiers, most acoustic basses come with pickups to be amplified with an instrument.

Also there is semi-acoustic guitars that come fitted with pickups intended to be used using an amplifier and their sound-box is not big enough to amplify the sound, but it is made in a way to produce a distinctive tone when used amplified (this is quite similar to the semi-acoustic electric guitars). The thin-body semi-acoustic basses like the violin-shaped ‘Höfner’ (became famous with the Beatles) and some Fender guitars are not regarded as acoustic basses, but as ‘hollow-bodied’ bass guitars.

The price range of cheap acoustic bass guitar varies from brand to brand.

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