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Old March 7th, 2007, 04:57 PM   #10 (permalink)
Jorge
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Originally Posted by woodman View Post
i did it once on my first homegrown Tele, put 12's on there and loved it! i was smitten by the "big" sound. unfortunately, the bassman and rhythm player said, "man, you're nuts if you think i'm doing that!" even the drummer thought i had a screw loose. so that was that.

if i was in a horn-driven band, i'd consider doing it again, because i loves them open strings ... but the odds on that are slim as a razor blade.
Yeah I agree with you that is a big problem with it, that the bassplayer gets so tuned down that his sound doesn't sound good anymore. It hurt's us guitarist that wants a better sound.. damn!
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