NBD. The first bass I’ve owned. Very happy with it so far, though I have a black pickguard on order already.
Edit: actually, I can see myself upgrading the tuners at some point. They’re ok but not massively confidence-inspiring.
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Just wanted to post for those who like to practice scales, because I was practicing them without a well-defined structured approach and it was rather chaotic. But then I found this gem and it just blew my mind how excellent and comprehensive the video is:
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Anyone have experience with the Fender Acoustasonic line?
Didn’t know the line, but apparently the Stratacoustic is part of it ?
I tested one in a shop, acoustically. Was ok, not great. I read it makes more sense plugged. Didn’t try plugged.
I think that was the older model.
The newer models are on sale, going to have to take a test drive. I’m on the fence about them but would be nice to condense guitars.
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The one I tried was in a 2nd hand shop, around 200€ so I guess it’s not the same range…
I tried to buy the Acoustasonic Jazzmaster this summer from the closest shop to me that had one (2 hours away)…had a deal in place with some trades, but when I got to the shop and plugged it in…the electronics were not functioning 
Ended up with my FSR Ampro Jazzmaster instead, which I absolutely love. Still keep wanting to have a proper go with one of the Acoustasonics. I can say that the neck felt great, and the overall build quality seemed excellent.
Given the fact that you can apparently plug one of these directly into a mixer and get all the tones without a preamp makes me think the Acoustasonics would be great fodder for an Octatrack 
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I played one and did not like it. A tube amp smokes it out of the water in my opinion. But also need the right pickup situation on your acoustic. Whatchoo got?
Wait a sec, there is a bit of confusion here: Fender had an amp called the Acoustasonic… they also have a hybrid acoustic guitar released a couple years ago ALSO called the Acoustasonic… which one are you talking about?
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Oh yeah, sheeit!
I was going to chime in but was confused by the replies too. I was unaware of the guitar line.
About a month ago a client gave me an acoustisonic amp (a “jr” actually, 40 watts with 210s) that was bound for the thrift shop.
Raw sound is bland-ish but it takes pedals well. I’ll probably end up modding it, I have a few ideas stacking up.
Oooh, I might be tempted by the Stratocaster being on discount. Would love to try side by side with the Jazzmaster one too.
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The SIRS (String Instrument Resonance System) is a physical modeling system, like the Line 6 guitars. This is a description of the Telecaster version but probably applies to the other models too:
With everything working in harmony, you can get the Acoustasonic to mimic a wide rande of guitars, as the voice selector can switch between the following options:
5 - Core acoustics: rosewood dreadnaught / rosewood auditorium
4 - Alternative acoustics: maple small body / mahogany dreadnaught
3 - Enhanced harmonics: sitka spruce / rosewood dreadnaught
2 - Acoustic / electric blend: mahogany dreadnaught with Fender electric
1 - Electric: Fender clean electric / Fender fat electric
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Not a big fan of the piezo sound of the acoustasonic guitars personally but with the modelling they seem a lot more flexible than previous attempts to do this kind of thing. And the new Mexican-made models have brought the price point down a lot. Not for me but I can see why they’ve been successful.
Fender Eric Johnson Thinline Strat was a guitar design that challenged the long-held belief that getting good semi-hollow tones was impossible with the Strat triple single-coil pickup configuration.
I didn’t think anyone would improve on that until I checked out this demo of Kz Guitar Works Kz One. Granted it’s based on the Brian May design, not the Strat, but imo gets convincing Strat tones with the right combination of switches and knob settings. It’s also more versatile than my Thinline Strat with the higher output settings and a Kahler tremolo that has a greater range than the Thinline’s.
I had to work so hard not to buy that guitar. What a beauty.
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As soon as the EJ Thinline Strats started showing up used on Reverb, I jumped on one. Luckily, the seller was a music store that had it on display for some time, while also taking good care of it. It had 5 springs on the tremolo unit. EJ wanted a hybrid 335-Strat sound on this model, which is why it had 5 spring and was decked. I took out 2 of the springs and feel like that moved the tonal spectrum away from the 335 side towards the Strat side, although it still sounds like a semi-hollow. I like how it sounds and thus have kept it decked at 3 springs. It’s a little easier to use the whammy bar for surf-like warbling, but I don’t use it much.
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Thought I was done buying guitar gear, but got a good deal in an HX Stomp, and was getting tired of using a Tech 21 Blonde as an amp simulator. Now the HX Stomp is at the end of my chain and proving a dual amp, dual cab, room reverb, and a bit of compression. Sounds phenomenal. Really digging the combo of the Silvertone paired up with the Litigator (pseudo-Dumble).
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I kept an American Tone clone of the Blonde, and I prefer the HX Stomp of course. Probably not the best amp / cab sim, the Quad Cortex or Kemper seems better, but I really like the compact size and the usefull parameters to set your sound.
Doesn’t seem to accept midi clock and CCs at the same time from my experience…hope it will be solved…