"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Trevor Wilson" wrote
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**Nonsense. The lowest useful frequency from a bass
guitar is higher than 80Hz. Almost no fundamental is
audible. It's all second harmonic.

Written by someone who has obviously never actually analyzed the signal
that comes out of a pickup from a bass guitar.

**Wrong, but I have certainly not examined all of them. In fact, I've only
examined 3 or 4. All were 4 string bass.


The fundamentals can be there if you don't lose them along the way.

**Sure. The fundamental is at such a low level, that few ever hear much of
it.


I do suspect that few bass guitar amps are actually competent reproducers
of the region 32 Hz, which is approximately the fundamental of the lowest
note playable on a 5-string bass guitar.

**The AMP may well be a competent reproducer of the lowest frequencies, but
the speakers rarely are. FWIW, most players filter out the lowest
frequencies anyway. They tend to prefer a 'faster' more 'articulate' bass.
This means that frequencies as high 1kHz are often boosted.


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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au