Klarinet Archive - Posting 000234.txt from 2006/03

From: o4rmondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Other worlds
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:06:13 -0500

Mark wrote:

> Like any instrument, the fretboard is a
> compromise

Question: Is it fair to say that these compromises of physical
measurement --- as opposed to electronics and string construction ---
are more *standardized* on electric basses than are the measurement
compromises on a clarinet (wherein bore, hole diameter, undercut, etc
etc all make a difference)?

I have the image that, since an electric bass lacks a sound cavity and
associated sounding board, it is physically a simpler instrument until
you begin to discuss the electronic and string setup. Is this true?

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