History Acoustic Bass

The first modern acoustic bass guitar was developed in the early 1960s by Ernie Ball of San Luis Obispo, California. The purpose of the ball was to provide bassists with a more acoustic-sounding instrument that would correspond better with the sound of acoustic guitars. Bal said that "... if there were electric guitars bass to go with electric guitars, then you should have acoustic basses to go with acoustic guitars. "Bal notes that" ... the closest thing to an acoustic bass was the guitarrón Mexican mariachi ... so I bought down in Tijuana, and tampered with it. "

Ball has worked with George Fullerton, a former employee of Fender, Earthwood acoustic bass guitar to develop, which was introduced in 1972. The production of this instrument was completed in 1974, to continue a few years later, led by Ernie Ball employee, Dan Norton, until production finally ended in 1985. Earthwood acoustic bass was big enough (and deep) Unlike most of the tools currently in production, which has more volume, especially in low register.photo 1photo companies 2photo 3 Ernie Ball describes the project that the ball, "an idea first time ", the instrument was little used in music sound until the end of 1980, when the bass sound used for performances in television program MTV Unplugged