PorchBoard Floor Bass: Difference between revisions

** One can get '''really''' quiet taps by tapping on the heel rail (back), rather than the toe rail; that is, tap so the vibration goes through the whole board to the pickup, rather than tapping on the "tap-rail" itself ''(which is directly over the pickup)''.   

** The most interesting range of effects is possible when the gain is high enough that you have to tap softly most of the time.  Besides that, it's a lot easier on the leg when you can minimize the effort involved in playing it.  Yeah, it'll often "flash red" at those higher gains if you then '''stomp''' on the PorchBoard, but the associated distortion can ''(judiciously applied)'' have it's own place.  Besides, why should guitarists be the only ones who have fun with deliberate distortion?!?! <br />''(Of course, for those of you who have seen Cliff Henricksen play the keyboard, if one stuck the PorchBoard under *his* foot you'd have to turn the gain waaaayyyy down! -- come to think of it, you'd really need two in order to stick one under each foot!)''

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{{#Click:http://porchboard.com/FAQ03.html|Image:PorchBoardDeanDwyer.jpg|325px|Dean Dwyer holding the original model Mahogany PorchBoard Floor Bass}}

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