I guess it depends a bit on presence of harmonics in the signal from the bass. I find I can make out bass notes fairly clearly on speakers that have dropped *way* off at the fundamental frequency... that surprises me a bit though because I would have expected relatively few harmonics from an oscillating string. Maybe the pickups add harmonics ?

After all these years it's hard to believe I have never gotten around to plugging an electric bass into an oscilloscope.


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