Electric Bass >> Upright Sound?

[grimtraveller]

Do you think after 5 years he's still asking ?
I suppose persistence could be viewed in a positive light......

 

[haymedic]

obviously, the only way to sound like an upright is to be an upright... however, i find if a play over the 15th fret (with the plucking hand, obviously), the tone is a lot woodier and softer... also take all the treble/low mids out. (-5db at 200htz helps, in my opinion).

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[loveofjazz]

Didn't Dearmond make some short scale bass that used various gauges of surgical tubing to get that upright "thub" direct or into an amp without having to lug around ?

Dearmond Ashbury...that's it.