Electric Upright Bass

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Hey guys,

I've been looking around on the web for these things and there's plenty to choose from but money is tight. Does anyone here play one or know someone who plays one? I'm looking for a decent name. The only thing i have found is there's a company called DSX Basses who make a "student model".


There's also a roughly finished kit i found but i've never heard of this guy.
http://teacher1.home.mindspring.com/essencebass/index.html#kits
Also all the quotes on his page are glowing reveiws that are completely devoid of any name at the end of him. I get the feeling he just made them up himself.

Anyway if you guys can help point me in a direction, if you have some experience in this, it would be great
thanks:D
 
Hi,

If you're into salsa then electric upright is your way... if not.. well I'm not too fond of them..

Famous players ? I saw Chris Min Doh (or however you spell his name) tour *a lot* with his el.upright, as well as seen the bass player of Steve Coleman's band play on one... not my taste for jazz..

I know they're expensive, but I guess you've noticed :D


Errr... rereading my post: i know nothing :rolleyes:


Herwig
 
um..... what is it you hope to do? Are you and upright player looking to go electronic? or are you an electric bass player wanting to learn upright?

Do you already have an upright? Or do you have an electric bass and an amp?

There are very very few eub's (electric upright bass) that sound like an upright bass..... and they are not cheap. How much money are you willing to invest in this idea?

Much more information is needed
 
Oh yeah i know they don't really sound that much like a real upright. I just like electric uprights too. Realy all i was wondering was if anyone had heard about either of those guys. I am a bass guitar player looking to get into upright. I've rented a standard upright for a couple months now. What i wanted the electric more than anything for was so i could play it through effect pedals. Which i've never tried. So i guess my new question is if anyone has played an e.u.b. through effects and how successful they were. I'm getting into more ambient sort of noisy stuff lately and i thought the bowing could help.
 
Why not use the acoustic upright for effects ? I've done this with success before (wah, disto, delay, loops, ...)

Check out an old minidisc recording of a school ensemble while using a wah: http://www.gyraf.be/herwig/mp3 -> Casablanca Quintet in Sounds


Herwig
 
hey DP, i tried listening to your link, but my stupid media player crapped out and i have to download a new one.... i'll start doing it when i leave today so i can listen to it tomorrow.
Anyway, did you have a pick up on the bass or what? I never really even thought about effecting the acoustic.
Double basses have such great spaced out sound though. Part of why i like playing it is the sound kind of envelopes you while your playing.
But sadly, i've tried playing it with my group, but i just get burried, especially when i bow it. Thats really why i was looking at electrics i guess. Just to push an upright through a (probably too loud) trio.
 
There's many different pickups around. Mine is an underwood (=piezo element) straight into amp. Other systems use microphones or magnetic pickups (the last one gives you a more 'electric' sound) and combinations of the above - also there's a big market for preamps for these pickups because of their high impedance.

Bowing never gave me satisfying results though (my bow and -ing technique suck, but nevertheless ;) )

Oh yeah, when I play with a larger P.A. I sometimes take an extra microphone (AKG C419 clipon works for me) and I let the engineer decide how he blends the attack from the piezo with the body of the mic.

Check out www.talkbass.com - they have a big forum section dedicated to acoustic thumpers.


Herwig
 
Hey Herwig,

i rent the upright so i might try just micing it. Thanks for the help though man.
This is kind of unrelated, but have you ever heard of Mark Deutsch? He built his own uprightbass/sitar

www.bazantar.com

He's located in the new age section most of the time, but its amazing what this guy can do. He bows and plucks a lot at the same time plus his baz has something like 100 sympathetic strings that only sound from the resonation. Anyone who plays bass should at least give this guy a listen. He's kind of local though by which i mean he is local to st. louis but i think he has national distributing.
 
oh never mind. he only has 29 sympathetic strings and four drone i forgot to mention. Anyway it's the most gorgeous solo instrument i've ever heard.
 
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