This is seemingly the most upright tone-like bass at an affordable price. I love it. With some acoustic simulator effects, like zoom AC2/3 or Hotone Omni AC, it sounds even closer to the upright.
I add room reverb when I record along w/ pultec compression and tube preamp and it's extremely close...my zoom stompbox live has a setting I forget that does it as well.
Very very few guys can sight read on a fret less bass. It’s actually easier on an upright for various reasons. So for most of us reading a typical jazz chart is a fretted job and that’s plenty hard enough. The best way possible to loose a job is to turn up with a fretless and play out of tune - believe me! It takes some guts to go on UA-cam and demonstrate that you can’t read! I admire your honesty and no bull approach. Thanks
My approach is of course intentional because I see to many bass videos that are full of hyperbole and fast talking, although knowledgeable and talented, overly stylized videos for my taste. As far as my reading I can read charts and bass and treble clef, although reading single notes is slow for me for lack of practice I am consciously working at it, and have also done some transcriptions. When I say I can't sight read music I mean at a professional level that would put me in the studios.
I struggle to read on the fly and more so now that I have been using tabs. I find that with my fretless I point the head more forward so I can look at the board and the chart. I enjoy the hyper focus I have to bring. Enjoyed your review and advice.
Great demo and discusion, thank you for this 👍, nice playing technique 👍 Tip , to enable easier reading when playing, i do not put the music in front of me, but more to the left, so that the headstock points to the music, that way i do not have to turn my head away from the fretboard direction, just up and down a bit, maybe this works for you too?
This is seemingly the most upright tone-like bass at an affordable price. I love it.
With some acoustic simulator effects, like zoom AC2/3 or Hotone Omni AC, it sounds even closer to the upright.
I add room reverb when I record along w/ pultec compression and tube preamp and it's extremely close...my zoom stompbox live has a setting I forget that does it as well.
Enjoyed this. I'm considering getting one. Thanks
Very very few guys can sight read on a fret less bass. It’s actually easier on an upright for various reasons. So for most of us reading a typical jazz chart is a fretted job and that’s plenty hard enough. The best way possible to loose a job is to turn up with a fretless and play out of tune - believe me!
It takes some guts to go on UA-cam and demonstrate that you can’t read! I admire your honesty and no bull approach. Thanks
My approach is of course intentional because I see to many bass videos that are full of hyperbole and fast talking, although knowledgeable and talented, overly stylized videos for my taste. As far as my reading I can read charts and bass and treble clef, although reading single notes is slow for me for lack of practice I am consciously working at it, and have also done some transcriptions. When I say I can't sight read music I mean at a professional level that would put me in the studios.
I struggle to read on the fly and more so now that I have been using tabs. I find that with my fretless I point the head more forward so I can look at the board and the chart. I enjoy the hyper focus I have to bring. Enjoyed your review and advice.
Bought one 2 years ago and I can’t stop playing it. The sound and playability is amazing 🤪
I own this bass too and I use the LaBella Copper White Nylon strings on it. You should give those a try sometime, as an alternate sound. Cheers.
Love the tone of those strings
as do I, fyi they are very supple so they're easy to pull out of tune if you hit them too hard.
Great demo and discusion, thank you for this 👍, nice playing technique 👍
Tip , to enable easier reading when playing, i do not put the music in front of me, but more to the left, so that the headstock points to the music, that way i do not have to turn my head away from the fretboard direction, just up and down a bit, maybe this works for you too?
I've adopted that, much better thanks!
FYI over computer head phones it does have a strong hint of an upright bass viola !! Cool beans , I may try some myself.
I'm playing through an Ampeg B50R 5' away from a Shure SM-58 vocal mic . No compression or reverb treatment. Straight room sound just like a gig.
Brazil here, i love your videos!!!
thanks so much! I keep it low key.
I've been wanting this Bass for awhile
IMO you can't go wrong
very cool
I've since realized that the "biggest" reason for the tone of the upright is the body, which is actually a 40" speaker, and the floating bridge.
Doug is the man!
Great uprite tone w that
great tone!
~ greetings from germany ~
What speaker size amp do you prefer to bring out the tone?
whats your thoughts on this bass
It could happen to you =)
What gauge are these?
.50 to .105
with these strings you cannot ground your bass. but you can turn down the tone. I am using these and I love them.
It has piezo pickups for each string. So, grounding isn't an issue.