EBS OctaBass
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rottenramone
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to achieve an upright bass sound, you're better off stuffing a sponge bwt the bridge and pickup and get your strings as mucky as possible. and pluck where the neck meets the body
jarvislky
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rottenramone
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yes serious
jackyboyboy
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Rest thumb on the bottom left edge of fretboard. Pluck using left side of index and middle finger near to finger nail. It looks like walking Bass plucking at 45 degrees. (Natural Technique no EFX)
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i normally use either of the following 2 when i want to do a really jazz jam:
1) p bass with flats. tone pot all the way down. pluck at the neck.
2) fretless j. neck pickup only. tone adjusted to taste.
the ebs octabass gives you an octave below the fundamental note. won't sound like a double bass because it's only a single octave note that it produces.
1) p bass with flats. tone pot all the way down. pluck at the neck.
2) fretless j. neck pickup only. tone adjusted to taste.
the ebs octabass gives you an octave below the fundamental note. won't sound like a double bass because it's only a single octave note that it produces.
RobTheMob
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Ashbory
Sorry for not really answering your question, but:
The best double bass sound not coming for a double bass I have ever heard comes from an Ashbory Bass.
Biggest disadvantage being that there is only one Ashbory player in Singapore (me) which makes it difficult to get silicon strings, but this will be the topic for my second post in this forum ;-)
For your reference:
http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0350100306
http://www.dearmondguitars.com/ashbory.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashbory_bass
Cheers!
Sorry for not really answering your question, but:
The best double bass sound not coming for a double bass I have ever heard comes from an Ashbory Bass.
Biggest disadvantage being that there is only one Ashbory player in Singapore (me) which makes it difficult to get silicon strings, but this will be the topic for my second post in this forum ;-)
For your reference:
http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0350100306
http://www.dearmondguitars.com/ashbory.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashbory_bass
Cheers!
jarvislky
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wow the bass looks damn cool lar. where u got it... i've nv seen it before...
AvonRellets
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Either get a fretless with flatwound strings or switch to tapewound strings.
The EBS Octabass will NOT get you a double bass sound.
The EBS Octabass will NOT get you a double bass sound.
jarvislky
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wow but Octabass sounds damn cool sia. dunno how to describe the sound it produces.... hmm....
AvonRellets
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Easy enough to describe, it plays a note one octave lower than what you're playing at the same time. So essentially its like you're plucking 2 strings at once.
I found that for single notes it tracks ok but when it comes to chords, it fails despite its claims to the contrary. Only the POG/Micro POG does really well at tracking chords. Of cos its way expensive!
I found that for single notes it tracks ok but when it comes to chords, it fails despite its claims to the contrary. Only the POG/Micro POG does really well at tracking chords. Of cos its way expensive!