Considering EUB - Any suggestions?

[tkarter]

My uncle has an upright. He will let me come to his house and play it. I tried it a couple times then I decided to fake it with the Jazz for the gigs. Those dudes are hard to play.

Good luck and you will get upright sound with an upright.

tk

 

[spectorbassguy]

Hey does anybody know if one of these might sound at all like upright?
http://www.ibanez.com/guitars/guitar.asp?model=ASB140&z=y&color=0

 

[hankSRay]

whoa am i the only one that noticed that sick lookin custom in the backround of vonfogs pic? looks like a sr5 with a whole lotta work

 

[midopa]

I believe that's his 8 or 12 string modded OLP StingRay copy!

 

[Mobay45]

That's the OLP Stingray 5 that he customized into a 12 string. I think he's posted photos here before.

 

[spectorbassguy]

whoa am i the only one that noticed that sick lookin custom in the backround of vonfogs pic? looks like a sr5 with a whole lotta work

Oh yeah and DOUBLE buckers! w00t!

 

[Morrow]

Ah...the old twelve string stingray ( in the pic ) . Anyway... the upright is a completely different instrument....it is in the violin family not the guitar family. I would suggest a teacher to learn playing posture and hand position. You can do damage to yourself with bad technique. It will take time to build up your hand strength.It is completely different.....and a lot of fun.They are miserable to lug around and you have various options when it comes to amplifying them. ( this is a whole other bag of wax). You will need to spend some serious time on the instrument before you are ready to gig on it. ( advice from someone who immediately started gigging on one with horrible technique.....and would not recommend that aproach to anyone)

 

[tkarter]

Ah...the old twelve string stingray ( in the pic ) . Anyway... the upright is a completely different instrument....it is in the violin family not the guitar family. I would suggest a teacher to learn playing posture and hand position. You can do damage to yourself with bad technique. It will take time to build up your hand strength.It is completely different.....and a lot of fun.They are miserable to lug around and you have various options when it comes to amplifying them. ( this is a whole other bag of wax). You will need to spend some serious time on the instrument before you are ready to gig on it. ( advice from someone who immediately started gigging on one with horrible technique.....and would not recommend that aproach to anyone)

I narrow it down to those dude's are hard to play. LOL

Right you are about technique.

tk

 

[vonfog]

That's the OLP Stingray 5 that he customized into a 12 string. I think he's posted photos here before.

In case anyone missed it first time 'round


Thanks,
Adam

 

[vonfog]

Never played one before but some music we're doing on our praise team the end of November calls for upright (plucking only, no bowing). I want something that will be the easiest to adapt to and won't break the bank.
Current 5 string considerations are:
Dean Pace - about $800.00
Kydd - Carry On 30" scale - about $1650.00
Kydd - Big Kydd 35" scale - about $1800.00
There is a "custom made" 4 string on ebay for $849.00 B.I.N.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3754506543&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Any helpful comments, suggestions or personal experiences would be appreciated!

Hey Spectorbassguy -- Zeta bass on eBay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3756990928


My Zeta is the old style alder-bodied one. This is a new one: swamp ash... new preamp... mmm... pretty reasonable BIN price too.

Adam

 

[TSanders]

why 12 strings???