If E-B made one, I would buy it.....

[spectorbassguy]

New purchase:

http://michaelkellyguitars.com/acousticbasses/dragonflyfretless/

I tried out a loaned upright bass in our church and couldn't get any volume out of it before feedback enveloped the sanctuary. Messed with the EQ for a long time, but I had to completely cut all the freqs that make it sound like a bass in the first place.

I'm going to try flats on this baby and see if I can get anything like an upright tone. Does anyone know if you can use regular electric flats for an acoustic/electric bass? Flats designed for a/e 5 string appear to be impossible to find.

It should be here tomorrow. Detailed report to follow.....

 

[Morrow]

Upright basses are nasty things to amplify. When I need volume I have a Biesle magnetic pickup that attaches to the end of the fingerboard.The pre-amp has two inputs and a blend so you can add a piezo. That gets me into snare drum levels without feedback

 

[Psychicpet]

Congrats on the new bass! Looks great.
Not sure about electric flats though.... is the tension a bit much for the top of the acoustic? or are bronze acoustic strings as tense?
Have fun with it though, and don't be afraid to palm-mute to get more of an upright like sound going.

pd

 

[Mobay45]

Your new bass is real purty. Don't know about the strings either.

 

[bassmonkeee]

You can use flats as long as you aren't going with some high tension wires. I recommend either TI JAzz Flats, or TI Acousticore strings for that bass.

The Acousticores have less tension, which means less volume acoustically, but if you plan to be plugged in, you'll be fine.

You can get the TIs from Dude at www.thedudepit.com, too.