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Upright Double Bass.(Prison love)

  • 13-08-2007 10:09AM
    #1
    folkface
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭


    Hi,

    After seeing Prison Love play recently I was wondering where i could purchase an electric upright double bass?

    http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/bass/eu/eubass.htm

    I've found the above link but they quote $5000 plus :eek:
    Does anyone have any advice?

    Has anyone seen the dounle bass the guy in Prison Love plays?
    Is it similiar to this one?


Comments

  • #2
    judas101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭judas101


    warwick do a few of them

    have a look at musicstore.com


  • #3
    fish-head
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭fish-head


    There's one downstairs in McCullogh Piggots at the moment.


  • #4
    konradliddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭konradliddy


    Hi, a friend forwarded this on to me so here's the skinny

    The bass is an Eminence and you can get it from Thomann.de. The thing I like about it is that its not strictly a stick bass like the one you were looking at. Stick basses have no acoustic sound so they tend to use magnetic pick-ups like an electric bass and so end up sounding like one too. The Eminence has a hollow body and uses a Realist pick up to take the sound directly from the bridge just like an actual double bass. It sounds much better in my opinion. Also for an extra few quid you can opt for one with a removable neck if you are planning to travel abroad muchwith it. The list price in the states is $3750 (I think about €2700) Thomann will send it to you for €2350 all in. One of my machine heads was busted when I got it though so be warned about that anyway.

    Hope this helps!

    Konrad (Prison Love)


  • #5
    stereoroid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 418 ✭✭stereoroid


    If you are prepared to spend over €2000 on an electric upright, you might want to consider a local maker. The one I know of is Chris Larkin, whose "Blen" range starts at €2350.

    He's even done one with frets - which is going a little too far down the "customer is always right" route for my taste. :rolleyes:

    edit: just noticed that Thomann has some NS Design WAV4 EUBs for around €1000. Licensed designs, obviously, but I'm considering a "learner" instrument, so I need to have a think. I'd need a copy of Simandl, too...


  • #6
    unclebill98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,813 ✭✭✭unclebill98


    http://www.thomann.de/ie/ns_design_wav4_bass.htm

    These is there cheaper version of the one you looking at.

    Other models are the warwick ones. Still, nothing beats the real thing...


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