Comparison of travel basses?

[JoeyNaeger]

My bass teacher recently signed with a new band and is doing a lot of traveling now. He wants to get a travel bass to help make logistics a little easier, but is unsure of what to get. He asked me to get some information about the czech-ease bass, the kolsteins busetto travel upright, and the eminence bass. Any things like tone, construction, or any problems with either one would be helpful. Thanks a bunch guys!

[Dr Rod]

I am happy with my Chandler collapsible bass.

[mburd]

There's this cool rig:
http://www.nortoncustoms.com/mini_ga...vic-victor.htm

The New Standard folks are reputedly at work as we speak on something as well.

[Bruce Lindfield]

Originally Posted by JoeyNaeger

My bass teacher recently signed with a new band and is doing a lot of traveling now. He wants to get a travel bass to help make logistics a little easier, but is unsure of what to get. He asked me to get some information about the czech-ease bass, the kolsteins busetto travel upright, and the eminence bass. Any things like tone, construction, or any problems with either one would be helpful. !

If you do a search, I know there have been threads discussing the Czech-Ease and Eminence - quite a few, if I remember?

[glivanos]

They have some interesting basses that may work.

You can Google them for their websites.

[Chris Fitzgerald]

At the Aebersold camps this year, I got to play Rufus' Kolstein busetto, and hear it alongside Lynn Seaton's Czech Ease and Bob Sinicrope's Eminence, both of which I have played in previous years. If I were considering purchasing a travel bass, I would rank them according to playability and sound with the Czech Ease on top, the Kolstein in the middle, and the Eminence on the bottom. Not surprisingly, this is also the order of ranking of acoustic sound that each puts out, and the size and amount of space each takes up when in the road case.

[cosmicevan]

seems odd for the teacher to get advice from the student...but when it comes down to it, i guess we are all students.

[Johnny L]

Originally Posted by Chris Fitzgerald

...Lynn Seaton's Czech Ease...

Lynn Seaton let us try out that bass during camp and it felt surprisingly light, even on the left hand thumb. Cool bass!

[Monomer]

get in contact with:

http://wilsonfineviolins.com/about.html


They make one hellofa bass. It's down to the point where they'll exactly match your upright spec wise, and the base price is around 3k.

[David Wiener]

I recently played all three at Kolstein's and David Gage and in my opinion the Kolstein Busetto is the clear winner in terms of tone and playability. Dave[

QUOTE=JoeyNaeger]My bass teacher recently signed with a new band and is doing a lot of traveling now. He wants to get a travel bass to help make logistics a little easier, but is unsure of what to get. He asked me to get some information about the czech-ease bass, the kolsteins busetto travel upright, and the eminence bass. Any things like tone, construction, or any problems with either one would be helpful. Thanks a bunch guys![/quote]

[damonsmith]

a repost from another thread:

Those instruments seem awesome. (alter-egos: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159557 ) Other High end options are:
http://www.barryguy.com/travelbass/t...s02/index.html
and:
http://allbasse.com/accueil.htm
Both of these are carved instruments. The ALL bass is a beautiful instrument with up to 7 strings plus a set of sympathetic strings.
My Problem with the Czech-ease Is that it is expensive and it is plywood. It was a little "Close but no cigar" for me. I prefer more Eubish qualities than plywood.
I ended up with the ergo for the price and quality:
Ergo Megathread part I
The fact that is different keeps it from gathering dust until I travel where the Gage bass I'd only want to play if I had to.