Palatino EUB

[MichaelVee]

There are those few pictures of the VE-500 from the Palatino website that you see on the sellers' webpages..

.. but I think it'd be great if some of you TalkBass Palatino owners took some of your own VE-500s and posted them here. Go for it!

[breezy]

oh man, yeah! i totally forgot about that awful awful awful endpin! the lugs to keep it down are tough to get to a point where they don't slip. i like to keep the endpin down and the bass in the corner of my room, but when i woke up one morning, the enpin had slid back up, destroying the perfect height i'd worked out.

i'll get a picture up if i can

[MichaelVee]

The lowest price I'm seeing online right now is $599. Most everybody else is doing the going rate of $659, with a few up in the $700+ range. Anybody seeing a lower price, including shipping?

[shaner]

I wonder if one of these upright bass stands that are meant for just holding the bass would work as a support in place of a custom tripod. Go to ebay and look up the following item number: 3767590817
Does anybody think something like this might work? It's hard to tell just looking at a picture.

[LoGruvz]

I have searched like a madman for a low price and the best I can come up with is an email quote from these guys for $625.00 includes shipping. Many retailers are backorderd for 30 days too.

"Hello

My name is Daniel and I can sell you this bass for $625.00
with free shipping and no sales tax if you are located
outside of California. Please give me a call at
800-805-0852 ext 203 if you would like to purchase this
item.

Sincerely

Daniel
Instrumentpro.com
800-805-0852 ext 203"

[keamburgey]

There was a question about how much it cost for a new bridge for my bass. Well I could not find a new bridge to buy soo I made a new one, I actually made about four new bridges. It helped alot. The angel of the bridge on the pickup is the key to a good sound. My bass sounds the best with the bridge leaning foward just a little. But the slightest change really effects the tone and gain of the pickup. IF any one is interested in one of my bridges you can email at
keamburgey@aol.com

[MichaelVee]

Keamburgey- How about a pic here of one of the bridges you are making? Are you doing fixed, or adjustable bridges, or both?

An adjustable bridge, with piezo transducers installed, would be very nice to have available for the Palatino.

Does anyone know if any of the other adjustable bridges with transducers, such as the ones Bob Gollihur has, will fit the VE-500?

[ToneRanger]

[quote=keamburgey]The angle of the bridge on the pickup is the key to a good sound. My bass sounds the best with the bridge leaning foward just a little. But the slightest change really effects the tone and gain of the pickup. QUOTE]

I found the same on my home-made EUB - very slight bridge movements made a huge difference to tone & volume. I cured it by placing a shim of cork under the pickup to ensure even contact. I wouldn't do this with an acoustic instrument, but with a solid-body I figure a little flexibility can't hurt.

[shaner]

I have posted some pictures of a small triumph. With advice from Bob Gollihur and aided by pictures of his setup on the website for his homemade electric upright bass (http://www.eclecticbass.com/eurb.html) I have managed to construct a stand for my Palatino. I purchased a cymbal stand, a tom arm, and tom bracket from my local Guitar Center. I then drilled some holes into the back of my new bass to fit the tom bracket, slid all the pieces together and voila! Note that the endpin is still a vital component because the Palatino's girth is considerably more than the NS style that "floats" on the tripod. It has really helped with playability as I no longer have to play the balancing act. Unfortunately, this setup cost me about $100 with new components but it seems like it will help immensely in making the instrument more playable.

[Doug Ring]

Get your shoes on! Do you want to catch your death?!

[keamburgey]

I like the looks of the new stand and I want to try to make one of my own. Is this part of the bass hollow or solid. I will also put som pics of a bridge I have made in a few days. I am without a camera right now. The bridges I have made so far are not adjustable. And I still use the pickup that came with the bass

[shaner]

The bass seemed to be hollow at that location but was thick enough that the screws are gripping sufficiently tight. It feels very stable.

[Hermes]

I think people that criticize the quality of the Palatino are missing the point. Sure, it's probably not for you if you're a session musician but neither is that $199 BG we all started on.

The first time I saw an EUB was at a Police concert 20 years ago. Sting brought it out on stage and introduced it as his "new toy." I wanted one right away but back then you had to be Sting to afford one. The next time I checked a few years later you couldn't get one for under $5,000. A few years later it was $3,000. Now $600!!

I got mine by going to www.palatinousa.com and clicking on the dealer button. My local dealer matched the Ebay price and did the setup. He got it in in less than a week. Not a bad way to go if you're thinking of buying one.