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06-21-2007, 09:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NORTH CAROLINA | | | NEW BASS
Hello, I am new to this list and have just been watching for about 2 weeks. I have been playing my brothers Engelhardt for about 7 years. I am getting ready to buy a new bass and am looking at the UB Hawkes Laminated. Has anyone here played or seen one of these basses? Are they really much larger than an Engelhardt? Are they a good bass for bluegrass. thanks for the response.
Thanks,
Ronnie
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06-21-2007, 09:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: No. Virginia near Wash, DC | |  check it out . . .
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06-21-2007, 09:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Canada | | | I'm a beginner and have owned a Laminated Hawkes since November 2006. I play psycho-surfabilly (if there is such a thing) but I'm sure the Hawkes would work just as well for bluegrass.
It looks good, sounds good and plays good.
I can't compare to an Englehardt. |
06-21-2007, 03:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: West Tennessee | | | I have heard and played one Upton Hawkes. I owned an Engelhardt for several years and have heard and played several others.
The Upton will come with a professional setup. A new E'hardt will require setup for optimal playing and sound (at a cost of anywhere from $2-600). The Upton has a larger neck which will be more comfortable to play and the one I played had a better tone than any E'hardt I have heard. On the other hand, the Engelhardt is built like an M1A1 tank which is an advantage in some playing environments.
If I were buying and needed to choose between those two, it would be Upton.
BUT if at all possible I would suggest you spend some time shopping and playing basses. You might find something really good that way. There is no substitute for actually feeling and hearing a lot of basses. There are several NC posters here who might point you toward dealers/luthiers in your area.
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06-21-2007, 05:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York City | | | Upton FTW |
06-26-2007, 03:23 PM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | | I agree with Steve. IMO, the Upton Laminate is far and away a superior instrument to the Engel. I say that having owned a Kay from 1967 - 2002. I have played every version of the Upton Laminate over the years. The current one is the best yet. |
06-27-2007, 11:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, Tx | | | If you are set on sticking with plywood, you might just try getting a good set up on the engl... |
06-27-2007, 12:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: No. Virginia near Wash, DC | | Check this out . . .
http://www.fretwellbass.com/index.htm
Jerry enjoys an outstanding reputation which he has earned & richly deserves. He plays/has played bluegrass professionally for many years. He only sells a bass that he has personally set-up & is gig-ready at a very competitive price . . . with many, many new Englehardts as well as vintage Kays, American Standards, Kings, Epiphones, Gretsch, etc. currently available from which to choose . . . & . . . he's close enough to NC for you to visit & play a bunch of different laminates. Give him a call . . .
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08-29-2007, 11:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Leland, NC | | | A chance to check out a few in NC
If you haven't already found a new bass, there is a festival in Snow Camp, NC this weekend. It's the Bass Mountain Festival. I'm sure there will be a number of vendors there that will let you try a few basses to see which one you like. I'll be headed up Saturday morning to do just that. I had to return the borrowed EC-1 I was playing. |
09-01-2007, 03:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NORTH CAROLINA | | | I went with the Upton Laminate. Ordered it in May and it will be here September 13th. |
09-16-2007, 02:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Premier, WV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RKPARRISH  I went with the Upton Laminate. Ordered it in May and it will be here September 13th. | Well..........?
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09-16-2007, 03:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Cathead Well..........? | C'mon, it's only three days....RK probably hasn't even come out for food yet....  |
09-19-2007, 08:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NORTH CAROLINA | | | PIC OF BASS
here it is |
09-19-2007, 08:47 PM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | | Congrats!!! Custom reddish finish or is it just the photo? Beautiful, in any case! |
09-19-2007, 09:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NORTH CAROLINA | | | bass
That was just the photo, it's really more brown. |
09-19-2007, 10:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Premier, WV | | | It's a beaut!! Thanks for the picture.
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