Recent content by Flying Optimist

Hmmm... I think it's a coincidence because my luthier doesn't know about Ergo cuz he doesn't know english and Ergos are not popular here in Russia:)

2 Darkstrike: what means EREUB? Emergency Room EUB? Kinda good for me as I'm MD:)

I've put only one piezo pickup under the bass foot of the bridge and use external preamp. Plan to buy Fdeck or fishman b-II. I need preamp as buffer only, I use laptop and VSTs for effects and EQing. 2 phatbass: about 1300$ including stand. Also includes unlimited warranty:) 2...

Hello again guys! In order to thank you all for useful advices about good EUB stand and just to share my happiness with you I'd like to show you pics of my new EUB I got couple of days ago from local luthier: Body wood is padouk, fingerboard - tigerwood, tailpiece - lacewood. Bridge is...

Thank you guys for responses! I decided to go with foto stand, I've found aluminium one with fully adjustible metal head at local shop for about 130$. The stand has sliding plate which can be screwed to the bass with some gum spacer in between. I'll post here when the bass will be ready.

Barry I know what Jasse uses but I don't understand how the cymbal stand is attached to a bass. Can you please make a foto of a joint like Powerbass made?

no I don't, it's in our studio so I can't make any. It's made of old crappy mic stand and some solid metal joint. They are connected very tightly to each other. 2 Alembicplyr: thank you for advice! Btw the bass at the pictures looks like mine.

Hello anyone! I'm kinda nubie here, mostly reader not poster. So I've got a question for ya'll. I ordered a 6-string EUB at local luthier which made a 34' 4-string for me couple of years ago. That 4-string was really good for pizz and arco but when I tried to make a stand for it, I've got some...

bump for the great bass. I had Zi 3-5 with singles, it made Zon Sonus, Alembic Europa and Warwick Thumb NT stand confused in the corner in AB test.

I agree to John Turner about ERB's. Recently I've read an article about Anthony Jackson's 6-string contrabass, about how many efforts were made until he's got what he wanted. And why not call AJ Contrabass a BIG innovation? It was first good sounding 6-stringer that made a new standart to bass...

yeah! and we know that And for the topic I'll tell ya those instruments are not worth 400$ but 100-150$ will be ok for the originality. Some of them are even playable and have their own voice not always bad.

I had one 5-string Tune Somnus Zi5-3 made in Japan in 1991. It had 18V el-s, neckthru and was a REAL killer. I AB'd it with ZON 5-str, Alembic Europa 4-st, Warwick Thumb NT 5-str and all hi-ends listed were much worse in sound consitensy string-to-string, in expressiveness and overall feel than...

My wife helped me to buy little mark and to make my EUB last year. But now I had to sell my perfect japanese Tune Zi 3-5 and buy old used p-bass copy by Greco to pay her dentist bills. Anyway, I like this greco P much better than any bass before (MM ray and sterling, MIA jazz 08, Moon Jazz...

try to look headstock, back side of it

ummm... pm'd coupla days before:)