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Double Bass ABGs with upright-like sound

#41
My Rob Allen Deep 4 is an amazing instrument. Sounds very uprighty. I have it strung with high action, and using the Rotosound RS-88 bottom four of the 5-string set (.75 - .135). I got it mainly as a jazz bass and it sounds wonderful. ROb also copied my '70s P bass neck, so it's nice and thick.

I owned a Turner Renaissance before it, and while a nice instrument, it wasn't for me. The neck was too thin (I'm not a Fender J player), and even with the Rotosounds on there, I couldn't get "my sound".

So different strokes for different folks. The Turner was a nice instrument, but was not the feel or sound I was going for. I also feel it's more of a one trick pony and not very versatile. The Deep 4 is pretty versatile when you change the tone settings.
 
#42
From my experience with my de-fretted Jazz, so much of the versatility of the sound comes from how you play it. I can keep the settings all the same, but changing the style of playing (fingerstyle), and where I position my plucking fingers (hey, watch that!) over the strings makes all the difference.

I do look forward to my new MB-2!
 
#43
arizonabass said:
From my experience with my de-fretted Jazz, so much of the versatility of the sound comes from how you play it.
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I bought my Tacoma fretless because I need to be able to practice with out disturbing the neighbors, Tokyo is famous for it paper wall construction, and the fact it was the best and loadest ABG I tested.

Playing live is always with amplification, I use a Paracoustic DI and run direct to the board from there. I strung it with TI JazzFlats and I can make it extremely upright in sound, but it is all in the fingers(and EQ, but mostly fingers), I can almost do as well on my p-bass and Hohner... it's all in those fingers, you just got to get it out.:D
 
#44
With the full knowledge of reality, I took the plunge and bought a Takamine TB10 new on ebay for a great price. The previous post on the B10 was right, this is the most upright-like that I have found in sound and (almost as importantly) in feel, with the upright-like neck with its curved fingerboard.
An amazing instrument (which even provides a pre-amp input for a second transducer).
 
#46
bassinstincts said:
With the full knowledge of reality, I took the plunge and bought a Takamine TB10 new on ebay for a great price. The previous post on the B10 was right, this is the most upright-like that I have found in sound and (almost as importantly) in feel, with the upright-like neck with its curved fingerboard.
An amazing instrument (which even provides a pre-amp input for a second transducer).
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Congrats! A great bass that plays like no other and with a tone of its own; not DB, and not fretless EB either. That's the newer model? Must be, as you mention an aux input. So it must have reverb on the pre as well?
Just wondering... did you get it from one of the "buy it now" sales on ebay which also offer a "best offer" option. Did you get it on a "best offer"(I'll uderstand if you chose not to disclose)? I keep an eye out for a second B10 so I have a back up, it's my main bass.

Enjoy!

M.
 
#47
Paul New said:
Compared to what he already has, the Godin is total junk.
At least the one I had was. Although admittedly, the back is made of a very high quality plastic.
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I just gotta make a little correction here...and sorry to hear you did not like Godin Basses (diff'rent strokes...)

The body of the Godin A series is maple. It is carved out to form the dual chambers of the hollow body. The back is finished with a black polyester finish, which is quite protective, but is NOT plastic (maybe you were thinking of a DiPinto?).

The original A series featured cedar tops, but this has been changed to solid spruce.

The only thing plastic are the control sliders.

Max
 

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