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Double Bass Azola EUBs Megathread

#421
I always plug my Original Bug bass in direct. It has just one passive piezo with a volume knob. Never got sounds I really liked with my SWR Workingman's 12 or a GK with a 15 inch speaker cab. Now I am using it with a SWR Baby Blue 2 and it's great. It seemed amp picky to me but perhaps a preamp would have eliminated that.
 
#423
I received my Scarab 5 -- It's fantastic. I'm really, really happy with it. It's much more "acoustic" sounding than my Bug bass ever was.

It sounds great through my Baby Blue II. I spent a just a few minutes with a TC Electronic RH450 and a Berg AE210. I was able to get that rig to sound pretty good right out of the box as well.

I'm very happy to be back in the Azola club! Now I just have to dig through my old T-shirts and find my "Bassbegruven" shirt from 1999!
 
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#424
hi ...
any clients are writed me,frequently asking about if i make baby basses in 34".

i`m very interested in build a 34" scale BB, like the BAMBINO ,or the GIPSY bass ....someone in the forum interested in help me in this proyect ....?

I need only:
the sizes from the base of the neck to the nut ,and the large of the fingerboard (IN CMS, please... )
 
#425
Does anyone else have or had an issue with the tonal balance across the strings? I have a lightning bug floating top with thomastik solos. I've read lots over the past couple of days and maybe it's a string issue? But this is what I have tried.

I checked the measurements of string length and bridge alignment..
I moved the wing pickup in a little snug which actually helped a little bit.
I tried going through a fishman platinum pre. (I use a AI coda for amp).. this 'tidied' up the sound but the balance is still not 100% even across all strings.

The bass strings and beautiful, so full bodied. Then the D string gets a bit less bodied and the G is faint, thin, clacky, rubber band on shoe box. I did try to raise the action a bit because the only way to deal with it at the moment is to attack hard on G and D strings but then E and A are easy attack. So right away that's a head screw.

I read of people talking about different pickups but not of anyone actually changing the pick up, but it has also crossed my mind. I need to get this instrument set up well because my double bass is going to have a major internal repair job and I will not have it for 2-3 months.

What do you guys think? Is it a string issue? Pickup? The fact there is no weight to to top (scroll on a double bass)..

I just want to be clear also that I realise it's not a double bass it is an EUB. I just want even tone across the strings.
 
#428
My original model Bug has just the one wing pickup and has good balance across strings. The stock Labella strings tended to be thinner and twangy on the D and G.

I've had good success with Helicore Hybrid light and now, Sensicores for good balance. Regular gauge strings seemed too bottom heavy and I've stayed away from them.
 
#430
biddypatrick said:
Yes, I agree with the bottom heavy effect of regular gauge. That's why I tried the thomastik solos. So you don't find the G faint or twangy with either of these strings? I think it would better playing jazz if the G was thicker. I must try! Thanks.
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Both the strings I mentioned are far better than the stock Labella strings, although there's still a bit of twang on the open G that can be managed by damping slightly with a left hand finger.
 
#432
Much less twang with the strings I mentioned than with stock. Even response in the range you asked about. Something else that's made a difference is my choice of amp. When I used SWR gear, the natural scooped tone led to twang and boom, especially with something like the Workingman's 12.

I find my AI head into a Wizzy 12 cab or my AI Contra combo to be much smoother and even sounding.
 
#437
eub_player said:
I suggest the following tests:

Try to reverse one of the pickups. (upside-down)

If it doesn't help, leave only one of them.
Try with both pickups.

Having two pickups is sometimes worse because there can be phase cancellations.
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Yeah... I did try something like that. The bass is sounding a lot better than my first post. Maybe I'm just too used to the body of the double bass. It's become a feel thing. I actually recorded it and it sounds exactly like a double bass which is great but feels something else to me. I think I'm heading into the "sell" mode.
 
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