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Double Bass Dean Pace EUB megathread

#142
I have Fender 9120s Nylon Tape wounds right now on my Pace and they sound awesome. Not to mention with the natural finish they look great too. You will need to do some silk unwinding (about 1/4 inch) on the tuner ends. Seem to be for 34" scale, vs. thes Pace's 35" scale. Don't forget to adjust the slots on the nut if your replacing the OEM strings with wider/larger strings.

I finally found my natural Pace in upstate NY. Love the natural curly maple veneer top. Sorry to see Dean stop making it in the natural with the curly maple veneer top. Talked to dean about that... seems as though the mfg facilities were having trouble getting blemish free quality wood of that length.
 
#149
my wife bought one for my birthday last year ... :D

it has a fairly cheap preamp , so-so electronics and decent build quality .
mine had the set screw for the "D" string missing when i took
it out of the box ... i did find it later , at the bottom of the case .

it plays nice and smooth , but it dosen't sound like an upright ...
you've gotta change strings right away , as it comes set up with round wounds .
and i guess with enough EQ'ing , you might get close enough for the
casual listener .
i've had some sucess with mine , at least everyone who's heard it tells me
it sounds great ...

it's a lot of fun to play and not bad price { she paid $400.00 }.

as always , jmo , ...
peace .
 
#150
I got one of these on Friday. Great fun.

First of all, as opposed to some of the posts above and elsewhere here, it:

1. Arrived with a case, a very nice one actually.

2. It came with Flatwounds, although they were a little dead. I am going to order a set of dadaddario super-long chromes, the longs were too short. (I'm not into picking silk windings off)

3. It came with two tools to work on the hardware, same tool, just two copies of it!

You can bow this on the e and g strings if you want. You would have to really mess with the bridge to do the other strings.

I have been loving it. Very nice EUB sound. I can pretend I am Eberhard Weber! I was surprised at how easy it was to adapt to the vertical position as opposed to horizontal.

So I even went and bought the Simandl book this weekend. My one finger per fret technique is going to need some adjustments down low, but so far no problems (not on this instruments 35 inch scale). Now I am starting to look at getting the real deal, or at least an EUB with a 40"+ scale.
 
#152
Showdown said:
For about $100 more you can get an Ergo electric upright that is 43" scale, with a radiused fretboard that feels like an upright, and can be bowed. It will play like an upright and sound much more like an upright than a Dean Pace.

www.ergoinstruments.com
Click to expand...

heh heh..., I was just about to post the same info. I'm getting ready to order a 6 string Ergo very shortly. :)
 
#156
The Dean Pace Bass wasn't really designed for upright guys. There are enough electrics for upright players out there already. It was actually designed as an upright for electric players. The larger fretboard radius, side dots and scale length were all done with electric bass players in mind. The idea was to open the door to electric guys and ease up on the learning curve.
 
#160
Just picked one up at a local pawn shop for $450.00. Had factory strings on (E was totaly dead) and replaced with
D'Addario Chromes. Sounds nice at low volume but when cranked up it has a ground hum when the strings are touched.
This is my first EUB and am well pleased ('cept for the hum).
 

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