Hey guys I'm so curious as to how a DB is compared to an electric bass. I've listened to a lot of recordings so I know the sound differences, but I'm wondering as to how the neck is. For example I play a fretless fender jazz bass and it has 21 fret markings on it, so what is the neck length (octave wise) on a DB? Also do they play in the same vocal range? In other words are DB's deeper than electric basses?
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Double Bass Double Bass range
- Thread starter MCT
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- Jan 24, 2002
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The string bass is one octave lower than the electric bass. The number of octaves on mine, from the open G to the end of the fingerboard, is about two and a half octaves.
Whaaa?PaulCannon said:
The one thing that my DBs and my slabs agree on is tuning; they're tuned identically.PaulCannon said:
- BG and DB are tuned the same.
- Most double basses have a little over two octaves between the nut and the end of the fingerboard. It would be like having somewhere between 26 and 30 frets on a bass guitar (an estimation).
- MCT, you probably already know this, but the string length for a DB is considerably greater. Mine is 42", whereas my electric bass is 34". It's a big adjustment.
- Jan 24, 2002
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Depends on how long your arms are. 
To many differences from bass to bass to to have a fixed idea of what is what in the world the the bullfiddle. My bass has 41 7/8 string length [it use to be 43 13/16 but Ive modded my bass a bit] and the fingerboard is a little over 36.
To many differences from bass to bass to to have a fixed idea of what is what in the world the the bullfiddle. My bass has 41 7/8 string length [it use to be 43 13/16 but Ive modded my bass a bit] and the fingerboard is a little over 36.
Well I guess a lot of my questions come from me being a big guy, and a lot of things look big in pictures but then when I touch them look and feel small. I'm not saying I'm huge by any means it's just maybe that the pictures I've seen show smalled guys and I have issues.
