Double Bass EUB's & Guts Strings

[superman]

Are there any EUB's out there that you can use guts on??

 

[damonsmith]

Jesse Blue says you can use them on an ERGO, I guess if you want to broadcast the intonation problems gut strings have it might be worth trying...

 

[Jumbotron]

You can use them on anything with piezo pickups. Since gut isn't metal, it won't work with magnetics.

 

[abaguer]

The Eminence EUB responds really well with gut or gut-like strings. I've had both Labella Goldentones and currently Velvet Garbos on it and it sounds really natural. I jacked up the action when I first bought it and it sounds like new instrument.

 

[Uncletoad]

I have an old Ampeg Baby Bass that had guts on it when I bought it. The sound was really good--better to me than steel. I took them off only to have the bass set up for salsa.

I have an Azola wood bridge made to replace the original with a Bass Max that sounded great with the gut as well.

Mixing the original pickup with the modern pickup and gut strings through an SVT was outstanding fun.

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

You can use them on anything with piezo pickups. Since gut isn't metal, it won't work with magnetics.

That's right - you can use any kind of string on an NS EUB and it will be picked up by the piezos - my NS CR5 only has piezos and no magnetic pickups - although it seems a strange thing to want to do - as usually the only reason for using gut is the sound and you aren't going to get a proper DB sound with any EUB really....?

I would see it as an expensive and difficult option with little or no reward ...?

 

[M Ramsey]

Are there any EUB's out there that you can use guts on??

Kent,

Are you flying somewhere?

 

[MarkRubin]

The Eminence EUB responds really well with gut or gut-like strings.

I will second that strongly. I've used both Garbo, Anima and raw gut D and G's all with very good effect, both arco and pizz.

 

[Dr H]

I used to employ variously a gut G and D (with wound A and E) or a gut C and G (with wound D and A) on my Van Zalinge Z bass. Lovely warm sound (piezoelectric pick up/Polytone Minibrute), easy on the fingers, harsher sound with arco.