Double Bass Framus EUB

[STARI]

Has anybody some knowledge of Framus EUB? I bought one
a week ago and know nothing about it, except that iit's nice and sounds beautiful. Sory for my mistakes in writhing, i'm not expert in English Language....

 

[mikjans]

Framus introduced the Triumph Bass in 1956 and it was made until the company folded in the late 1970s. Since the start in 1982, the Warwick Co (founded by H P Wilfer, son of Framus founder Fred Wilfer) has also offered a Triumph bass, although modernized.

Triumph Basses are fairly common, as EUBs go. They´ve been made in four-figure numbers.

They all have magnetic pickups, not piezos, which makes the sound closer to a big fretless bass than an acoustic double bass.

Here´s some info on the Triumph Bass:
http://jazzgitarren.k-server.org/framus.html

Mikael

 

[STARI]

Thank you very much

 

[STARI]

And can You tell me which strings to put on it?

 

[Francois Blais]

If it sounds beautiful, as you said, why bother changing the strings?

 

[mikjans]

Maybe I´m obvious, but since the Framus bass has a magnetic pickup, you can´t use nylon or gut strings.

And since I have a hunch that you´re originally a bass guitar player, I suggest you go for fairly light gauge strings.

Here are a couple of recent links on strings for EUBs:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=215999
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=239862

Mikael

 

[STARI]

Thanks

 

[ToneRanger]

They all have magnetic pickups, not piezos, which makes the sound closer to a big fretless bass than an acoustic double bass.

I played one of the new Warwick Triumphs which had both magnetic and piezo pickups. The sound was good from both pickups and a blend of the two was excellent, so it may be worthwhile adding a piezo for a bit more 'acoustic' presence.