Double Bass making an EUB

[heavyfunkmachin]

hi all,

im planning to make an Electric upright, something similar to an Ergo, but i have no idea of how to acomplis this and i do not have an electric uprigth to take as a model, so, anyidea of how i could get info about sizes, measures, specks, pickup, etc...??

any suggestion will be welcome (except the "quit the project" one!! )

p.d.: wood- yes, pvc - no

 

[Francois Blais]

You'll find lots of info at:

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and

http://www.eclecticbass.com/eurb.html

 

[ToneRanger]

+1 on the Bob Gollihur links - lots of example to look at. I was all set to buy a neck from Bob and build the rest myself when I met Bill Paulin who ended up doing the woodwork for me - here's his prototype: Link Removed
I just added the pickup & preamp and am now a very happy player.

 

[ZolkoW]

Hi!
Sorry for posting this into two different threads, but I need input on this.
I've started building my EUB, and planning to have a "floating" type tailpiece on it...
this is the thread in the luthier's corner:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=259288

Frank was the only who replied so far, but I like to hear something from EUB-ers, too!
How many of your electric uprights have floating or fixed tailpiece, and which do you prefer?
Any opinions are welcome.
Thanks!

 

[pmckinney4]

Hi!
Sorry for posting this into two different threads, but I need input on this.
I've started building my EUB, and planning to have a "floating" type tailpiece on it...
this is the thread in the luthier's corner:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=259288

Frank was the only who replied so far, but I like to hear something from EUB-ers, too!
How many of your electric uprights have floating or fixed tailpiece, and which do you prefer?
Any opinions are welcome.
Thanks!

Looks Cool. I have started my own EUB project. I am planning on just running the strings through the body similart to how Bob Gollihur did his. I think it will be simpler, plus will let me make a shorter smaller instrument. The sound may be slightly better with the tailpiece, but the whole reason I am building the EUB is to cut down on size so I don't have to lug my upright everywhere.

 

[ZolkoW]

The sound may be slightly better with the tailpiece, but the whole reason I am building the EUB is to cut down on size so I don't have to lug my upright everywhere.

Sounds that you're going for that 41" scale. I don't want this change after BG, staying at 34" is safer for me
So I have to use BG strings, but they are SO short for my current tailpiece (why did I not measure the things more accurate?:scowl: ) that it's unusable.

No problem, anyway, I wasn't absolutely satisfied with that piece of aluminium..
Let's say, I go for that overhanging tailpiece - what material should I use for tailgut?
the total string tension is about under 100 Kg (200 pounds)
I had two ideas so far: a) is to twist multiple heavy-duty threads together, b) is to do the same with copper strands and solder them, then paint it black.
May sound silly....

I guess the tailgut must have some dampening factor, which is good to achieve that thump..

what are the real tailguts made from?

 

[ZolkoW]

well.. I've found several interesting threads on this, so I'm sorry again... somehow I never thought that it's been already discussed here!

search is your friend!

now I'm overloaded with inputs, so it may take a while to decide, what to do. May be I'll simply saw the thing off, and hang on a rope to get closer to the bridge..

 

[J Posega]

I've been considering building a beater EUB to use for jazz band and wierd alt-rock jam sessions. I've got some bass guitar tuners lying around, which appear solid enough to handle larger strings.

I've got a board of mahogany... somewhere between 6 and 8 feet long, 3/4" thick and ~4" wide. Figure I'll get a couple of other boards... something relatively tough... to use with this and laminate a couple strings of each together as the body/neck.

I'll just go with a cheap piezo pickup and run it direct to an amp for now. I'll try and doodle up some ideas before I start the project and post them up here.