Double Bass New Toob/Quilter mini rig

[Alain Bass]

waiting for your post about the toob. Thanks for that

 

[Mike Carr]

Well, it sounds great at home! Doesn't everything? Powered with my old Acoustic Image Clarus it's a particularly nice tone with my upright. Sounds good with my electric basses too. It's loud enough to likely annoy my neighbours but I imagine the only gigs it might see will be piano, double bass duet type things or trios with a very well behaved drummer!
But I can see it being quite useful as a personal monitor if PA support is available. It could help a lot for hearing pitch with the upright bass. But it's not a real air mover. It's tone at the volume levels that it's designed for is surprisingly full range! The little 6.5 inch speaker lets out a lot of highs and upper mids and there certainly are lows present. But it's not a rock&roll amp, it's not even a Polytone Mini Brute! But it weighs next to nothing, I could take it and the Clarus head to work in a shopping bag or a backpack! That's the most attractive thing about it. If the right gig in the right venue comes up I'll give it the acid test!

 

[Alain Bass]

Thanks for your input Mike. Did you used the three removable 3 mm steel wire legs for vertical position ?
Making it like an Acoustic image Upshot ?

 

[Ric Vice]

Two different drummers in one day, not two at the same time.

So far it is working for me, BUT I hesitate to recommend anything to anyone. My bass is set up to be played acoustically and the times when I do use an amp it is just reinforcing my acoustic sound, so I do not need/use a lot of volume.

As it should be.

 

[Mike Carr]

Thanks for your input Mike. Did you used the three removable 3 mm steel wire legs for vertical position ?
Making it like an Acoustic image Upshot ?

 

[Mike Carr]

This Toob only came with the legs that raise it off the floor a bit. That actually seems to work quite well. I am curious about the other leg format. At some point I may inquire to the manufacturer about providing me with it, or even try to fashion something similar myself. It's just bent wire, probably easy enough!

 

[Alain Bass]

Using it in vertical position with the special legs should reinforce the bass and give more level to this little thing wich is probably a bit short in level … but so light.
Thanks again for you input Mike