This could be a dumb question but, why are the so much in Australia is it shipping? Because to be honest if this bass was 1200.00 here in the U.S I would look into a real 2000.00 UB insted. I dont think it would be worth the 1200.00. This bass is worth 600.00 in fact it's a great deal at the price. Good Luck!!!ToneRanger said:
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Double Bass Palatino EUB
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I bought one of these around easter this year and reckon it's great for what it is. I am a full time pro musician playing a variety of styles including jazz and classical. Having played double bass for 15 years I just wanted something more portable for flying but was not expecting to replace the real thing. With the onboard pickup, I beleive the arco sound is better than the pizz. I have played those NS EUBs and would probably buy the palatino over them even at the same price, purely as it is designed more like a real upright. I have replaced the strings with Thomastic Spirocores, (an old set off my real bass) Re-shaped the bridge (and plan to replace it)
and fitted a Fishman BP100 pickup. I plan to also fit a set of Seymour Duncan active Pbass pickups for loud funk/rock/fusion/electronica gigs. ALso another major improvement came when I managed to dampen the metal tailpiece to stop it from ringing. A point to remeber is that NOTHING will ever replace a real double bass, but when i first played the Palatino, I thought it sounded like an amplified double bass, and that is what the audience normally hears...
Hope this helps!
and fitted a Fishman BP100 pickup. I plan to also fit a set of Seymour Duncan active Pbass pickups for loud funk/rock/fusion/electronica gigs. ALso another major improvement came when I managed to dampen the metal tailpiece to stop it from ringing. A point to remeber is that NOTHING will ever replace a real double bass, but when i first played the Palatino, I thought it sounded like an amplified double bass, and that is what the audience normally hears...
Hope this helps!
I have had a palatino for 6 months now, and have just gone and bought a proper upright string bass. Since using the proper DB, i find it difficult to get comfy playing the palatino, it doesnt sit right anymore. I dont have a huge belly to rest the the arm against (like my teacher hehe...) and im continually having to re adjust my posture while playing... something with the spike. I like the way with a DB you can just lean it into you and can support it much better. Other than that I still think it sounds good, but i get a lot of string noise form the piezo pickup supplied when i bought it, the action on mine is pretty comfy too, which was pretty much as supplied. I got the fingerboard shaved though. I would defo recommend it for someone new to EUB coming from BG. For the price its a bargain for sure.
my 2 cents.
my 2 cents.
I have some good news as I said in an earlier post I would have to wait until late oct to have my bass shipped but it now looks like late June early July. Another thing I found on the web site were I got the bass from. The price went from 599.95 to 669.95, I called up and asked why the price increase and they said it was because Palatino raised their prices. What could the price increases mean for Palatino. I know that there is a huge demand for these basses and maybe they needed to expand their operation. Who knows, anyway I am excited that it is coming sooner then later.Thanks, Dave
Hey,
This is my first post here but I have been reading they for a few weeks. I was considering buying an EUB, for traveling purposes. I have a toyota Corrolla and it and an upright just dosent get along, but the care is cheap on gas and I travel alot. I got a Palatino VE-500 this past week. I was not expecting it to be very good but I was plesently surprised. The over all apperance of the bass is very good and the quality is not that bad. If you look real close and nit pick you can find flaws but the are minor and not noticalbe. When I first got the bass I pluged it into an amp and started playing but the sound was terrible. I had to do alot of adjusting on this bass. At first the pickup was only working on the G side, so I took the pick up out and looked at it and it was not getting good contact on the back of the pick up so I put two pennies under the pickup where the feet set on it and this solved the problem. I know it sound strange but it works. Now the pickup workes but the sound is still not good. I then discover that you need to use a pree amp with this thing as with most basses. You also need to raise the strings some to get a good thump. I also needed to boost the bass with a preamp and cut the mids way down to get a good sound but after a little work it sound really good. I am going to take it out this weeked to do two gigs with it and see how it does on stage, but it sound good in a small room. The G and D strings sound the bes and the G string open is the loudest note on the bass but I think it is a nut problem. The A and E string are a little slow to respond, if anyone has a fix to this problem let me know. I also need to change the strings they are cheap stings that come with it. I also just a bow on it and it sounds pretty good to me but I do not know what it is supposed to sound like. To me it sounds like a bass. This does ont sound like a fretless at all and if you raise the strings it is even better. It is very muck like an upright in the sound and to play and I have been playing bass for 15 years. For $625 you caint beat it
Kevin
This is my first post here but I have been reading they for a few weeks. I was considering buying an EUB, for traveling purposes. I have a toyota Corrolla and it and an upright just dosent get along, but the care is cheap on gas and I travel alot. I got a Palatino VE-500 this past week. I was not expecting it to be very good but I was plesently surprised. The over all apperance of the bass is very good and the quality is not that bad. If you look real close and nit pick you can find flaws but the are minor and not noticalbe. When I first got the bass I pluged it into an amp and started playing but the sound was terrible. I had to do alot of adjusting on this bass. At first the pickup was only working on the G side, so I took the pick up out and looked at it and it was not getting good contact on the back of the pick up so I put two pennies under the pickup where the feet set on it and this solved the problem. I know it sound strange but it works. Now the pickup workes but the sound is still not good. I then discover that you need to use a pree amp with this thing as with most basses. You also need to raise the strings some to get a good thump. I also needed to boost the bass with a preamp and cut the mids way down to get a good sound but after a little work it sound really good. I am going to take it out this weeked to do two gigs with it and see how it does on stage, but it sound good in a small room. The G and D strings sound the bes and the G string open is the loudest note on the bass but I think it is a nut problem. The A and E string are a little slow to respond, if anyone has a fix to this problem let me know. I also need to change the strings they are cheap stings that come with it. I also just a bow on it and it sounds pretty good to me but I do not know what it is supposed to sound like. To me it sounds like a bass. This does ont sound like a fretless at all and if you raise the strings it is even better. It is very muck like an upright in the sound and to play and I have been playing bass for 15 years. For $625 you caint beat it
Kevin
Hello,
The Ve-500 is already equiped with an onboard preamp so there is no impedence matching problems as with piezzo pickups. However, the onboard preamp don't give us much control on the sound (1 "tone" pot+ volume). Futhermore
the preamp is a little noisy.
The string quality is also another issue and may explain differences between strings. using good strings may avoid raising the strings to get THE sound...
WPhantom
keamburgey said:
The Ve-500 is already equiped with an onboard preamp so there is no impedence matching problems as with piezzo pickups. However, the onboard preamp don't give us much control on the sound (1 "tone" pot+ volume). Futhermore
the preamp is a little noisy.
I didn't really had the same problem but you should be aware that the original bridge is real crap. Changing it made a great sound improvement for me and others have noticed that too. Even unplugged, the difference was striking. It now makes more sound unplugged (even with these crappy strings).keamburgey said:
The string quality is also another issue and may explain differences between strings. using good strings may avoid raising the strings to get THE sound...
WPhantom
you guys were right, I made a new bridge for my bass and it made a huge improvment. The bridge is non adjusable so I thnk this might be part of the improvment. I can even tell a differance in the bass when it is not pluged in. Thanks for the advice. Can anyone recomend strings.
Yea man! I got it 2 days ago I am in love! My wife feels a little neglected but she will get over it! Anyway as soon as I got it I changed the strings and some minor tinkering and I was playing in no time. Two things, the painted finger board made my fingers black butt a few minutes with some paper towels I managed to get a lot of the excess topical stuff off now it is not so bad. Second, like I read in another post when you hit the G string the tail piece rattles but with the supplied little spongy thing that was used to pack this lovely lady, I smushed it into the spacing on the tailpiece and no more rattling. I am so glad I got this bass it is all I could hope for in a $600.00 EUB!!!!!
Thanks Dave,
Dave I am sure glad you like your new bass. I am really liking mine as well. What kind of strings did you put on your bass.
keamburgey said:
i read somewere around here that you get a better sound with orchestral strings so i went and got Helicore H610 3/4 scale length strings. i think thier alot better then the ones that shipped with the EUB. butt i am new to EB so i have very little string experince so take my opinion with caution.!! GOOD LUCK! and have fun with your EUB
dave
HI, I received my palatino eub last tuesday (564 + 25 shipping);
definetly I like it, but I have some problems with the piezo pick up; the signal is very low (with new batteries), I have to play with my 120 watt amp at least at half the volume to hear something; Did anyone have the same problem?
thanks
Maxmerx
definetly I like it, but I have some problems with the piezo pick up; the signal is very low (with new batteries), I have to play with my 120 watt amp at least at half the volume to hear something; Did anyone have the same problem?
thanks
Maxmerx
This is my first time posting on talkbass.
Anyhow, I just purchased a Palatino from ebay. $530 brand new + $25 shipping. This is my first experience with UB so I have little frame of reference. So far I am quite happy with it though it's going to take some time to get used to the larger scale coming from 34" bass guitar. I'm satisfied with the tone though I haven't been able to experiment with it much as it just showed up yesterday. I've only tried playing pizz but I've got a bow on order so I can't comment on the arco tone. I believe this bass will serve my needs as I am primarily a bass guitar player who wanted to experiment with something new without making a huge investment. I definitely recommend this bass for someone wanting to experiment with UB for little $$$. I have no doubt there are many better EUBs out there but I'm happy with my Palatino (so far).
Anyhow, I just purchased a Palatino from ebay. $530 brand new + $25 shipping. This is my first experience with UB so I have little frame of reference. So far I am quite happy with it though it's going to take some time to get used to the larger scale coming from 34" bass guitar. I'm satisfied with the tone though I haven't been able to experiment with it much as it just showed up yesterday. I've only tried playing pizz but I've got a bow on order so I can't comment on the arco tone. I believe this bass will serve my needs as I am primarily a bass guitar player who wanted to experiment with something new without making a huge investment. I definitely recommend this bass for someone wanting to experiment with UB for little $$$. I have no doubt there are many better EUBs out there but I'm happy with my Palatino (so far).
Shaner, how'd you find the $530 price? That's nice!
The only VE-500 listings I've seen on eBay recently have been from Instrument Alley, and those are Buy It Now for $658.99.
The only VE-500 listings I've seen on eBay recently have been from Instrument Alley, and those are Buy It Now for $658.99.
I got it from someone with the handle of drumguitargirl22. I noticed that they had put up another Palatino shortly after mine for a starting bid of $500 and buy it now at $530 but it was snatched up pretty quick. You just have to check frequently and get it while the gettin's good.
its good to finally find some info on this EUB!
i bought one from ebay for £450. bag and even a free straight to 90 lead. rock.
having been a 6 string bassist for many years, i just wanted a cheap EUB because a 3/4 full wood DB would've been impractical for my living arrangements and wallet!
i wasn't expecting the world from this thing. you see the conklin EUB; that thing is beautiful. and i even tried a silent EUB up in denmark street in london.
the sound is not ideal. i had to email the seller to ask for any further information or help with setup. he advised me to play around with the bridge in terms of the angle against the pickup. i desperately want to change the strings, and by what i've read, a new bridge will help! i like the sound of this bass, and the look is great too. for the price and for a novice to upright, i would recommend this.
however, all i want now is a full wood, 3/4 acoustic
i bought one from ebay for £450. bag and even a free straight to 90 lead. rock.
having been a 6 string bassist for many years, i just wanted a cheap EUB because a 3/4 full wood DB would've been impractical for my living arrangements and wallet!
i wasn't expecting the world from this thing. you see the conklin EUB; that thing is beautiful. and i even tried a silent EUB up in denmark street in london.
the sound is not ideal. i had to email the seller to ask for any further information or help with setup. he advised me to play around with the bridge in terms of the angle against the pickup. i desperately want to change the strings, and by what i've read, a new bridge will help! i like the sound of this bass, and the look is great too. for the price and for a novice to upright, i would recommend this.
however, all i want now is a full wood, 3/4 acoustic
Still enjoying my Palatino. I just got a bow yesterday and I think the arco sound is great!
I was wondering if anyone who has a Palatino has tried rigging a tripod stand for it rather than the endpin that is supplied with the bass? I ask because while standing and bowing I have a difficult time keeping it balanced because of the thinner body. If anyone has done this could you give me advice on where to acquire the tripod and tips on setting it up? Thanks.
I was wondering if anyone who has a Palatino has tried rigging a tripod stand for it rather than the endpin that is supplied with the bass? I ask because while standing and bowing I have a difficult time keeping it balanced because of the thinner body. If anyone has done this could you give me advice on where to acquire the tripod and tips on setting it up? Thanks.
I'm looking for one too!
I assume most people just get a good solid stand from a drummers' shop, but I dneed to know what sort of hardware you use to attach it to the bass.
I assume most people just get a good solid stand from a drummers' shop, but I dneed to know what sort of hardware you use to attach it to the bass.
