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Double Bass Palatino Megathread part II

#461
What's the consensus on getting one of these as a travel/practice bass? I'm going on probably a two week road trip this summer...how long is the bass when packed up? How much will I need to spend to make it playable? My friend has an Eminence, but I'm not interested in spending that much right now.

I don't really care what it sounds like, I just don't want to go two weeks without practicing.
 
#462
Less fragile and bulky than a proper upright, but still plenty long and fragile. Size wise it is about a foot longer than an electric in a hard case and roughly 12" square around the bridge.

If you can set a bridge up and have the space to carry it it would do fine. I've used mine as an at home practice instrument it it gets the job done. Though the headphone jack is not to be taken seriously, it does allow you to hear sounds through headphones. With mods it is giggable.
 
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blakelock said:
hey,
here's a sound sample after my bridge replacement and SDT-1 pickup install

listen and bask in my glorious technique

signal chain is
palatino - SDT1 pickup - k&k preamp - mesa walkabout DI - focusrite solo - garageband
Click to expand...

Sounds ok, but dude, you NEED to address the tailstock resonance! It's one of the first things to change on the Palatino. I've gone a bit crazy since that and tried a few things that have worked very nicely. Now have coil pickups on a fabricated saddle, a piezo pickup mounted directly on the bridge, a new pre-amp with pickup balance, bass, treble and parametric mids, a built in tuner and a built in support stand. Posted some info in a previous thread. But anyway, sort that tailstock my friend... :)
 
#471
Without seeing it, I'd say yes. But non traditional means of attaching pieces of bass to other pieces of bass seem to be coming from some factories.

Right now I have a nightmare of a bass repair on the bench - worst hack crap repair I've ever encountered - !!!!- which was done some years ago by the owner of the store I do repairs for. It's not a valuable bass and I'm already $500 into it and haven't even got the scroll/peg box attached to the neck yet let alone tackled the open seams/excessive glue all over everything from the last job (he removed the back to repair cracks on the top!)! A proper job is not in the budget, but my conscience won't let me "re-do" the hack job done on it previously, and correcting that is a major issue on it's own.

Point being you should take it to a pro and save yourself some headaches now and money down the road by having it done correctly in the first place. If it's a clean break and was originally well fitted and affixed with hide glue, it should be a simple and inexpensive job.
 
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