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Double Bass Palatino Megathread part II

#102
I am happy with mine. It is quite playable, and no bad issues.
I bought it 'cos I wanted to play upright, and see how I got on with it.
An acoustic DB would be nice, but it is like having an elephant in the room. The Pala lets me practice without filling the room.
David
 
#104
bassbob said:
Hey Y'all,

I've been learning how to use Windows Movie Maker and I recut a few of the VE500 videos I posted before to combine them and edit out the fluff. The first one is all about pickups with a live sound sample. I hope this is helpful.

Here's the youtube link:

//http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIn1ouT7PfY
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It looks like you replaced your bridge adjusters. What did you replace them with, and was it easy to do?

Oh wait... it looks like you may have just replaced the entire bridge.

thanks
 
#106
Hey bassBOB- Like yr vids!! I've had a Palatino for about 3 yrs now & posted on this thread MANY times earlier.....She's got all the cheapo mods... :-) Oh I got a homemade bridge on it & a steel rope string retainer on it too-beats the wire one!!.

BUT I wanna take out the orig elecs. Can U PLEASE tell me how to DO this while KEEPING the orig. piezo pup & orig jack input, IN the bass. I run it into a Fishman Plat.+PRO pre. & get a pretty good sound.
Anything U can tell me would be a help. Ive looked in there but don't feel confident ripping it out without some instructions!
Thanks
Rod
 
#107
Hey Rod,

I am expecting delivery of a VE 500 soon so I will get some footage of how to remove and rewire the internal stuff. I do have some pics posted way way back on this thread on my attempt to run a rev solo pickup through the stock electronics on the palatino but it would take some time to find it again. I have that on another web site also, so I will try to find the link and get that to you.

Bob
 
#109
The only thing I've done to mine is add the rubber strip under the bridge. That seems to mellow and deepen the tone. Other than that, it's right out of the box. I can't convince myself that it's worth it to pay a lot of money to try and turn a duck into a swan.

Now one thing I have discovered for recording is the use of a lavalier mic, the Audio Technica Pro 70. I attach it to the bridge and mix in the Pally pre-amp, getting a decent wood sound. Oh, and I also blend in a mic on the neck end of the business. For that I use an old Sony C38 mic.

Of course, when my friend brings over his old German bass for certain recordings, I want to find a hole to hide in!:hiding:
 
#110
I would want to start on upright and dabble in some jazz and maby a little les claypool stuff thrown in to you know "expand my horizzons". And I'm a teen on a bugget of a few hunndred and I've been wondering if these things are good or not. at one end of the spectum people say thiese things cme great stock and at the oppiset end they say that they absolutly suck and they should let them burn in hell. Who should i trust?:confused:
 
#113
DaBassman said:
The good ones are nice and the bad ones suck ;-)
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Now that's the truth. Well put, DaBass. It all comes down to "quality assurance," which, in many Chinese factories, is a lacking quality. I worked in the retail music trade for a while, and universally speaking, US made products are well made. Foreign made, especially from Asia, have quality issues that range from great to awful. You open the box and it's a surprise every time. When they're good, they're good; but get a bad one, and it's a big let down.

I recently bought an Eastman (Chinese) archtop guitar. Wonderful looking instrument that sounds as good as it looks... until you play on that 10th fret. For twice the price I could have bought a USA made archtop guitar without any such issues.

As for my Palatino, I truly think I got lucky. I paid only $380 on ebay for a "blemish" instrument. (What blemish? I can hardly see it in full sunlight!) It could use a full set-up, and it's nothing like the nice old German basses my friends play (in the $8,000 price range), but all in all, it is truly the $380 miracle.

Oh, how I hate to say this, but typically, you do get what you paid for.
 
#116
Everyone is welcome to pop by my Myspace website and listen to the Palatino played on "Exactly Like You." The other song, "Sway," was recorded a few days later with a 150 year old German bass in the same room with the same mics. (Yes, I use mics on the Palatino as well as the stock preamp!) See "Notes On Recording" 3/19/09. And use good speakers to hear the bass, of course.:)

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#117
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If these 2 bass aren't EXACTLY the same, then they come from the same factory at least, the difference? about $300 - $400....Why?

Anyone out there got a Palatino and can compare it against the web pic of the Harley Benton?

Are there the same bass?

Thanks if you can help.

Dave
 
#119
It's generics. If I contacted the factory making Palatino basses and said I'd like to order 1,000 of them with MY name on them, we may cut a deal. Then I'll charge my price for my brand. Quite commonly done, especially with asian instruments. It's just like buying the supermarket brand foods that cost less, but are made by the big name brand companies.
 
#120
Is there anyone here who has bought one in Canada?
The ones on ebay have free shipping for the US, but the shipping for Canada is crazy, not to mention the added duties etc.

Just wondering how the Canadians got their Palatino.

Thanks
 

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