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Double Bass Palatino vs. Aria SWB Lite One

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quasimono

Feb 20, 2006
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Germany
#1
Hi Everybody,

i am planning on buying a EUB to use with my funkband's acoustic set.

Right now, i am playing an old EKO Fretless Acoustic Bass mounted on some freaky construction of a cymbal stand and guitar stand.. ;)

two models, which are available to me here in germany, are to wihich i narrowed down the search so far:

- the Palatino EUB

- the Aria SWB Lite One

my local dealer says, the Aria is much better construction- and soundwise, whereas the Palatino is nice looking but not so nice sounding..

so, any sugestions on these two EUB's?

Maybe, someone could lead me to some sound-clips of both basses?

i must say, that i prefer the Aria over the palatino as of now, so i am very interested to hear from you ,should you happen to own one...

thank you and greetings,
quasimono :)
 
#3
quasimono said:
my local dealer says, the Aria is much better construction- and soundwise, whereas the Palatino is nice looking but not so nice sounding..
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Go with the one that sounds good!
Actually I think the Aria is much better looking and certainly better designed all round. I tried to buy one but no-one carries them in Australia.
I've played the Palatino - it does not seem to be in the same class. It's a cheaply made instrument that needs some upgrading to make it playable, but is over-priced in this country.
 
#7
Gasp! said:
Oopppsss.....Little mistake.... No problem for the neck.
My question was about the fingerboard. ( I know it's OK for basses, but I don't know if it's OK for an EUB ( Or a DB)
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Well, on this page:

http://www.ariausa.com/series/swb04/swb04.html

It says:

Neck: Maple, Bolt-on
Scroll Head

Fingerboard: Rosewood,
100R

So where's the problem?
Rosewood is as hard as ebony methinks.
 
#8
Actually, the bass he's talking about is this one:
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It also has a rosewood board, though. I think an ebony board would be harder/better, but probably you won't get one in this price range. Anyway, I have played this bass, and all the other Arias, here in local music shops, and I liked this one the best of all the Arias. Somehow the lighter construction made the instrument more flexible, so it responded more like a proper acoustic bass, which was more comfortable for me.

I haven't played the Palatino, but their acoustic basses don't have a great reputation, so I'm not very suprised to hear that the construction isn't so good....

Brent

Edit: Here's the Aria web site, where it says the fingerboard is "maple in black" which I take to be maple stained black:
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Sorry, I thought it was a harder wood, stained black. I guess you'd have to figure out how long the maple board would last, and what it would cost to replace it with a proper board when the time comes.
 
#11
hi guys, thank you for your answers, all that said it only strengthens my opinion to go for the aria bass.

and the url given above is right, i am talking about the swb lite one bass here.

the other bass francois mentioned costs somewhat around 3000 $, and that is surely out of my price range... ;)

i think for about 1000$, the swb lite one will be a great instrument.

concerning the blackened maple fingerboard, i also don't think this would be a problem.
many basses use maple as a fingerboard..

anyone of you actually owns a swb lite one btw?
would love to hear some sound samples of it...

greetings,
quasimono
 

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