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Double Bass Takamine TB 10 acoustic bass?
- Thread starter bassyboy
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Not really,
From what I've heard the Godin fretless acoustic basses seem to sound the closest to an actual upright.
From what I've heard the Godin fretless acoustic basses seem to sound the closest to an actual upright.
IMO, one of the most unique intruments in the horizontal bass family.
Speaking only to FB radius and string separation, it is bowable.
A few short clips of my B-10 here:
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Speaking only to FB radius and string separation, it is bowable.
A few short clips of my B-10 here:
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I hate to encourage this thread, but I'm having trouble understanding why it has an endpin.
MD, I couldn't load your clips, so don't take my silence as a slight. I would have liked to have heard.
In my experience, though, you can get a nice sound with a Fender and some flatwounds. If you want to get closer than that to a doublebass sonically, play double bass. It's a different instrument and different experience. If it's what you're going for, go all the way.
MD, I couldn't load your clips, so don't take my silence as a slight. I would have liked to have heard.
In my experience, though, you can get a nice sound with a Fender and some flatwounds. If you want to get closer than that to a doublebass sonically, play double bass. It's a different instrument and different experience. If it's what you're going for, go all the way.
At your service, sir: endpin included:
By the way, did I hear someone whisper that this B10 definately is able to produce a close upright sound?
http://www.youtube.com/v/fn5cGelK0GU
http://www.youtube.com/v/fn5cGelK0GU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0L8dG-iNrk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUeGYGJkhis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65PVjUS3_8Y
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And I hate to say it but bowing on the B10 is only possible above the fingerboard because the body is too wide. And in this position the curve of the fingerboard is not round enough. So you cannot manage to arco only one string at the time.....
By the way, did I hear someone whisper that this B10 definately is able to produce a close upright sound?
http://www.youtube.com/v/fn5cGelK0GU
http://www.youtube.com/v/fn5cGelK0GU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0L8dG-iNrk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUeGYGJkhis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65PVjUS3_8Y
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And I hate to say it but bowing on the B10 is only possible above the fingerboard because the body is too wide. And in this position the curve of the fingerboard is not round enough. So you cannot manage to arco only one string at the time.....
TK... no problem on the clips. I checked it and it opens fine for me (Mac-Safari/Internet Explorer) but hay... I always look foward to feedback though.
I don't quite get the "encouraging this thread" thing. Other then string lenght, the B-10 meets all three criteria in the forum title, "EUB".
Acually, it's the lack of traditional "C" bouts that hinders the bowing of the E/G. The A/D, as I recall, can be bowed, but you can't dig in, so it's useless.
If you forget about trying to classify it or compare it to something that it isn't, then it's a very fine instrument. Nice woods, lovely finish, and nicely balanced sounds.
Is it possible to remove the endpin (or spike or whatever it is called) from this bass completely?
Voodoo Child: Yes, the endpin comes off and can be replaced with a short rubber-tipped plug. I prefer to play it sitting lap-style, but I've used it upright as well where the stage wasn't large enough to swing it around -- it's pretty big.
On the sound, I've done a lot of fussing with it to make it more balanced and rounder, and clear its annoying sensitivity to string noise. I took the ebony insert out of the stock bridge and replaced it with four separate insert blocks (three of old oak and maple on the 4th). I also run LaBella 760N black-nylon-coated strings, which are just barely long enough for the bass with a tailpiece extension on the 4th. I've been thinking hard about losing the blocky double tailpiece and replacing it with something lighter and more elegant.
Upright sound is definitely not coming from this bass, but for that Jaco liquid vibrato with more wood, I like it a lot.
On the sound, I've done a lot of fussing with it to make it more balanced and rounder, and clear its annoying sensitivity to string noise. I took the ebony insert out of the stock bridge and replaced it with four separate insert blocks (three of old oak and maple on the 4th). I also run LaBella 760N black-nylon-coated strings, which are just barely long enough for the bass with a tailpiece extension on the 4th. I've been thinking hard about losing the blocky double tailpiece and replacing it with something lighter and more elegant.
Upright sound is definitely not coming from this bass, but for that Jaco liquid vibrato with more wood, I like it a lot.
Looks like an interesting instrument. I imagine I would play this like a classical guitar i.e. over the left knee.
I've got the Taki B10, an URB, a Rob Allen Mouse, Slab basses with flats (and rounds), hollowbodies, and semi-hollows... The B10 is a stand out instrument for build quality, comfort/feel, tone options, weight, IMO IME.
For traditional URB tone, acoustic-only or quiet amplified gigs.... URB is King.
But...For a modern, articulate, amplified high-volume gig.... the Taki works incredibly well, esp in difficult rooms/ band settings.
For those with aging or injured bodies having to cut back/give up URB, the Taki is worth a serious look at. It almost plays itself in upright position.
I prefer it to the Mouse for regular jazz gigs - more 'air', more acoustic sounding, more URB ergonomics, etc.
The Mouse fits better for Big Band gigs (some rock/pop arrangements). Next best is TIJF's + foam on my Jazz bass.
For traditional URB tone, acoustic-only or quiet amplified gigs.... URB is King.
But...For a modern, articulate, amplified high-volume gig.... the Taki works incredibly well, esp in difficult rooms/ band settings.
For those with aging or injured bodies having to cut back/give up URB, the Taki is worth a serious look at. It almost plays itself in upright position.
I prefer it to the Mouse for regular jazz gigs - more 'air', more acoustic sounding, more URB ergonomics, etc.
The Mouse fits better for Big Band gigs (some rock/pop arrangements). Next best is TIJF's + foam on my Jazz bass.
I know a guy who swears it sounds much better playing it upright than it does playing it transverse.
He also eats corn on the cob vertically, though, so...
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Holding it vertically on the endpin he’s probably not dampening the back as much as when holding it in his lap. You can clearly hear this difference sitting with the double bass vs standing. Why would it be any different with an acoustic bass guitar?
