Double Bass Thinking of getting an EUB - Will this do?

[John Richards]

"if you're looking for advice about whether or not a Hyundai Tiburon is going to be like driving a Ferrari Barquetta, do you really want to hear from somebody who doesn't drive a Ferrari a lot?"

I would say a more accurate analogy in this situation would be, "if you're looking for advice about whether or not a Honda Civic is going to be like driving a Porsche Caymen, do you really want to hear from somebody who doesn't drive a Porsche a lot?" The reason I say this is because I have driven a Civic for years around Route 1 type roads in the Bay Area, and my son has a Caymen, which I have tried on the same roads. Knowing both, I can honestly say that the Civic, while obviously not the Caymen, has some amazing road-handling abilities that are quite thrilling on hairpin bends, turning dips, etc. The difference between the Civic and the Caymen is similar to the difference between my Ergo and my buddy's high-end upright. Both thrilling, one sublime. And there's just no way I would haul that upright around to all the places I play. I also feel that the Ergo is way closer to upright than most of the other EUB's.

 

[bobsax]

One problem with your analogy John is it doesn't take into consideration the Driver.
DB players and BG players seem to be like night and day on EUB's.
I'm getting frustrated with the Stagg-mega thread because it's mostly populated with BG players that want to modify it to play like a BG.

I'm thinking we need an EUB category in both DB and BG areas or separate EUB's areas for DB and BG.

 

[Ed Fuqua]

And there's just no way I would haul that upright around to all the places I play.

OK. I do and I'm fine with it.

 

[juanjabass]

(...)if it's less than 39/40 inches, then basically you just have a fretless bass guitar on a stick.

---Not the case of the Stagg and its rebranded Harley Benton for Europe (they're just the same EUB), and the Thomann web read 105 cm, which equals to 42".

 

[John Le Guyader]

I had a Stagg as my beach bass. It could be played arco, but just (bridge radius is pretty tight and flat). It's far from good as a cheap upright replacement...its just ok. I replaced it for a Yamaha SLB 200 and it is far superior to the Stagg in all respects. But they are not cheap new or used. I was lucky and found one on ebay for $800, but it came without the body rests to simulate the upper bouts and it had some other issues that were easy enough to fix. It is my current beach EUB. If you want an EUB that approximates an upright in feel (nothing sounds like an actual upright but an upright), so you can learn more properly, I'd be prepared to spend around $3K for an appropriate EUB. I know you said space is and issue, but you can find a nice laminate upright for well under $3K, and its really they way to go to start out, if you can...best wishes to you...and take lessons...playing electric bass prepared me for nothing when learning upright...it is its own instrument.

 

[carl h.]

---Not the case of the Stagg and its rebranded Harley Benton for Europe (they're just the same EUB), and the Thomann web read 105 cm, which equals to 42".

Harley Benton is a Palatino.

 

[carl h.]

Harley Benton EUB 500 is a Palatino.

 

[Martin Spure]

The Harley Benton EUB 500 was indeed a rebranded Palatino. However, these are no longer sold by Thomann under the Harley Benton brand. Thomann has instead decided to sell their Harley Benton DB-01 and DB-02, which are both rebranded Stagg's (with the DB-02 sporting a traditional headstock)