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Joske Turbo
Silver Member
Belgium
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 Posted - 10/16/2009 : 17:43:00
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Kulten, a little question about your new bass: Are the pickups active or passive?
Thanks
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 18:56:22
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| Kulten... very nice looking beast! |
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kulten
Gold Member
France
516 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 19:12:01
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thanks all !
pickups : passive. |
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Witloofboer
Gold Member
Belgium
513 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2009 : 16:46:20
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Originally posted by natthu
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Originally posted by Witloofboer
Kulten, have you ever tried nylon wound strings on your fretless?
Hey Witloof, I use nylon flat wound strings on my fretless... I love the sound (a little more like a double bass) and the feel is much nicer when you're sliding up and down the neck. Plus they are black = looks cool.
Many fretless bass players use these. They sound good, but I was wondering whether you could still get a decent slap sound. I only use my bass for playing funk/soul/pop, I have a double bass for the more jazzy stuff.  (I would recommend any bass player to learn to play double bass). |
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Joske Turbo
Silver Member
Belgium
412 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2009 : 18:22:28
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I'd love to learn double bass! It's such a cool instrument, but it's expensive...  But i still wanna learn it! |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2009 : 11:04:38
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really nice looking bass guitar.... enjoy..... |
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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
756 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2009 : 11:31:15
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Originally posted by Witloofboer
(I would recommend any bass player to learn to play double bass).
Is that hard compared to a Bass guitar? I mean, I'm not particularly good at fretless to start off with and I'd be lost without the fretlines (I have a cheating fretless with lines where the frets would be)... I'd love to learn double bass - it sounds *very* cool (plus I could wear a beret and hang out in Jazz clubs performing 8 minute beat poems!)
Can you get a decent quality double bass cheaply or is it quite expensive?
Oh, and I don't think you can get a good slap sound with Nylon strings... or maybe It's just me - I always use my fretted bass for slap. I'm certain I've seen Les Claypool play slap on a fretless, but I think he uses metal strings?
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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
756 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2009 : 11:36:00
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Originally posted by Joske Turbo
I'd love to learn double bass! It's such a cool instrument, but it's expensive... But i still wanna learn it!
Hey Joske, it's a shame you're so far away... we could have shared resources while learning double bass! |
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kulten
Gold Member
France
516 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2009 : 13:57:49
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| I do prefer electric fretless bass, I'm not much good with double bass. A friend of mine got one, funny just a few minutes then I go back to my electric bass. |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2009 : 14:05:37
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| Our bass player has a double bass... sounds really great on acoustic gigs.... he uses a Fender P bass for the electric stuff... |
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Witloofboer
Gold Member
Belgium
513 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2009 : 21:29:45
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I started at fretted bass and eventually went for double bass. It involves more physical work than electric bass, but you get used to that. The neck is much fatter & thicker than a normal bass. The radius is much smaller, so you can use a bow (which sounds pretty cool).
You can learn to play double bass on an electric double bass, which is a lot cheaper (�250, used) than a normal 'study instrument' (somewhere around �3000). Professional basses are way to expensive, prices around �7000 here in Belgium. |
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Witloofboer
Gold Member
Belgium
513 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2009 : 21:32:09
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Originally posted by FRANZONI
Our bass player has a double bass... sounds really great on acoustic gigs.... he uses a Fender P bass for the electric stuff...
At first, I was a Jazzbass fan, but lately I'm starting to like the old fat P sound. |
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kulten
Gold Member
France
516 Posts |
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Witloofboer
Gold Member
Belgium
513 Posts |
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kulten
Gold Member
France
516 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2009 : 21:41:06
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| I tried Flatwound 18 years ago... and never returned to Roundwound... |
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