Please help an old guy off flat's

edski · Post by **edski** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 12:57 pm

Well, with an upright, you get that fretless MWAH...

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:01 pm

Uprights have the best bass tone going IMHO if you know how to play them, they are very articulate and are not all thump. They have a very rich tone. Hard to amplify however and keep that natural tone. They're a blast to play though once you get the stamina going, you can really beat on those things, they are very responsive to the way you play them.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:25 pm

oh yeah-

Even the plywood ones sound better now.

Beats a washtub with wire and shtick...

edski · Post by **edski** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:29 pm

I played upright one year in college for orchestra. My first night playing I thought my fingertips were going to fall off or burst into flames. But afterwards my 4001 seemed very small, and easy to throw around.

I only had to do pizzacato a little, most of the time I had to bow it. And sight read bass clef...really wasn't all that hard to get used to.

Maybe someday...

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:50 pm

I saw a band with a washtub a few months ago, they were actually pretty good. The used a stick though, no shtick at all.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:57 pm

a chapman stick????

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:06 pm

chapstick for short?

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:08 pm

Ps - I work nights(at least til the end of Aug). Thurs Fri and Sat from 6pm to 6 am. Thus the posts at all hours of the night!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:15 am

No a real washtub bass, he has some wire thing for a string but I forgot what it was. They played on a college radio station right before my band.

gbenner · Post by **gbenner** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:24 am

I went to pick up a new set of Chromes and also picked up a set of D'Addario XL's and a set of D'A 1/2 rounds. Has anyone tried the 1/2 rounds. I think im going to try them first.

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:33 pm

I use them on my Zon 5 string fretless, very close to RW sound.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:35 pm

I never like half rounds, seemed to be a bad compromise, they sounded like dead round wounds to me right out of the box. I don't remember the brand I used though.

gbenner · Post by **gbenner** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:12 am

I put the half rounds on last night, I could see how you say they sound like dead rounds, but they are a lot brighter then my flats, and still had a good bottom end like flats. I thought they were pretty bright sounding, but they did replace a 2 year old set of Pyramids. I'll see how they sound with the band tomorrow.

rickfan63 · Post by **rickfan63** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:44 am

I've thought about trying them too at some point.