Galveston UB8000 - 8 string bass test and review

[Nicoderm1]

Wow!!! The 8th string are very low!!!

[ekalb2185]

dang thats low did you need a special amp for the low 8th string? and what is its tuning F#,B,E,A,D,G,C,F ?

[Saggrisch]

U got any idea where I can get one of these babes, man?

[AttitudeCastle]

@Saggrisch They stopped making them which is a shame! They come up on ebay for stupidly high prices (like £500 or more!) When i've seen them go for £150 which is more appropirate really given the non adjustable bridge! If you get one great catch though! If you get it for below £300 then go for it!

[ApothakarY]

sounds gorgeous :o <3

[trouble1macker202]

What were you playing from 6:23 to 6:56?

Also, what pick-ups are you going to replace those with?

[trouble1macker202]

I really want to learn how to two hand tap.

[xXNSquaredXx]

What is standard tuning for that monster

[AttitudeCastle]

@xXNSquaredXx F# B E A D G C F :)

[sohnemann]

Where does one find one of these? I couldn't seem to find anything buyable on the interwebs :I

[AttitudeCastle]

@sohnemann They are out of production :( I have been looking for one too! Where are you based? (Continentally)

[sohnemann]

@AttitudeCastle Aw damn... is there anything that compares to this bass? I'm having trouble finding any 8-string basses (which are not octave-tuned) at all :( I'm from Hamburg, Germany, Europe. :D

[AttitudeCastle]

@sohnemann I'm in the UK :) Wie gehts? Haha my secondary school german! Sorry!

One of these is for sale on a UK forum i am a member of, but i have no idea how much shipping would be and i don't think the owner wants too post it :( Any reason in particular you need an 8 string? You could Get a Heke-Vertreibe (i think is the spelling!) 7-string Off Ebay, they are quite good and as yoru in germany if you get a not so good one getting a free replacement would be less hassle than for me!

[thunderthumbs83]

you don't need an amp to display it's proper tone. straight through a mixer on a flat EQ is suffice. oh, and the stock pick ups and electronics sound pretty average too me.

[AttitudeCastle]

This bass is a set neck not a neck through body btw :)

[AttitudeCastle]

What amp(and cab?) do you use with this? And how well does it amplify the Low F#? I know many amps which can barely do an E and a B let alone an F#!

[squarcy2010]

ahahahha go at home.....muahahahha ridicoulus bassman

[tweekin001]

This was a great review. Thank you, Gilleece666! (sorry if I misspelled that!)

[SpaceVulcan]

A'right, it's official: I am now OBSESSED by it... WANT ONE BADLYY!!!

[BenZeneProject]

I want one now.

[Gilleece666]

Too slow?

And why would I not be a bassist?

This is a review, not me playing fast. If you want to see me play fast maybe check out my video "Nile - Execration Text".

Don't look at a review for talent, look at a review for the instrument.

Also look up videos on how to develop common sense, it seems as though you need it.

[SouthernDoom666]

rock and roll brotha!!

[sarge435]

Excellent review.

[AntiHero1996]

If I were to buy this bass (completely hypothetically, sadly), what pickups would you recommend to replace the stock ones? I'm a guitarist, and I don't know too much about bass electronics. I actually thought these pickups sounded really good, but I'm guessing you would probably know better, seeing as you are the bassist. Help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

[Gilleece666]

The tone is quite good with the stock pickups but a good set of pickups can make this bass really sing.

I have been looking about myself for pickups for this, my perfect ones would be Conklin or Delano but seeing as I live outside America they will work out quite dear with import duty and such, so I am looking about for custom made bass pickups in Europe. Currently the most promising look to be Benedetti, they seem to be very highly thought off and reasonably priced!

[louderthanlife2]

for good pickups i'd say EMG's or Seymore Duncans are the best, but that's just my personaly opinion

[Gilleece666]

Those companys are much more guitar orientated then bass, also they don't make any 8 string models for guitar, let alone bass! Sadly.

Thanks for watching ;)

[mangudiaforce]

@AntiHero1996 lol DONT replace. first off they are not easy to replace. remember there longer than normal. you would have to get someone to custom build the pickups

[Steve128967]

Where would you get new strings for this? lol.

[Gilleece666]

I know, it's a nightmare. I import mine from Conklin in America, they are hand made strings and yes, they cost a bomb. One string costs more then most entire sets of bass strings!

Worth it though :P

[Aguni66]

@Gilleece666 u could probably just get your strings from juststrings . com and save a bunch of money

[morganchavis]

you could probably just get a 6 string set and then order the highest and lowest to cut costs.

[Gilleece666]

The only thing is the timbre of the strings would be different, unfortunately.

[jimihendrixfan2008]

Pretty bad ass bass dude.

[SurvivalOfTheFattest]

i heard the action cant be adjusted on these??can the kneck or intonation?any bad points about it?

i never knew it was swamp ash!its a great price for that alone!maybe in your next video you could show some more finger style around the upper registers?

good video,im going to subscribe after this comment,

[Gilleece666]

I am not sure weather it is just the vender I bought mine of, or weather they have changed completely, but the bridge on mine is adjustable.

Bad points would be the pickups, the low f# [I havn't played any other basses so I don't know if this is a standard thing, also it could be due to the fact that lower frequencies sound lower in volume] but it doesn't have as much presence as the other strings.

[Gilleece666]

Also the high f sounds different from the rest of the strings, sounds almost like a guitar string [not nessacarily but I could like a more even tone]. Perhaps a higher gauge string will sort that problem out.

For the price these flaws can be more the overlooked. Plus I found it has a great battery lifelength for the active [some older models had problems but the newer ones have sorted this].

The neck is fully adjustable, double truss rod. I will do more higher register. ;)

Thanks!

[morganchavis]

well, the high F is not wound so it will have a different sound which is kind of a bummer but oh well.

[Gilleece666]

Oh and if you're interested, I put together a playlist of all the videos of this bass I could find on youtube, so that might be off interest to you.

Hopefully this has given you some more information on the bass over all!

[SurvivalOfTheFattest]

cheers dude!