My new electric upright bass

This is me playing a simple blues in A on my new Ergo electric upright bass. I'm a guitar player really and I've not played upright bass before, so my technique and intonation are not so hot just yet. Recorded on a cheap digital stills camera, so the quality is a bit shaky but you get the idea.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• eub
• bass
• electric
• upright
• ergo

[MsCellobass]

is tht anupright? if so who makes it?

[guysnape]

@MsCellobass It's an Ergo - look for ergoinstruments on google.

[blueblob4]

That is so cool

[guysnape]

Thanks!

[guysnape]

It's an Epiphone Joe Pass model (I removed the scratchplate because it rattled). Nice guitar for the price, about the cheapest reasonable quality archtop going.

[fassman316]

I play electric bass guitar and I've been wanting to learn double bass. The sound of these things doesn't sound too far off from what an actual acoustic double bass sounds like, from what the video sounds like. How do these things compare in feel and sound playing it yourself?

[guysnape]

Definitely easier to play than a real double bass, and a lot cheaper and easier to transport. You're not going to get a job in a symphony orchestra playing one of these but I think for rock music the sound is close enough. OK for jazz too if you're not playing at a professional level. The fingering and technique are very close to double bass, so I'd recommend one as a first step.

[Umberline]

its gona be more dificult to relearn the techniq, look for a teacher. and start by dont watching the neck.

[MsCellobass]

Thnks guysnape

[superlooneytoones11]

great work guy :)

[budin8]

Do you want to really learn how to play that instrument? Well if that is so, Buy the Simandl upright bass book and as Umberline says, DO NOT LOOK AT THE NECK EVER. That is a big mistake. Remember, you learn to play upright bass by ear and positions, not by looking your left hand behavior.

[ApothakarY]

i wish i saw the body...and how mcuh did it cost?

[MoveOverCasanova]

sounds woody enough to me -- where can one get those except from the original manufacterer´s website?

[UnderTheBamboooTree]

@guysnape : dunno, I'd go straight to the real deal, why take a "first step"?

If you want to practice on intonation you HAVE to use the bow anyway....

[metalheadneji]

awesome

[TeddySea]

Thanks!