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[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1334595607' post='1618259']
I want into the love-in too! Upright heaven

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Hur hur huuuuurrrrr

Silliness apart that is a beautiful bass................. stunning !!!

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1334590542' post='1618123']
Oh, get a room. :friends: :lol:
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Are you ashamed of our love ?
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[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1334657205' post='1619125']
Hur hur huuuuurrrrr

Silliness apart that is a beautiful bass................. stunning !!!



Are you ashamed of our love ?
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Not at all. All for free love. It'll just be more comfortable for you all now that bluejay is joining in. :D

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[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1334663815' post='1619289']
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Not at all. All for free love. It'll just be more comfortable for you all now that bluejay is joining in. :D
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.....must resist making upright love joke .......grrrrrr

aww i already did that :sorry:

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I've finally received my lefty NS 5 upright and I'm in love. Despite having a massive neck (which I'll have to learn to negotiate), it feels much more like a bass guitar than a double bass. As a consequence, I'm very happy I also have the more traditional - if cheaper - Harley Benton, because the two uprights appear to be complementary rather than mutually exclusive.

Will take a few photos and post them either in the Gear Porn section (if they are any good) or somewhere around here.

So how are you guys doing with your uprights?

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[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1335263238' post='1628104']
I've finally received my lefty NS 5 upright and I'm in love. Despite having a massive neck (which I'll have to learn to negotiate), it feels much more like a bass guitar than a double bass. As a consequence, I'm very happy I also have the more traditional - if cheaper - Harley Benton, because the two uprights appear to be complementary rather than mutually exclusive.

Will take a few photos and post them either in the Gear Porn section (if they are any good) or somewhere around here.

So how are you guys doing with your uprights?
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I'm discovering that the Stagg is a crowd-pleasing Novelty Item. Played a couple of gigs and though I'm nowhere near as proficient as I am on a BG I'm getting more comments than ever from audiences and band members.

Beginning to wonder how to make it sound more double-bassey already. Obviously a lot is in the fingers so that'll come, but it can't be long before I'm looking at new strings, and I'm not sure exactly the sound I'm after yet so won't be in a hurry to spend £100+.

Bluejay, what are the dimensions of the NS5 and HB neck?

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[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1335266313' post='1628210']
Bluejay, what are the dimensions of the NS5 and HB neck?
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At the nut, both the HB and the NS are exactly as wide as a 4-string and a 5-string bass guitar, respectively. The neck is obviously thicker to start with than that of a bass guitar in both cases.

I've measured the NS's neck as 4.5cm wide just below the nut, same as my Corvette 5; its depth in the same spot, however, is 3.5cm as opposed to 2.5cm on the Corvette 5. Thing is, on the NS both width and depth increase rapidly due to the long scale! But I've found it relatively easy to play so far. In fact, I'm having more trouble with my plucking hand, as so far I can't seem to find a perfectly comfortable spot on the body or fingerboard near the bridge where to place my thumb.

The HB's measurements at the thinnest places on the neck are 4cm wide and 3cm deep.

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[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1335266313' post='1628210']
Beginning to wonder how to make it sound more double-bassey already. Obviously a lot is in the fingers so that'll come, but it can't be long before I'm looking at new strings, and I'm not sure exactly the sound I'm after yet so won't be in a hurry to spend £100+.
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My HB has a tone pot that turns the sound from bass-guitar-like to double-bassy. The NS has that, plus a switch that allows to choose between Arco Mode and Pizzicato Mode. The instruction sheet reads as follows:
Switch - up for Arco Mode, for optimal bowed and percussive plucked sound
- down for Pizzicato Mode, for optimal plucked, sustained sound

On my current practice amp I prefer pizzicato mode with a bit of tone pot tweaking on the bass, and bass turned all up, mid and treble turned 3/4 down on the amp (as recommended by the instructions, due to the bass having passive electronics)

Obviously your playing style and the strings and cabs you use will make a difference, but i guess the first place to look is your own EUB and experiment a little.

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Link to my NXT album on Flickr!

[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejay_my_photos/sets/72157629892313087"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejay_my_photos/sets/72157629892313087[/url]

There are 12 photos, I'm only publishing the first here, to avoid overloading this reply.



Do you think the set is worth copying on to the Gear Porn section? :)

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I'm still getting used to it! As I said before, it feels more like a bass guitar stood on end than an actual double bass, so I'm still experimenting with standing next to it in different positions - at its side, behind it, etc. - and also with placing my plucking hand at different heights and in different spots on the neck/fingerboard.
Loving it! And I'm happy that I also have the HB, which is much more like a double bass, even if it's thinner (I do use the spacing bar on it). Two different instruments, despite both being "electric upright basses".

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Well thanks to you guys I've gone and got an EUB :P .Its only a cheap Stagg which I saw on Gumtree but after playing it for a few days I'm quite impressed by it. One thing I've noticed is that my left arm aches a a bit after playing for a while - is this normal or should I try to develop better technique , I do have a stand for it but it tends to hold it in too upright a postion

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[quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1335518926' post='1632412']
Well thanks to you guys I've gone and got an EUB :P .Its only a cheap Stagg which I saw on Gumtree but after playing it for a few days I'm quite impressed by it. One thing I've noticed is that my left arm aches a a bit after playing for a while - is this normal or should I try to develop better technique , I do have a stand for it but it tends to hold it in too upright a postion
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If, like me, you have played a more double-bass-like EUB before the Stagg, you may well have to adapt your technique. I'm having similar problems to yours on my new NS - can it be that these modern-looking, clever EUBs are designed so that we don't need to employ the full-on DB technique to play them, and can instead get by with a hybrid of bass guitar-style and DB-style plucking?

Edit - You're talking about your fretting hand (being a lefty, I was confused for a moment!) - what I say still applies, though. Even fretting feels different, both in a good and in a bad way.

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[quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1335518926' post='1632412']
Well thanks to you guys I've gone and got an EUB :P .Its only a cheap Stagg which I saw on Gumtree but after playing it for a few days I'm quite impressed by it. One thing I've noticed is that my left arm aches a a bit after playing for a while - is this normal or should I try to develop better technique , I do have a stand for it but it tends to hold it in too upright a postion
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I think that's pretty much par for the course when getting started.

Once you get used to holding your left shoulder, elbow and wrist in a different position, it quickly gets much less stressful.

An early lesson with someone good (e.g. Jakesbass) is excellent value for money, just to make sure that you're not training yourself to do it wrong!

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My god that NXT is beautiful.......my god you guys are evil
i have not even got my first & i already have serious Gas for the one after..........you are all a bad influence !!!

but i like you
:wub: :wub: :wub:

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