jacko

Sorry but I've no idea about any other EUBs as this is the first I've played. I do play it on a stand and most likely will continue to do so when I start to include it in my set but I have read comments from other upright players that it would work well with the endpin option.

[quote name='Jazzjames' timestamp='1419163827' post='2637079'] Listening to what Jaco did with 4 strings and 20 frets (i realise he didn't have frets but you know what I mean) . [/quote] Jaco had far more fretted than fretless basses but I'm sure you knew that already.. [url="http://www.jacop.net/gear.html"]http://www.jacop.net/gear.html[/url] in fact, from the article.... " [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]1974 acoustic bass guitar [/size][/font] [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]Jaco and luthier Larry Breslin co-designed a fretless, 5-string acoustic bass guitar with a high [i]C [/i]string; upon completion, Jaco paid Breslin $500. It featured a 34"-scale neck with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with maple veneer fretmarkers, Brazilian rosewood back and sides and a spruce top. Jaco strung it with Rotosound roundwounds. In later years, the headstock broke off and Jaco brought the bass to Kaufman. He still has it. "[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]So there you are. if Jaco is the gold standard of bass playing (and he was) then 5 strings are OK.[/font][/size]

I've recently bought an NS CR5M from someone on here and I have to say it's very versatile. has a mix of Piezo and magnetic pickups so I can dial in a pretty realistic acoustic sound if I need to . also has a knob to alter the tone for either Pizz or arco which is very useful. happy to let you try it out if you want to arrange a room somewhere (I'm just west of edinburgh).

Would also be interested in trying out an M6 / fathom .