Next step - Stagg to..........

[JPJ]

Hello fellow Basschatter's. Well after owning a Stagg EUB for a couple of years and becoming more and more seduced by the 'dark side' I'm thinking its time to upgrade. Obvious choices are either a second hand NS EUB (advantages - storage, transportability) or a low end upright. Budget will be second hand NS money. What is the collective Basschat wisdom on options?

[Mr Bassman]

Second hand NS could be WAV / NXT c£500 to NS CR4M c£1000 +

Which ballpark are you thinking?

[stingrayPete1977]

Check out my Gedo thread, looks like bass chat has a little Gedo fan club growing

[thisnameistaken]

You can get a good laminate bass for £500 that will be easy to play and sound pretty good. The only problem is then you'll accidentally hear a tune with Ron Carter on it or Danny Thompson or somebody and wish your bass sounded like his, and then it gets messy.

Even after I upgraded, I kept my £500 laminate bass. It's actually seeing more action than my 'main' bass at the moment.

[Owencf]

Since i got the laminate bass my stagg has been converted to a dust collector....i should use it more
Seems like alot of the folk who start with a EUB end up jumping ship to the real thing in shortish order.

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='Owencf' timestamp='1363428471' post='2012551']
Since i got the laminate bass my stagg has been converted to a dust collector....i should use it more
Seems like alot of the folk who start with a EUB end up jumping ship to the real thing in shortish order.
[/quote]
Dont know what your talkin' bout!

[zero9]

if you have the space, go for the double bass, you won't look back.

Edited March 16, 2013 by zero9

[artisan]

[quote name='zero9' timestamp='1363436801' post='2012667']
if you have the space, go for the double bass, you won't look back.
[/quote]

+1 words of wisdom