andybass87 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Been looking at purchasing a cheapish EUB for first time, possibly a stagg or one of the thomann offerings. Was just wondering if anyone has any videos/sound clips of one of these basses being used with a bow!? Cant find anything on youtube, and all pictures on here show people using them without a bow! Please also let me know if I am being completely dense and they cant be used with a bow!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scojack Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Yes they can be bowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybass87 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Thanks for reply, do you happen to know of anywhere I could hear a sound sample? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scojack Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) Nope sorry andy, can't help but there must be some samples out there somewhere .... Ian Edited October 7, 2014 by scojack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philparker Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I have an Eminence and it can be heard bowed here: [media]http://youtu.be/QqtOOpir9vQ[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvint Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hi there, I have made a video using my NXT 5 (with a high C). I have used some EQ and reverb and the sound goes through my GK 200MB amp. I hope that helps! http://youtu.be/u1h-zX3c5Xc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Silvint' timestamp='1413979298' post='2584298'] Hi there,... [/quote] Good afteroon, Silvint, and ... [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167528] Thanks for sharing the video; very refreshing to hear such a piece. Well done. Edited October 22, 2014 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 It really depends on the neck profile. If the EUB has a radiused fingerboard, then no problems - if it's flat then it's going to be really blimming hard at best. The NS and Eminence has a radiused fingerboard but I have a nagging idea that the Stagg doesn't, although I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubrad Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 The Stagg can be bowed.. IIRC it's on the scratchy side for my tastes when set to a good pizz tone, but that's personal taste and suitable EQing (p'raps with an EQ pedal for ease of switching back and forth) may well yield results pleasing to your own ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsat34 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Yup Staggs and the Eastcoast derivatives can be bowed. Best sound seems to be with the Bass boost up slightly (not the case, I find with pizz, I wind it right off) i just use an old Ashdown Perfect 10 combo and it doesn't sound bad at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 [quote name='Silvint' timestamp='1413979298' post='2584298'] Hi there, I have made a video using my NXT 5 (with a high C). I have used some EQ and reverb and the sound goes through my GK 200MB amp. I hope that helps! [media]http://youtu.be/u1h-zX3c5Xc[/media] [/quote] That is really nice! What EQ and reverb unit did you use? And what settings? thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvint Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Thank you! I use a Boss multi-effect pedal with a bit of reverb and cut some mid freq on the eq. The amp gk mb200 helps maybe. I love this amp. Plus the room is large enough, it also helps a bit i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alun Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 The one thing to really watch (I found anyway) as a newbie bower on EUB is the dramatic increase in volume. You might want to keep a volume pedal handy until you're used to it. I bowed a lot on my NS Wav and it worked fine, I've just got a Yamaha Silent Bass and the tone is even better although takes some work as I'm not used to "real" double bass strings :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoke Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Agree with Alun ... have a Stagg (hopefully not for much longer) and when bowing it gains a lot of volume, but can be made to sound nice. The Yamaha SLB though sounds much better a lot easier ... it does cost 8x more, so you get what you pay for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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