BigBeatNut Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I just do not get this ... [url="http://www.barkerbass.com/"][/url] I mean it might work for some people, but I don't buy it. Why take a perfectly reasonable concept (34 inch scale electric bass guitar) then make it less transportable by sticking an extra load of wood on the end, and turn it vertical ? If you've never seen me post here, note that I HAVE bought into the EUB and Double Bass concept ... it's just this particular weirdo I don't get. Seems to add nothing to bass guitar (only takes away that transportability) and makes no headway whatsoever in moving towards an upright / EUB. Rant over. It has to be said that there are claims that the chambered body contributes to the sound, but then, you can get chambered bass guitars. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyl Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I quite like it. Obviously pointless as an instrument, but if you turn it over, a fabulous ironing board. Perfect for shirts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 It'd be great for putting Pizza into the oven..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I would guess they're trying to cash in on the "mystique" of being able to play double bass. I wouldn't buy one either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardi100 Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Nope, I don't get it either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 It beats the sh1t out of me too. I think they quite like it over on TB though. Weirdos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timloudon Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 [quote name='TheRev' post='358348' date='Dec 18 2008, 09:56 PM']I think they quite like it over on TB though. Weirdos.[/quote] Well, they are American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 It is certainly a lot more transportable than a double bass and wouldn't look out of place in a more traditional jazz setting compared to one of those new fangled fenders, so maybe that is its market? Before I upgraded to an NS upright, I heard a few comments from other bass players about the dean pace EUB being nothing more than a skinny BG on its end, OK everyone has an opinion but I suspect the people making those comments probably never spent any time with a pace so were basing the opinion on what it looks like rather than what it is actually like to play. I don't know about the barker, but I found the pace has very different characteristics to a BG (thick chunky neck, piezo bridge, 35" unlined fretless) but more importantly, due to it being vertical the hand positions to play it are totally different. I found that because of this I tended to approach it very differently, not just in the physical way of stopping, striking and muting the strings but also in the feel of the music and note choices. It was great fun to play and the audience always reacted well to it. I think without my experience of the pace I would probably dismiss the barker as fairly pointless, I can see it as a valid instrument in its own right, albeit a fugly one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Not all of us on TB are American. Having said that that bass is not my favourite shape either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlonBass Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 [quote name='BigBeatNut' post='357993' date='Dec 18 2008, 03:26 PM']Why take a perfectly reasonable concept (34 inch scale electric bass guitar) then make it less transportable by sticking an extra load of wood on the end, and turn it vertical ? ... it's just this particular weirdo I don't get. Andy[/quote] You won't 'get' this either, then. I made this monstrosity because I could, because I can't afford a Double Bass, and to make the punters talk about my Band. It worked. I'd rather throw this in the back of the Van than some of the expensive so-called 'respected' Double-Basses and 'Name' EUB's currently in vogue. At least mine isn't labouring under delusions of grandeur like the original subject of this thread. [attachment=17504:panthers11.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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