Erik

Just hide the Stagg in the bag of the double bass and she won't notice at all

In my experience all they do is rattle... In fact so much on one of mine that I filled the thrussrod slot with silicon sealant....I.m.o. the only real way to get rid of buzz is to get the FB dressed by a luthier. But I guess while borrowing that is not an option. Or play with very high action of course...

@Paul: I do have a few of those stands including one that looks very, very similar and I am pretty sure that this not sturdy enough to take the weight of the Stagg. Maybe with endpin in place it might work.

Looks nice ! Seeing the foam damper... are there more folks here that use this? I wonder why to be honest as I do not see the need on my Stagg (and not on my previous one too). Do you get excessive ringing of the afterlengths?

Hi Bob, I had the tilting bridge problem a lot on my old Stagg. This had the single straight piezo cables under the middle of the bridge feet on which the bridge was "balancing". Because the string angle is not equal on both sides of the bridge the bridge had a tendency to tilt. Even when I did not use the bass at all it tilted under normal string tension! On the newer Staggs the piezos are looped and offer a much better support to the bridge. So far I have not had the problem again and I regularly check the bridge with a 90 degree angle I made from some scrap board. Even with the enlarged neckangle and custom (higher) bridge I have on my Stagg I find the position dots quite accurate!

I am curious to see how the piezos work on your bass! I have tried 4 different sets of 3/4 strings on my Staggs and all fitted, if only just (stock, spiro, pirazzi, presto). Maybe the Innovations are somewhat of an exception? In order to make the afterlength shorter on my Stagg I have thought of just taking the anchor block off and screw it on the bass just above the recess where it sits now. Maybe that could be a solution for you?

Strange on my bass is that E is pretty strong. I have played with both piezos swapped and with only one attached (tried both sides that way). All to no avail. Of course with only the G side piezo attached the E sounded a bit weaker but the A still sounded dead. I also tried a new A string but that was just as dull. On TB forum it was suggested it might have something to do with the oval hole in the bridge I cut. But if so I would expect the D to be equally weak. Which it is not! So I guess I will start at making a new bridge without a hole to see if that helps. But I have to source some maple first...

Thanks. I am on my phone right now and just could not tell for sure. I have some problems with my A string sounding very much out of balance compared to the other strings. Only when bowed, pizz gives no problems at all. This might be related to either the new bridge I cut or one of the piezos. So it good to know that there are good and affordable alternatives.

Are the new piezo cables a direct replacement? I mean, do they have little jack plugs that fit the Stagg electronics? Or does the soldering iron need to come out the closet?

E 9 down to G 6 is about what I use on my Stagg (and on my acoustic bass too for that matter). That works fine for both arco (which I play most) and pizz. Most Staggs are setup pretty high to prevent buzzing (as the painted fingerboards are not the smoothest in the world and both the painted and the rosewood FBs have too little or no scoop at all) Cheers, Erik

The new version has the screw in rests. A large improvement in my opinion. On my old Stagg the support constantly came loose too. See picture of my bass. In the past I have asked my local dealer for some replacement parts for my older Stagg EUB and those were easily obtainable and not too expensive. My guess would be that the supports will be available but the screw in sleeves that sit in the body probably not... But might be worth to ask.

[quote name='razze06' timestamp='1414400291' post='2588824'] I'm considering having someone make me a longer anchor block, perhaps I'll some of my woodworking-oriented acquaintances... [/quote] If you do this, please ask him/her to (photo) document the making of it! I am sure a lot of Stagg players would love to see that as the long afterlength is known issue on this bass!

It does depend on the maker if the string. I have had Presto balance and Evah Pirazzi string on my modified Stagg. This has a higher bridge and an larger neck angle. So the strings even need to be longer on this bass. Both sets of strings were 3/4 size and both cleared the nut (if only just). But the afterlength is pretty long so it is something to watch out for. You could trim the winding off and glue the ends with a drop of superglue to prevent it from coming loose further.

Both my old and new model Stagg had a thrussrod. And on both basses this did little more than rattle in it's slot... The neck is just so thick... But it might be different on your bass.By the way, the neck does not have to be removed to see if there is a thrussrod, this can be adjusted by an Allen key in the "peg box".

Oops, I kind of presumed you had the rosewood fb, my fault. The lacquered one can be planed too but you will end up with a bare wood colored fb. Which you can stain again obviously. Most of the time these buzzes are caused by the fb but on one of my Staggs the springs were not a 100% straight causing buzz too. Maybe that's the case? But I would avoid playing with a very high action to prevent injuries. But I guess you knew all this already

I guess having the fb planed would be a good idea. As it is with most new basses. A well planed board plays so much nicer!

Yesterday I noticed that when bowing my Stagg the volume on the lower two strings was considerably lower than on the upper strings. When playing pizzicato there is no difference in volume/balance. I tried tweaking all settings on my amp but to avail. Has anybody experienced this? Any ideas on the cause? I have not tried tweaking the piezo potmeters but as the sound is nicely balanced pizzicato I wonder if these are the cause. The Stagg has Evah Pirazzi Weich strings just as on my real double bass and almost the same string length. On the DB they give me no trouble in volume/balance whatsoever.

So far I have found the G string side rest very useful.... for putting the bass in a corner! It then rests on both rests preventing the head to contact the wall. But I doubt it that this was what Stagg intended...

Did you buy a new or used Stagg? The body supports of the older model (non-screwable) seemed to fit me better than those of the new model. I bended the new support just like the old one but it still feels a bit different. But, as I play mostly sitting down, it is not that much of an issue. By the way, the screw-in fixing is a huge improvement over the old "stick it in and hope it will stay there for a while" fixing in my opinion.

I use a bow on my modified Stagg. One of the reasons I modified it in the first place was to be able to bow better. I have also tried bowing a standard Stagg but I did not like that too much. To my taste the strings are too close together (about 21 mm on the bridge instead of 25-27 mm as on a standard DB). The stock strings are not that great too. I also like a larger neckangle. After all my mods my Stagg bows a lot better. But, it can be done on a stock Stagg too. It also has to do a lot with technique, I am only playing for a year now and my bowing is not that good yet. Cheers, Erik

Just the fingerboard. On the standard model it is made from painted (heavy epoxy) maple. Due to it being painted it cannot be easily planed. And it should be planed to get the bass playable without the need for a really high action. The de luxe version has a rosewood fingerboard that can be easily planed. It looks better and feels better. I did not notice a sound difference but both my Staggs had different strings anyhow. All current models have the beefed up head and screwed in body supports. In short, I think the rosewood board is well worth the extra money! Cheers, Erik

Hi everyone, I have been reading about the Stagg EUB here and on Talkbass while I was modifying my own two Staggs. I have made a website with all modifications I did in the last few months. Might be of interest to some of you... or not. See for yourself at [url="http://staggeub.wordpress.com"]www.staggeub.wordpress.com[/url] Cheers, Erik PS: yes, this might be considered spamming, promoting my site in my very first post... but you do not HAVE to click on it