ickleben Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) When packing up after a recent practice I whacked my Stagg EUB in it'a bag and propped it up against the wall while I packed away my bass guitar. The Stagg fell over..... Oh dear i said (or words to that effect) when I took the bass out of the bag.. So I reckon I'm going to get me some titebond and clamp that badboy up and possibly band it up. What do you reckon? Overall lesson learned..dont prop it up against a wall and if you do..make sure it's in a corner and not going to fall. [url="http://img64.imageshack.us/i/18392910150148564157578.jpg/"][/url] Uploaded with [url="http://imageshack.us"]ImageShack.us[/url] Edited February 24, 2011 by ickleben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) post some pics mate, and together we'll sort it. p.s i wouldn't say it was an 'idiot' thing to do. or we would all be idiots as i think most of us have been there. Edited February 24, 2011 by lettsguitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ickleben Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Just have, it's like that on both sides, luckily the split hasnt gone down to the neck so it's just on the headstock but obviously need to do something that will handle the strain once it's been restringed and back up to normal tension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 titebond will definately take the strain. looks clean enough. clamp that sucker up. what does a stagg upright cost then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ickleben Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Thanks for the advice, will do. The staggs go for around £340 ish nowadays, I got mine about 2 years ago for £250 and second hand they go for around 200-250 i reckon. They are really an intro into the edb world but I quite like mine. You'll hear lots about how different EUB/EDB's sound more like a proper Double Bass but in my opinion..the punters dont notice.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 punters! tsk. makes you wonder why we bother. cornflake box and a laggy band and they're happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 what makes an electric upright different from a bass guitar anyway? is it just a scale length/piezo thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ickleben Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Thats pretty much it, scale lengh, type of string and pickups..and they are of course fretless. The biggest difference in my opinion anyway is technique. Even though they are tuned the same and are most commonly found with 4 strings tuned to EADG they are different instruments and the technique for them is both different. You play an electric upright like a bass guitar and it will sound like a fretless bass... play it like a double bass and it sounds a bit more like it's bigger brother. Oh yeah.. and you can use a bow with an electric upright.. it's harder on the stagg because the curve on the bridge is shallower but it's doable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 [quote name='ickleben' post='1140357' date='Feb 24 2011, 08:08 PM']Oh yeah.. and you can use a bow with an electric upright.. it's harder on the stagg because the curve on the bridge is shallower but it's doable.[/quote] that sound like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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