BassBus Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I'm not sure how much the acoustics of the room contribute to the sound in these two clips. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wty6jkbteVg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wty6jkbteVg[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhncEjUrBFw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhncEjUrBFw[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Truebass tapes on a fretless jazz sounds quite good to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Takamine B10 or TB10 comes close: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKEtECsF8To For a more traditional solid body, I would say a Fender J or P plucked over the end of the neck with black nylon tape strings (TruBass or La Bella's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 l can't see how an acoustic bass guitar could emulate the tone of a bass; the size of the body is going to be so much smaller that it just isn't going to resonate at the same frequencies. have you considered solid bodied electric upright? I have an Aria swb lite, and with ropewound strings its no harder to stop than a bass guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I've heard quite a few people play my demo Veillette Paris (the blue one) now and the thing that's struck me is just how much the sound of the instrument is in the fingers and technique of the player. The basic tone of the Veillette is warm and woody, and that always come though, whoever plays it, but some people just have something in their technique that can make is sound remarkably (amplified) double-bass like. It's partly that they naturally play double-bass chops rather than electric bass chops, but it's also something about how they attack the strings with their right hand and voice the note (vibrator, pressure, etc) with their left. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbo Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) Can I bring your attention to this....[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/191034-mystery-fretless-acoustic-bass-l120/"]http://basschat.co.u...stic-bass-l120/[/url] Shameless self promotion ahoy! Edited November 4, 2012 by rushbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizznit Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I played an Epiphone Zenith fretless with black nylon strings earlier this year and you can get a DB type from that. Nice to play and looks pretty cool too. Almost tempted to buy one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Do you think the OP has found a solution in the last 3 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-R Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 [quote name='markdavid' timestamp='1260911756' post='685729'] The Trubass strings do get very close to the double bass sound [/quote] True bass 88s on a viola bass, gives you that real woody double bass sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephent Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) [size=4][sub][size=5]I use a Lightwave VL (5 fretless as it happens). I can dial that very double bass like - or so people tell me[/size] [/sub][/size] Edited December 14, 2012 by stephent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 +1 to the Kala U bass. Sounds like an upright to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNPx6RS8PiM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Wow, incredible sound from one of those. I did play one in Newcastle a while ago and didn't think it was worth the £400-500 they wanted for it as it felt a bit like a toy but I'm now well impressed with the sound from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Apparently, from the review in last months BGM, the new Squier Telecaster basses have a setting on them that`s meant to be double-bass-like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 My method is soft attack with the right hand and muting with the left hand to kill the notes quickly. Roll the tone right off. This technique seems to work well with a P bass but I suppose most passive basses would work for this. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRichards Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Kala U bass. The uke bass really, really, really can fool anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtroun Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I played a Kala U bass and thought it sounded like a P Bass with flats. Definitely not a double bass sound. I've never heard anyone make a 34" scale instrument sound like a double bass and neither have I heard an electric upright that sounds like a double bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) I want a pedal / effects box. It has 3 settings - fretless bass, double bass and direct. It also has blend to mix all three in combination. It is made by XXXXXXXXX and costs £50 max... Edited December 19, 2012 by 3below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgbass Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 This set up will do it well. One of the double bass sounds that really works in this gear set, the D'Addario ETB92 Nylon Tapewound Strings. The bass, and the amp don't hurt either. [IMG]http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u426/roadrex/40037410.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRBboy Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 (edited) I needed a double bass sound when I was doing panto one year, so I bought a Yamaha BB604 fretless and strung it with tape wound nylons and it nailed it. Edited December 30, 2012 by TRBboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Aria Sinsonido sounds pretty good. Fretless is better for the tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgbass Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 [quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1356830276' post='1914208'] I needed a double bass sound when I was doing panto one year, so I bought a Yamaha BB604 fretless and strung it with tape wound nylons and it nailed it. [/quote] Hi, What Nylon tapewounds strings did you string on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragan Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 fender jazz with flats sounds much like double bass plus you can do low action set up to help with your arthritis pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1260565008' post='681704'] My old Godin Acoustibass fretless sounded more like a double bass than a fretless bass IMO, even with Rotos roundwounds on it. If you get a Godin A4 (the newer version, £749 new according to Google) stick flats on it and pick up by the fingerboard I reckon that's about as close as you'll get. [/quote] This would get my vote, with nylon wound strings. Ashbory comes sort of close but I've always struggled with the ergonomics. Rob Allen/Shuker Artist/Turner Renaissance are all worth considering but they sound more like electric uprights to my ears...which isn't necessarily a bad thing for gigging...unless you're in a trad jazz band I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRBboy Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) [quote name='gsgbass' timestamp='1357096211' post='1917493'] Hi, What Nylon tapewounds strings did you string on it? [/quote] I believe they were GHS nylon tapewounds. I think I chose those because I wanted something that was a lighter gauge than the Rotosound strings (they were responsible for knackering the nut on my old jazz bass), and this was before the D'addario ones existed I think. As far as I remember they were brilliant! Edit: These [url="http://www.ghsstrings.com/strings/bass/tapewound"]http://www.ghsstrings.com/strings/bass/tapewound[/url] Edited January 2, 2013 by TRBboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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