I'm wondering if I can make my upright sound more like a fretless. Any suggestions.
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Double Bass Making my upright sound like a fretless electric
- Thread starter pdshane
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A Fender P-Bass pickup mounted on the end of the fingerboard works really well to get you that sound.
No disrespect intended, but why? 99.9% of the upright players are trying to avoid that very thing.
However, if that's what you seek, I would 1) lower the action, 2) use spirocore weichs, and 3)most importantly - install a magnetic pickup.
But if it were me, I would just buy a fretless electric. Good luck!
However, if that's what you seek, I would 1) lower the action, 2) use spirocore weichs, and 3)most importantly - install a magnetic pickup.
But if it were me, I would just buy a fretless electric. Good luck!
I posted the exact same three things you did . . . Until I saw what forum this is in.
Spirocore strings, weich or mittel and low - medium string height. Use two fingers close to each other to press the strings down -serious mmmmwwwahhhing.
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I posted the exact same three things you did . . . Until I saw what forum this is in.
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ah! i SEE now that I've been had.I posted the exact same three things you did . . . Until I saw what forum this is in.
Oh well. I rarely pay attention to the details.
I'm wondering if I can make my upright sound more like a fretless. Any suggestions.
Just play too loud, out of tune, and always gliss into and out of all notes...QED.
PLUS...Gratuitous harmonics, inexplicable double and triple stops, rapid sixteenths that sound like a duck farting.
-Paint it sunburst
-Install frets
-Remove frets
-Epoxy fingerboard
-Install pickguard
-Remove pickguard
-Profit!!!
-Install frets
-Remove frets
-Epoxy fingerboard
-Install pickguard
-Remove pickguard
-Profit!!!
That's an easy one, all you need to do is get a Magnetic Upright Bass Pickup & keep in mind that Magnetic Pickups work w/ Steel Core Strings (e.g. D'addario Helicore Orchestral Strings).
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I'm glad that you got your answer almost a decade later. Thank goodness for the Information Superhighway.
The remarkable thing about this 9 year old thread is that the OP is still an active tb/db member and has responded to today's post!
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Yes this thread was successful unlike other threads we've seen where the same approximate time had elapsed (but the OP had never logged into see the recent response) such as:
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I admit it. I've been quite recalcitrant and irresponsible in my TB viewing. But, on the other hand, I've been pretty busy too.