| Author | Message | ||
| fmm
Advanced Member Username: fmm Post Number: 283 Registered: 6-2002 |
I co-worker just had one of these delivered to the office. http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/nxtbass.php I want one. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2335 Registered: 4-2004 |
you looking for a 4 string or 5? | ||
| fmm
Advanced Member Username: fmm Post Number: 284 Registered: 6-2002 |
When I pull the triger, a 4. Dependes on my tax situation this year (and if I opt for a new bass or a new preamp). | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2337 Registered: 4-2004 |
oh well i have a 5 string cr model | ||
| lmiwa
Advanced Member Username: lmiwa Post Number: 276 Registered: 2-2008 |
Love my NS CR5M! | ||
| llobsterbass
Member Username: llobsterbass Post Number: 67 Registered: 5-2004 |
I bought their WAV electric upright about 2 years ago. Made in China, IIRC, but very high quality and playability. Mine was only $900 new. Includes a PASSIVE piezo pickup that sounds really good. It's way too much fun. and a gorgeous maple top and finish too. | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1350 Registered: 9-2002 |
I'd be very intrigued by the Omni bass . . . a typically clever Ned design combining electric bass guitar and bowed upright in the traditional 34" scale length . . . hell, you can even bow it! | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2387 Registered: 6-2002 |
The Omni f.k.a. the Bass Cello, now also available fretted. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2339 Registered: 4-2004 |
i cant tell if they are actual frets or lined frets in the neck. but i'm a purist- if you're playing upright bass- theres absolutely no reason to have frets on it. theyre nice enough to put dots on it which alembic doesnt do. frets would remove any of that special "mwah" sound thats comes out of a fretless instrument. playing fretless requires practice practice practice to get muscle memory to take over. as a footnote i contacted fret-ex to see if they could come up with side leds for uprights and was told they didnt have the technology for a 41 in scale | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2388 Registered: 6-2002 |
The pictures down the NS Omni Bass page clearly show metal frets. Many gambas have frets in the form of strings of gut tied across the fingerboard, especially for the lower positions. IIRC, the origin of the double bass lies with the gamba, rather than the violin - so if you're a purist, you're not of the orthodox kind [;)]. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2340 Registered: 4-2004 |
for your information adriaan the gamba was a member of the viol family having the same range as a cello- and it had no frets btw for history of the double bass http://www.doublebass.it/history.htm as i said- im a purist- not someone who makes stuff up :-p | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 1478 Registered: 2-2005 |
Actually the Viola de Gamba does have frets. Here is a link to the The Viola da Gamba Society of America instrument page: http://vdgsa.org/pgs/the_viol.html The text: What does the viol look like? Historically, the viol has many shapes and sizes. By the 16th century, a standard shape for the viol did emerge with broad ribs, sloping shoulders and a fairly flat, fretted neck. Keith | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2342 Registered: 4-2004 |
well i owe an apology the photo i saw had no frets or was in poor lighting | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2343 Registered: 4-2004 |
wow i have really learned a lot here guys i found this thread of a video slide show on the history of the double bass according to this yes the gamba was the predecessor of the upright. they were around eight foot tall with frets, they got as large as 15 ft tall and were known as octa-bass not to be confused with octo-mom-lol around 1600 the frets were dropped and it more or less looks like your traditional upright http://www.powershow.com/view.php?id=P1246990922qKZTA&t=The+History+of+the+Upright+Bass | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2344 Registered: 4-2004 |
now that its been cleared up i still think your'e a pussy if you buy an upright with frets on it. lmao | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 1482 Registered: 2-2005 |
Saw the slide show and thought it was interesting. I have no argument with you about the use of frets on an upright. If you want frets buy a bass guitar. Keith | ||
| chalieholmes
Junior Username: chalieholmes Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2009 |
Yikes! Flax~ What about Edgar Myer on the Double Bass?! Edgar has dots on his upright. I copped his idea and had some dots installed on my finger board on my double bass.Does that qualify being a pus-pus? Does frets and dots make electric bassist's half pussies since they incorporate both markers? Ha! | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2346 Registered: 4-2004 |
fyi dots come on the front of the fingerboard on the ns instruments charlie | ||
| slawie
Intermediate Member Username: slawie Post Number: 153 Registered: 8-2002 |
Would everyone please stop fretting. slawie | ||
| chalie_holmes
Intermediate Member Username: chalie_holmes Post Number: 142 Registered: 3-2009 |
Yeah bro, I know that dots are on them. Thanks though! So, you give a stamp of approval and are ok with a Double bass having dots no? And I mean 3/4 to full size double bass. Chalie | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2347 Registered: 4-2004 |
nothin better than a wiseguy.... if you bothered to read some of the other posts the difference between frets and no frets is night and day. ALL i said was the ns comes with dots.i didnt say i ordered them with dots. i didnt say i like the idea of dots. they certainly help from a learning perspective. but i have a little secret for you chalie. DOTS DONT CHANGE THE SOUND.... We'll keep that our little secret- between us right bro>? | ||
| chalie_holmes
Intermediate Member Username: chalie_holmes Post Number: 143 Registered: 3-2009 |
Shhhh..... Depnding on the type of frets that are used raised or recessed), it may or may not change the sound either..bro~! shhh... keep that on the down low too. PS, thanks for spelling my name correctly!! Don't tell anybody...but I read all of the posts too! shhhh!!!! Peace-n-out cubscout! |
