Zeta upright bass

[Emonortem]

Lack of mando content here, but...

How good are the Zeta Upright Basses? For the money, are there any other options?

[mandopete]

Yeah, the other option is called a washtub!

[Emonortem]

haha you can take a bath in either one?

so is it a high quality bath? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Chip Booth]

I played one for several years and liked it. It was a Stratos Fusion I had custom made with all the trim, and boy was it beautiful, perfectly made and setup. The sound was quite good, but I have played other electric uprights as good or better (better usually costs more money). I think the basic student model Fusion is a good deal.

I am curious about the new imported NS designed basses. Anyone seen those yet?

Chip

[Amandalyn]

I am a mandolin/bass player and can recommend the Emmince Upright, you won't find an easier to play, natural sounding EUB.

[Emonortem]

The Eminence huh? After looking at the pictures, it looks like one similar to what I saw Byron House playing with Sam Bush a while back...

How does it sound unplugged?

Thanks for the feedback, guys!

[Fred Keller]

Byron does play an Eminence. Gary Bartig makes them in Minneapolis and our bass player has one. Sounds like #### unplugged. It is, after all, an Electric Upright. OTOH, it is the closest electronic instrument to a standup.

Our bass player likes it because it's more portable than a full standup--he's got a small apt and a small car. It records well and sounds good on stage. He uses a little direct box with a couple eq. and vol nobs that we use to find the best acoustic sound we can.

Here's a link to the Eminence page (http://www.gelbass.com/)

[pjlama]

The Enimence is good but Knilling made or makes a thinline that was basically a 3/4 with only a 4" deep body and it came with a pu. They came oue in 99' a few years later I saw some othe folks making the same thing for less. Same premise as the Eminence but with more body so you got better tone. For a super compact size the Kydd bass sounds pretty darn good, definetly try one. The NS stuff once you put real double bass strings sound good too. For the Zeta I found it's too much like an electric... Dave Holland shared a bit of very helpful wisdom with me. He uses a 5/8, easier to transport, easier to play and if you get the right one it sounds as big as any 3/4. I played hundreds of jazz gigs on a 5/8's and it always sounded great because it was a 'real' upright. Just my 2 cents. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif