I had a minor disagreement with a friend about this. He thinks it would be exceedingly unwise to even try, that they’re completely different instruments with a completely different play style than a regular bass, and it would be a bad idea to even try.
I say he’s nuts, it has an adjustable kickstand, lol.
What say you?
(Hope this is okay here, plus don’t worry, I’m in no danger of ever being able to afford an electric upright bass lol)
vertically or horizontally?
That’s a great question. I owned a Zeta Crossover. I played that both style but not very comfortable strapping that up though. There’s no way I’m playing my Ibanez that way, 
@johnnybarefeet Yes you can easily play this sitting down. I put the walker rubber on it and just went to town. MonoPod for this would be pretty pricy.
Not gonna lie he has a point. In stock form, the tripod is pretty beefy and I don’t know If it can be lowered enough. I kinda modded mine to make it work. I don’t like to use the tripod. I rather support the bass while playing.
Can it be used with the endpin to the floor, or is that bad?
Yes absolutely, but that can get expensive because you have to look for one. I looked but I couldn’t find one for my Ibanez so I went with the alternative.
Vertically. Like fingerplucking
These instruments tend to come with attachments so that there is some sort of solid curvature to simulate the bouts of an upright (which are really helpful for being in correct standing or sitting position).
You can do it.
The only one I wasn’t sure about was the last one.
But if Paul Gilbert can play an upright sitting down… surely an electric upright could be played over the leg.
I was wondering about those attachments. So they don’t affect the tone or anything they’re just for resting it on your leg etc?
Nothing about tone there.
The electric uprights tend to have very small bodies, which can make holding them and playing them a little unbalanced.
Because so much of the balance of the acoustic upright is in where that upper curve (the upper bout, or shoulder) hits the side/hip, the electric upright people will often offer an attachment to simulate this.
Some don’t.
But yeah - it’s just for those of us who are more used to the acoustic and don’t know what to do without that curve there.
That makes complete sense. My bad about the ‘tone’ thing, im really still leaning the whole vocabulary and still using all the wrong words lol
Not at all - completely fair question, and one that I imagine has been asked many times before and will be asked many times again.
There’s a lot of tone myths out there!
Yes I’ve frequently seen the bass players in orchestras perching on a stool for playing.
The problem with playing an EUB on your lap is the fretboard radius. It’s quite extreme compared to the rather unnoticeable radius electric bass. It’s like a bottle of wine curve. 
