Multiple Bass Disorder (MBD)

delightfully excessive, methinks

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Pam stands and addresses the group, ā€œMy name is Pam and I have MBDā€.
Group chants, ā€œHello Pamā€.
Pam, ā€œIā€™m sorry Iā€™ve missed so many MBD Anonymous meetings, I know I shouldnā€™t have. Iā€™m afraid Iā€™ve slippedā€.
Group gasps, ā€œWhat did you do, Pam?ā€
Pam: "Today I had some time to kill, so I wandered into my favorite local music store and chatted with Fred, the Bass specialist about my desire to someday own a stand up electric bass. I know I shouldnā€™t have.
Member of group: ā€œWhat happened?ā€
Pam: ā€œHe showed me the newly released Ibanez UB804 4-String Electric Upright, with Mahogany Oil Burst.
As I stroked and caressed it, I experienced a serious GAS attack. I tried to leave, but Fred had already plugged it into an amp and pulled me over to it, asking me to try it out. I played a couple of quick arpeggios and scales, and savored the beautiful, low rich tonesā€.
Member of the crowd asks, ā€œWere you able to escape?ā€
Pam:"No, I succumbed. I gave him my debit card and paid a 20% deposit to lay-it-away.
Crowd murmurs for a minute, then one person asks, ā€œDo you have photos?ā€

ā€œYes,ā€ I reply, ā€œHere they areā€.

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That looks awesome @PamPurrs!
Not something I had considered but now :thinking:
And welcome back to the MBD fold :smiling_imp:

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Thanks, Iā€™ve been thinking alot about it, ever since I started playing fretless. I know @Lanny mentioned it a couple times also.
It was an interesting feeling being able to play without 12 lbs of bass guitar strapped across my shoulders.

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Iā€™m interested to know how youā€™ll go with this. Iā€™m imagining it to be quite different from a guitar type bass to play. Iā€™ve no doubt youā€™ll master it :sunglasses:

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Itā€™ll be an interesting challenge, but Iā€™m for it. In time, I hope to be playing like this guy.

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That sounds fantastic! And Iā€™d never even considered the bow option! WOW !
It looks and sounds wonderful.
Iā€™ve actually got GAS for something Iā€™d never even thought of until you posted it.
And again WOW!

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Oh oh @PamPurrs,
How did you explain this serious acquisition to Sara?
I think you are awesome and canā€™t wait to hear some of those deep tones from it when you get your new baby home.
Cheers brian

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Pam that looks amazing, and looks good on you. Cant wait to hear you play it as Iā€™m sure that you will master it quickly. The demo video sounds great are you going to get a bow as well?
Jamie

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Oh yeah. Really nice groove.
I recently looked at the prices of double bass and decided that Iā€™m probably too small for that huge instrument anywayā€¦ So upright bass might be something in the future. Still gotta get better at the normal one. But I like upright somehow better than fretless and I canā€™t give a reason why. Itā€™s just ā€œrightā€ to me.

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Looks awesome. Speaking as a lefty, thatā€™s the kind of symmetry I like to see. Just swap the strings over, and Iā€™d be good to go!

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Yes, eventuallyā€¦ but thatā€™s another thing I would have to learn.

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I told her the money I used to put it on lay-away was the same amount I saved on the great deal I got on the laptop that I just ordered for her.

There was no further discussion on the matter :smiley_cat:

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@PamPurrs

Great stuff! Iā€™m sure youā€™ll love it!

They have the most amazing tone.

I have a normal one, so to speak and while I mainly play electric bass, itā€™s still lovely to get the upright out now and again to have some fun. Itā€™s great going over bass lines you know on an upright just to check the difference out and what extra sound it can produce.

Also if youā€™re going to start arcing as well as piezo, then you simply must learn the very easy jaws theme :smiley:

And get used to losing half of the skin on your right index finger!!!

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nice one, been ogling these as well, always wanted to try the Stagg EBD

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@quadfather I actually considered getting a ā€œnormalā€ acoustic stand up bass until I actually played one at the store, and then envisioned myself lugging this monster around in my little car. The real deal killer was when I looked at the price tags. $4,000 and up!
This little Ibanez electric upright fits my needs perfectly, and it sounds great!

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@PamPurrs

Absolutely agree. The one I have is definitely not very portable. It will just fit in my car in the case. And I mean just. And my car isnā€™t big. The case for it is absolutely ridiculous too. I canā€™t even fit it in most rooms upright!

And yes theyā€™re so damn expensive too. The decent ones apparently are the really old ones where all the different types of wood have had a long time to resonant with each other (this is what I read anyway - Iā€™ve not really got much info on them myself). Mine was around the Ā£600 mark and is clearly entry level, but it still completely satisfied my needs. I darent look at upgrading it haha!

Youā€™ve made me curious now. I need to have a go on one of those electric ones. I bet the setup is better too. You need iron hands to play mine and itā€™s already been setup!

But all this aside, to be able to use the bow and play jaws simply overrides all this :smiley:

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Yeah, Iā€™d love to play the Jaws theme on this. Iā€™ll have to see if I can find the music sheet for it. The link you posted only has tab.

ā€¦but first, gotta finish paying on my lay-away, and THEN I have to shop for a cello bow. (Oh dear, more GAS!)

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@PamPurrs

Iā€™m pretty sure itā€™s just E and F but thereā€™s other stuff going on elsewhere - It might be strings. Canā€™t remember. But itā€™s good fun anyway.

Ah yes, youā€™ve got to get a bow too. And decide on french or German as well. And youā€™ll need a quiver for it. And some resin! :slight_smile: oh man, Iā€™ve seen bows selling for thousands. Good luck and see you in the gas thread haha!!

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I recently just saw a video on youtube where Ray Chen tried a ā€œveganā€ bow, which is made of synthetic hair and carbon fiber which was pretty decent in price tag. let me look for the video.

Vegan Bow

taadaaaa

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