Members DevilRaysFan Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 On the 'Bay http://cgi.ebay.com/Ergo-Electric-Upright-Bass-8-String-Proto_W0QQitemZ140203298886QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ToeJamFootball Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 Holy {censored} I would totally rock that thing. Well as much as one can rock with an EUB anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 Cool ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 DO WANT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Apendecto Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 GREAT avatar. Yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members james on bass Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 That is ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chris-dax Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 On the 'Bay http://cgi.ebay.com/Ergo-Electric-Upright-Bass-8-String-Proto_W0QQitemZ140203298886QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem A new four banger is under $700 delivered.... Note to Ergo - an actual bass player should be used for sound samples... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassius Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 ahhh man i thought i had some competition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassius Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 uhhhhhhhhhhh opps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members james on bass Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 I heard ya the first time Denson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mellobud Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 Those ERGO's are pretty nice. We have one at our school that I play around on every once and awhile. He has to unwind the top layer of the E string at the tuning peg a bit because the thickness gets in the way of his headstock design. He seals the unwinding up pretty slick-like though so it isn't too much of an eyesore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pickdust Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 The price is right and would make a very interesting mate for the one in my avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassgirl9 Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 Do want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevilRaysFan Posted February 1, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2008 Do want. Eve, I can totally hear you kickin' that thing's ass :thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LittleWoodenBoy Posted February 1, 2008 Members Share Posted February 1, 2008 The first thing I thought when I saw that was, "How do you play that with your fingers?" I've tried playing an 8 string electric without a pick and found that it's extremely difficult to the point where I don't even try anymore. I don't know if that's just me, but I can't see playing an 8 string upright would be any easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knuckle_head Posted February 1, 2008 Members Share Posted February 1, 2008 You're in a class all your own. That 8 string is a full 42" though - your MEU is a standard 34, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bnyswonger Posted February 1, 2008 Members Share Posted February 1, 2008 Do NOT want. A normal EUB is enough of a wrestling match. I can also envision nightmares trying to intonate multiple strings. No thankee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevilRaysFan Posted February 1, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2008 The first thing I thought when I saw that was, "How do you play that with your fingers?" I've tried playing an 8 string electric without a pick and found that it's extremely difficult to the point where I don't even try anymore. I don't know if that's just me, but I can't see playing an 8 string upright would be any easier. Dude, I play a 12ver with fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassius Posted February 1, 2008 Members Share Posted February 1, 2008 You're in a class all your own. That 8 string is a full 42" though - your MEU is a standard 34, yes? it's 35 but yes...a shorty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fealach Posted February 10, 2008 Members Share Posted February 10, 2008 The first thing I thought when I saw that was, "How do you play that with your fingers?" I've tried playing an 8 string electric without a pick and found that it's extremely difficult to the point where I don't even try anymore. I don't know if that's just me, but I can't see playing an 8 string upright would be any easier. It actually plays easier than my Carruthers SUB-1. The neck is thinner, position markers help cheat, and the action is much lower. It sounds good, but not as warm as the Carruthers, though neither one wood fool an experienced ear into mistaking it for a real bass. If I want the octave string to be distinct, it's another story - it will take some getting used to sounding both strings on that huge, radiused neck. NO controls of any kind. Really just one problem I have with it. The ad mentions it's a prototype and the production version will have some minor changes - these changes, presumably, would make it possible to tune to standard pitch. The headstock is set pretty far back from the nut, and the tuners are pretty close to the nut. This means that past the nut, the strings are at a very sharp angle to the tuners. The "G" string gets halfway between F and F#, no higher. The angle is so steep that after that point the string slips out of the slot in the tuner shaft and drops back down to F. So I guess it's going to be tuned down a step. Don't suppose anybody makes a bass guitar tuner with an extra long shaft? That would do the trick, I can't think of any other solution that I could manage myself that wouldn't be hideously ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members basschick22 Posted February 11, 2008 Members Share Posted February 11, 2008 hmmmm....very interesting. Looks like something fun to fiddle with (pun intended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fealach Posted February 11, 2008 Members Share Posted February 11, 2008 I'm wondering what it sounds like bowed, going to have to get one of those some day. Then there's the whole figuring out how to use it business... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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