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I do plan to steal it and turn it into a song eventually though.

My mates and I doing an Octoberfest show at a local conservatory. Me on the electric upright.

I *so* want an upright bass, electric or otherwise. How much greater difficulty do you find in playing that over the electric bass Dar?

The one in the picture is the same scale as a standard electric bass ~36 inches. I find it easier to play than a regular electric bass.

I've been taking lessons since June on a real doghouse. Real double basses and most electrics that mimic them are ~ 41 inch scale. So the strings are longer and they're also thicker. Because of the longer scale, the fingering is different from electric bass.

Both are a heck of a lot of fun.

I fear that I won't be able to play one without cheater marks. You probably call them "frets". :redface:

Then you want one like the Dean in the picture. They've got little dots on the side where the fret would be for 3,5,7,9,12 etc. -- the same frets that have mother of pearl markers on an electric bass. You can see them here. See the little white dots on the side? That's your virtual fret.

I'll be selling mine eventually, but probably not until next spring or summer when I get completely moved over to the big dog.

Dean makes that? Cool. My cheapass electric bass is a Dean Edge One. Plays great, but I have a lot of trouble with the highs being too bright compared to the lows. I've tried EQ and compression, but I just can't seem to find the right combination of processing to even it out a bit. String suggestions? And how much does that Dean standup electric go for, anyway?

Cheap drums have the same problem, in that case you have to put on thicker heads (it doesn't enhance the low, but it kills the high).
Apparently low-end is expensive to manufacture.

I play a mean jaw-harp.

I wish I could understand half of what Jeff Porcaro plays. Right now I'm just trying to figure out what the hell he is doing on Africa - and I know what he does on Rosanna, but it's frickin' impossible! The guy was as smooth as Bernard Purdie. This is one of those deals where I pick apart a Steely Dan song or something for years, and I never quite nail it, but I develop my own little thing based on the idea.

I wish I could play geetar like Paco De Lucia.

I got that De Lucia, McLaughlin, DiMeola live in (acoustic) concert CD.

You are one cruel bitch. I have Zyrab and Castro Marin.

sure sure ::: pretends to know who that is :::

Titles of his cds.