Electric Upright Bass Database
About this site
The Electric Upright
Bass (EUB) Database is an open project for sharing and archiving information about EUBs (EURBs or upright electric basses), electric double basses, electric contrabasses, amplified portable double basses, electric stand-up basses, travel basses, collapsible uprights, baby basses, stick basses, "silent" upright basses, electric bowed basses, compact gamba basses, and eclectic uprights, but not those found underwater possibly edible... ok, uprights without the doghouse, that is, and other similar stringed musical instruments.
If you play such an instrument, share your experience.
If you build or sell EUBs,
post a blurb!
News & Updates
- Luthiers:
- Amatista Basses, updated: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:25:48 GMT
- Jan Levenson, updated: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:58:56 GMT
March 2011: The American Red Cross announced an initial contribution of $10 million to the Japanese Red Cross Society to assist in its ongoing efforts to provide medical care and relief assistance to the people of Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. You can help support the disaster relief efforts by making a donation to the American Red Cross.
- December, 2008: Due to server hardware failires, several photographs recently added to the database have been lost. Unfortunately some couldn't have been recovered. Please send any photographs to hhasebe@dvoi.com (or re-upload them) that you think are missing from your article. Thank you.
- May 2005: The EUB database has moved to this new HTTP server. The new URL is:
http://dvoi.com/proj/eubdb - Music industry update somehow related to bassists:
- University of Toronto: Study finds music teachers at risk of hearing loss
- Headlines & links below courtesy of Yahoo! News:
- 18 May 2012: CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Steve Smith and Vital Information Release New CD+DVD on BFM Jazz; Launch 30th Anniversary Tour (May ...
- 18 May 2012: tUnE-yArDs in the Studio, and The Bamboos Live from the Melbourne Recital Centre
- 18 May 2012: Music Review: The Bill Evans Trio - Moon Beams [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
- 18 May 2012: Musician ShriLektric coming to India
- 17 May 2012: Correction: Obit-Chuck Brown story
ID the EUB
- Help identify these basses in attached photographs
- Recent messages:
- Framus EUB, What Birth date? (Nodd)
- Re: Possibly Spanish EUB (Dustin)
- Possibly Spanish EUB ((Anonymous))
- Re: help me identifying my Bass (DaveFry)
- Re: Thoughts about this EUB? (Cathi)
- Update notifications
- Recent messages:
EUB Info Wanted
Mikael Jansson at @privat.utfors.se (you've read his articles in Bass Player magazine) is working on a book about EUBs. Please contact him if you're a maker not featured here or if you own an unusual EUB.
Luthier Directory
Feel free to add a profile to the directory. Updates and corrections also welcome.
Bass Reviews
If you play the bass, please share your experience.
- Write a review / Read reviews
- Recent articles:
- Update notifications
Discussions
A discussion forum (with searchable archives) is on-line for anyone who's interested in EUBs.
- Recent messages:
- Re: EUB/ Traditional (Patrick)
- EUB/ Traditional ((Anonymous))
- Mount a GK-3B like pickup (Lorenzo)
- Re: Newbie to EUB, purchase advi (François Blais)
- Newbie to EUB, purchase advi ((Anonymous))
- Update notifications
Musicians & Health Links
Other Music/Bass Resources
Recommended Readings
- Ramírez, Ray. "El Sabor Del Bajo Latino / The Swing of the Latin Bass."
- Jansson, Mikael. An interview with Eberhard Weber.
?The interview used to be on the web, but the page seems to have gone. - Clevinger, Martin. "Evolution of the Electric Double Bass."
- Delaney, Kevin. "The Electric Upright: Common Ground for Bassists," International Society of Bassists Journal, vol. xix, no. 1, Fall 1993.
- Jansson, Mikael. "I Go Pogo!" Bass Buyer's Guide, 1994.
- Jansson, Mikael. "All You Wanted to Know about Electric Upright Basses," Bassist, October 1995.
- Rebellius, Von Heinz. "Gestrichen, gezupft und geschlagen," Solo, May 1996.
- Jansson, Mikael. "The Arco Resonet," Bassist, October 1996.
* See also "Grazioso Arco" in Reviews. - Jansson, Mikael and Malandrone, Scott. "Jurassic Basses," Bass Player, July 1997.
- Jansson, Mikael. "Downright Uprights or Eclectic Electrics? Meet the Doghouse Mongrels," Bassist, August 1997.
- Jansson, Mikael. "Totally Weird Basses—The Stroh Bass," Bass Player, September 1999.
(More links on Page 2...)
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to Mikael Jansson for his invaluable contributions to the EUB database. Without his help, this Web site wouldn't have existed. You can find his articles in Bass Player magazine, as well as in Double Bassist magazine in the UK. He has also been an active contributor to the bassist community and other music resources on the net, many of which are found on Bob Gollihur's web site. I would also like to thank Bob, who inspired me. My thanks also go to François Blais for helping me fix Luthier Directory/Review editor bugs and improve this site; Jill Azola for her suggestions; Mo Clifton for his input; Sven-Henrik Gawron for Vektor Germany EUB info; Ray Ramírez for his help and suggestions. And a big thanks to the bassists and luthiers who contributed to the project.
-Hiroshi Hasebe <@DVOI.COM>
Drop me a note ;-]
Disclaimers
The EUB database has been made available on the net in the hope of providing something useful to bassists, but the project makes no guarantees as to the currency, accuracy, or quality of information stored in the database. It does not endorse any of the products or services listed here, either. If misleading or otherwise inappropriate information is brought to attention, a reasonable effort will be made to fix or remove it. Such concerns should be addressed to @ DVOI.COM. This site was done and is managed by an individual and is not directly affiliated with any musical instrument designers, manufacturers, dealers, distributors, sellers, resellers, or retailers.
