:: sound ::

Many of the musicians that had played other EUBs tell me that they often sound more like a frettless-bass than a double bass. That's because they have solid bodies. This becomes clearer when we look at the bridge: the bridge stays on a solid base that does not allow bigger movements. It is easy to understand that small vibrations produce higher frequencies and big vibrations produce lower frequencies. The sound of a solidbody instrument will have all the bright overtones but not the big bassy sound that's so typical for double basses.



CETVS shows how it's possible to make an instrument with reduced dimensions but the BIG sound of a double bass!

The "Active Top" (pat.) gives to the bridge more space to vibrate. It consists in this two cuts in the side of the instrument (photo above) and enables the instrument top to transmit that range of frequencies (overtones) that make the difference between a frettless bass guitar and a double bass.

:: handling ::

One problem on which I've paid particular attention during developments was how to recreate the "double bass feeling" by rebuilding the parts of the outline the player is used to touching when playing on a traditional double bass. The bass players I have spoken to have told me that these points of contact are necessary for a good handling. On the treble side I added that part of the top referred to when playing in high positions. The other one is the large shoulder and back held against the body.