￥The iconic upright bass. Welcome to the definition of a timeless tone.

Double-bass, standup bass, contrabass, bass fiddle, violone or, as in our case, upright bass. Although it goes by many names, it’s one of those instruments that hardly needs one – you can distinguish it just at the strike of a note. The slightly muffled but still vibrantly resonant, earthy and dark timbre of the upright bass has seeped through every tier in our music history, from its first iteration several hundred years ago until today. Honestly, only one word carries enough weight to describe its incontestable role in music as we know it: timelessness.

The Upright EBX comes with a handpicked, acoustic upright bass, sampled to capture the complex and unique hallmarks of this classic instrument. In addition to the sounds, it also includes a broad selection of presets as well as a custom content of MIDI basslines.

Measuring six feet from scroll to endpin, but with a tone like a ten-story building, this is the embodiment of an ideal instrument for use in any jazz, rock, pop or general acoustic music composition where the bass is “plucked” and needs to cut through. Welcome to the mother of all basses – twice the size, double the action and, if you ask us, a downright upright delight.

FEATURE SPOTLIGHT

• A meticulously captured acoustic upright bass
• Recorded using an onboard piezo pickup as well as five different microphone configurations
• Includes a collection of presets covering a broad range of tones for various genres, styles and microphone blends
• Comes with a custom MIDI library tailored for the instrument and fretless/upright playing styles

THE INSTRUMENT.
Perfection in projection.

For any acoustic instrument, and particularly so for a one that has its predominant range in the lower frequency, projection is key. Frankly, a good instrument needs a voice that sings and cuts through. A Corsini Elite* by renowned Romanian instrument luthier Calin Wultur* proved to have exactly all those qualities and be the perfect match for the Upright EBX.

“Since we were after a plucked tone and a bass for a modern and ‘acoustic’ approach rather than a classical, a flatback seemed like the first logical step. However, the quality of an upright’s tone is a product of all of its parts combined – from the machine heads down to the tailgut – and the Corsini just sou