I put upright bass strings on this bass guitar...and I'm never taking them off! 

"I put strings on this bass guitar...and I'm never taking them off!" - every bassist ever

You've just nailed that Motown/Northern Soul sound that lots of people have been after for ages, only it's the super expensive method. But hey, well done you!

The bow actually worked pretty well

Your first effort with a bow sounds worlds better than some beginner violinists that I've heard.

That's a signature bass tone

bernadette is probably one of the best motown bass riffs i cant lie

That Tool figure sounded great.

It sounds like a Hofner violin bass with the tone rolled right off.

macca: "long shiny ones". every other bassist: "what he said".

In 2002, I custom ordered by Warwick Custom Shop Corvette Proline short scale fretless specifically to tune it in either ADGC or CGDA (in fifths, cello tuning). When I first got it, I would use the top four strings of a 6-string set of flatwounds, but then I finally got to trying it with the cello tuning. I bought a custom gauge set of D'Addario Chromes guitar strings (not the bass versions), with the lightest wound string, .020, but it just would not withstand tuning up to A without breaking. So, I bought a set of D'Addario Prelude (student grade) 4/4 medium tension cello strings (which are compatible with magnetic pickups, and they are solid steel cores, and they have been on ever since, though I am thinking lately of going back to fourths tuning. D'Addario does make a set of Helicore (professional grade) cello strings for use with bass guitar E Standard tuning, as well, with stranded steel cores.

Mr. Sapko, I have now subscribed, partly because you have a 2-pickup bass with a real neck pickup. It does sound awesome. Strings made for bowed instruments are on a different level than what most of us are used to. I like to think there's some wild-ass voodoo metallurgical sh*t going on, but who knows. I attempted to learn the strange bass called a "violincello" and I eventually developed some rather violent feelings toward the bow. There's a reason violinists start at age 1 or something, with little 1/32 size violins; bowing is insanely difficult. Forget mastering accurate intonation on a fretless board- that's the easy part. Using a bow to make sounds that don't recall the bloodcurdling mating shriek of rutting she-demons is an art that allows no shortcuts to proficiency. Hats off to any who master it.

The sound of those strings is epic man! Good job!!

Man! You've got that tone... 1:55 very similar to BB Dickerson on Black Man's Burdon, Nuts, Seeds-and Life. One of my favorite electric bass moments ever!

That BEHS sounds incredible , cool idea .❤

That sounds fantastic!

Sounded really cool, cheers Danny!

you´re like a bassplayer´s bass player hahahaha freaking love your videos man!!!!!1

Love Your vids Danny. I’ve only just come across them and I think there great. Thank You

That's a fantastic tone !

I’m impressed the bow actually worked! Very cool

That’s properly awesome. Can’t see me doing it any time soon, but definitely a cool super flatwound sound.

Nice tone, and great playing!

I'd be interested in hearing those strings on a Rickenbacker, probably the best vintage bass tone

I'm always looking for serious bass videos but fun videos are cool too thanks for the cool content

I love that tone

Really enjoyed how that ended up sounding!

Dude, your feel is great!

The Labella Low Tension Flats on my non-reverse Thunderbird get a very similar response, for those who want to try something similar I do recommend a Thunderbird (at least the pickups) with the traditional 3 point bridge for this. The bridge and strings together choke the sustain just enough to thump without going with foam or other tricks. An EB0 or EB3 or SG bass would rock here too.

Sounds amazing!!

That’s incredibly cool!

amazing - brilliant !

Great sound love it!

that final question provided the ultimate solution for upright strings on electric bass, tho.

Loving videos Danny, I’d love to see some slap licks on the chowny SWB1 or some basic grooves. I’ve got one of the last Indian made SWB1’s from Stephen and it plays beautifully and I find it great for “trying to learn slap” some basic slap grooves or series would be great. Something to get started with style. Keep groovin my fellow Yorkshire man 🤘😎🤘

Awesome as always ❤❤❤❤

Funky Disco-Funktionalität, hun! So deep and dark I love it so much. Gonna try it with my Rickenbacker 4003w someday.

Excellent,well played

Sounds amazing

The tool bass line sounded perfect 👌

DANGEROUSLY funky

This is the most perfect bass guitar tone ever 🥰 Must do!

I’m glad someone let him cook on this one is a very interesting tone

It sounds brilliant, what a bass.

Sounds raddd!

Love the sound! Greht!

imagine a fretless with this

Dang. I really like the way it sounds.

Haha, good video! Bow sounded menacing.

So sick!

This’s noice! Now, you should try to put roundwound strings on the double-behs and go at it with the bow and overdrive crancked up 🤷🏼‍♂️🙈

the bow sounded pretty good!

Yeah, sounds NICE!

Man I think you just started something, I like it

It sounds nice!

thats so awesome

AMAZING

Okay, I like that sound a lot!

Quite awesome!

Pretty sick man innit

Amazing.

Now that's an awesome "BEHS" sound

Now compare it with flatwounds!

Brilliant!

I love it!!!!

Nice the first demo reminds me of Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam’s tone

Metal AF

Fantastic videos all around I don’t play any instruments but I feel like I need t play BEHS after finding your channel

that 1st riff reminds me of a lot of 70s cop shows like Starsky & Hutch, or Kojack. :D

I wonder how much strain they put on the neck.

The bow sounded good

Actually you are on to something here. It sounds pretty good. Very inventive.

That sounds fuckin awesome could you imagine doing a metal track with those? EPIIIIICCC!!!!!

this actually sounded great

How does the tension feel on them?

Yeah, I tried using a bow on my fretless for a couple shows. The guitar player and I both had violin bows and we tried to do the keyboard intro to Mr. Crowley. It was not good.

i needed a double bass... Now i need it more.

they should make those strings but for electric bass length

nice with the bow

Didn't watch the video, but read the title and thought: "Did he not know that flatwounds exist for electric bass?"

try it with some overdrive or distortion, I bet that would sound sick

Danny is one wild and crazy Czechoslovakian behser!

Shit, dude!! I was just thinking of this! I bought some synthetic cat gut strings for my upright and still have the. Original strings. I was just thinking what it was be like to have upright strings on my electric. Awesome vids man!!!

It sounds like the Hofner bass with flatwounds on it.

Sounds really cool! Any idea what kind of upright strings they are? If you don't know the Brand/Model, can you tell the composition? Are they gut? Are they steel wrapped or synthetic wrapped? Is the core steel or synthetic?

Amazing! 🙂😎

It is possible to get extra long strings somewhere even custum made.

My 1971 Pre sounds pretty gnarly/Jamerson-like....buuuuuuuuut, this is just FILTHY awesome (#1) - THIS IS GOLD Gets pretty trippy afterwards...very interesting though Cheers

Danny, the way you say BOUWH (BOW) is almost as cool as the way you say BEHS!!!

Yo that was a nice behs

AMEHZING!

That's awesome. How did I miss this video first time around?! You'd need bolt cutter to cut them.

Woah it actually does sound amazing lol

I hope i remember this for when I buy an electric bass

Sounds like my old hofner with flats

It sounds amehzing

Playing behs with a bow is a cool idea. Keep at it you may create a new unique sound.

it's different, sure. Reminds me of the u-behs sound. Compact. Nice light saber sounds. And keep playing with that bow, see if you can start a fire.

Killer tone!

could you please try to put roundwound electric and acoustic bronze strings on a double bass? i think DB must be 1/2 or 1/4 size to fit the string lenght🙂

Bruh when I heard the dark bass my soul just left my body