| | |  | String Basses | Home » » » Palatino Electric Upright Bass, Black Finish | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | The VE-500 has a chambered body of select spruce and a vintage sunburst finish. The adjustable maple bridge rests on the Piezo transducer pickup, giving VE-500 its large, booming tone. | | | Features: | |
• Solid Spruce Top
• Maple Back & Sides
• Ebony Fingerboard
• Piezo Transducer Pickup w/ Active Tone and Volume Controls
• Carrying Bag with Backpack Straps
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 30.6 pounds | | Package Length:
| 64.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 14.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 13.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 26.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Nice little axJun 22, 2011
By Maj Thom
I've played my little Palatino for a couple of gigs. It does require a couple of tweaks, but they are easy and any bass player would find them mindless tweaks (replacing strings, etc.). I am a bit concerned about the switch on the pre-amp. It doesn't seem like it will hold up, but we'll see. I get a lot of positive comments about how it looks. That's not all that important to me, but even the band continues to say things like, "man, that thing looks so cool." It gets a surprisingly good sound. I do tweak that too by feeding it through an effects pedal. I'm not trying to sell anything here, but you can get it to fatten things up by running through a Digitec RP 55 or the like. I'm sure any player would have his/her own ideas about how to get to exactly where you want with the sound, and it would depend on what you are playing. Let's just say that at the end of the night, I almost hate to put it down.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Its alright. Pickups aren't great.Nov 13, 2011
By Rich
I bought this about 6 years ago. I'm not sure if they have updated it since I bought mine in 2005. Mine is sort of a sunburst color. Gigged a few times, generally light use, I don't play much anymore. It works pretty well and has held up to light use.
Pros: looks great, easy action, simple use. Heavy solid body. Inexpensive. Neck is dead straight. Machine heads look cool.
Cons: Pickup isn't the best. I stuff a towel under the bridge otherwise it vibrates too much. The pickup, which I think is a peizo, is under the bridge, and it picks up any vibration at all in the body, or even on the stage. Kind of cheaply made in some ways. Headphone jack is not loud enough. Difficult to get a pleasing tone out of it, but definitely possible. This can make some very unique tones, and is so-so at making the tones you probably want. Prone to feedback at loud volumes.
I never changed the bridge or the strings, but I have a vague memory of doing some filing to my bridge, and cutting deeper notches for the strings in it... I can't really remember why I did that, but I remember it improved the bass somehow.
Overall, i give it a thumbs up, but if you want something for a loud rock band, this may not be for you.
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