Posted by Michael on 23rd February 2008
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NS-Design CR5M

If anyone is wondering what instrument I’m playing in the photo, it is my NS-Design CR5M.

The CR5M is a five string electric upright bass designed by Ned Steinberger and manufactured in the Czech republic . It has both piezo and magnetic pickups and uses NS5FL strings made by D’Addario.

o5b at theBoom Boom Club April 2007Rather than just emulating the sound of an acoustic double bass, it has a flexible and unique range of sounds somewhere between a double bass and a fretless bass guitar. Its a lot easier to transport than a double bass and for a band like o5b it is certainly easier to get a clear sound with no feedback and giving a punchy tone which can be heard clearly without being buried by the guitars.