Anyone know anything about this one? I`ve been playing electric for years, and i`ve been thinking about trying out an upright. This ones right in my price rnage, but i`m alittle sceptical.

I just tried one today in a local shop, and was pleasantly surprised. I`m not an upright player, but I played cello as a kid, so the position wasn`t entirely foreign.
I found the neck to be very thick, which made me really stretch my fingers, but I was able to get around just fine. Unplugged, you won`t hear much. When amplified, the tone is fairly realistic, but don`t expect a major "woof" like you`d get from a real acoustic.
I`m no certain if the tripod it was mounted on was stock, but I wish I could have lowered it a bit more, and I`m 5`10".
The design is so simple that it`s got me thinking about building my own!

I was wondering if the bass could be played with a bow.

I just found out that the bass cant be played with ha bow dew to the shape of its neck.
THAT SUCks for any upright player.
Your better off buying a more expensive upright because if you ever want to experiment with a bow. You`ll have to buy a whole new bass witch in the end is more money any way.

I think the Dean pace bass is just a waist of money.
I dont recomend it.

OK, so you can`t bow it. That is a real
limitation, but not for everyone. My
real concern is the tone. Does it sound
different than a similar bass guitar ?

After all, it`s a solid body with 35"
strings, piezo PUs in the metal bridge
saddles, and it`s fretless. So far,
that describes my Ibanez EDA905FL which
happens to sound VERY acoustic despite
its solid body and metal bridge.

Of course any electric player who knows
no other sounds than a magnetic PU solid
body bass and the sound of a full double
bass upright is going to find that the
Dean Pace is at least 1/2 way to the full
doghouse sound, but believe me, so is my
piezo PU solid body fretless Ibanez. I
don`t need another version of the Ibanez
that just happens to look funny and sit
on a tripod, if it`s going to sound very
similar to the Ibanez [Spector also has
a similar model].

IOW, is the Pace sort of a scam on all
electric bass players who may not yet
have tried a piezo PU fretless electric
bass guitar, players who will then think
this vertical chunk of lumber is unique
and that the UPRIGHT [vertical] aspect
is part of the acoustic magic ? Hey, I
can drill a hole in my Ibanez and put it
on a tripod. It`s got a weird headstock
and is silver/gray. If I cut off both of
the horns, and put it on a silver tripod,
once people HEAR it, they can easily be
convinced that it`s some special exotic
electric upright bass device. [Which come
to think of it, yes, it surely would be].

So, if you`ve played the Pace, and if you
also know the sound of a fretless, piezo
equipped bass guitar, what`s the verdict ?

That`s Simple, man. The Dean pace is made of maple.