Neck Pickup

Dimaz · #1 07-15-2007, 11:20 AM

Hi all.

I Played Palatino EUB, and it works fine and sounds fine (at least for me, i'm a EUB beginner though,) now i'm exploring the sounds of my EUB. I wanna make my EUB sounds more "DB-Like", but the thing is there is no acoustic in Palatino it's just solid wood. I've talked to my teacher about my problem, and he said that there's a pickup that can be installed in the neck of my EUB, he said that ron carter once promote it in magz. he said it'll at least give more DB character, i don't know for sure it will work or not, anybody knows the brand of this pickup and where i can get it ? i live in indonesia.

Thanks all,

Regards,

Dimaz Soegiharto

Racsen · #2 07-15-2007, 01:18 PM

I dont know about the sound but I think your teacher talking about this one.

http://www.gollihur.com/kkbass/schaller.html

**Francois Blais** · #3 07-16-2007, 10:02 AM

I've never seen Ron Carter making ads for a magnetic upright pickup.
Furthermore, I think mag pickups are the last candidates to give a more DB like tone.
They make a real DB sound like a giant P Bass!

Ron Carter has been using a piezo pickup installed on the soundpost of his bass for years, but I don't know what he's using now.

You may want to first read the Palatino megathread here:
Palatino Megathread part I

Many modifications are described there.
The choice of strings is also very important.

Good luck!
François

P.S. Here's what I found on Jonas Lohse's Double bass gear guide:

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Kurmann, Stephan

http://www.soundpost.ch
Audiotechnik Arber & Co, Edisonstr. 7, CH-4053 Basel
Soundpost

Type: piezoceramic
Mode: aktiv
Preamp: incl.

The pickup element is attached to the sound-post, that is to inside the body. To suppress interfering frequencies, the soundpost is wrapped with wool completely. For the connection to the amp, a small jack is drilled into the lower block.

Endorsed by Ron Carter.
The double bass model is no longer available, only violin model is still in production.
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Some manufacturers listed there offer some designs which include a piezo fingerboard transducer, like the K&K Bass Master RB and the King Doll Head Piezo.