too much string noise with fishman bp-100

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[bolo]

Jesse, you still there? Your OP was kinda short.

Are you using a preamp? I think the BP-100 likes to see 10 Mohm impedance on whatever it's plugged into (amp, preamp, DI).

Some people also say it sounds better when you "glue" the p/u to the bridge somehow. Perhaps not for the faint-hearted, unless you can do it in a manner that's reversible (if it were me that is).

I've never used one myself. Just passing along what I've gathered from perusing this forum.

P.S. If you click on My Talkbass in the upper left corner and fill out your profile and list your gear and gigs and such, that can help others help you sometimes.

[Mark Perna]

I've had 8 basses in my life. The BP-100 was/is the pickup of choice on 3 of them. Fat, deep, beautiful sound. It didn't work at all on the other 5 regardless of how hard I worked to fit it. Fingernails on a blackboard bad. It either worked great or not at all. The 3 that it worked on were fully carved basses. Two fully carved basses didn't work with it and the others were plywoods. I couldn't get anything usable with the plywoods.

mark