pickup for rubber strings?

[Slap_embrutex]

hi, i´m thinking to build an ashbory like bass with rubber strings, but i´m doubing in what kind of pickup use (no dealer for original parts). i´m spanish and at my local music store they have a small stock, my options are:
-under saddle transducer for guitar
-twin disc transducer for double bass
-multipurposal single disc transducer
i don´t wanna spend much money in it so all this pickups are under 50$ and i´m going to use a homemade piezo buffer.
by the way, wood or metal bridge?

[teej]

I would use the 2-disc bass pickup with a wooden bridge.

[RaTTeR]

Check out Trout Cove's piezo sample pack, it's enough to get started for only $30US.

http://www.members.tripod.com/~tclutherie/page6.html

[jburtonca]

You can get Ashbory parts here:

http://www.largesound.com/cart/agora...&product=Parts

They only show the parts they have in stock, but they can get everything you need.

Jeff

[Road_Toad]

The twin disc piezos have much better output compared to an undersaddle unit. I use the K&K Sound pure bass and get a great woody sound, but I haven't gone with the solid body design yet. I do an ebony bridge & saddle with the 2 piezo discs mounted directly under the saddle- one disc for each string pair. Here's mine:

http://www.roadtoadmusic.com/files/0...tave_black.JPG

[T-34]

+1 for the twin piezos. I used the K&K bassmax, the most powerful DB piezo pickup I know. In 3 years (until lost ) I never managed to add the preamp in the chain, the sound was plenty strong without preamp.