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    Double Bass Getting loud with the right sound?

    Well, I bit the bullet and put the bass into a local luthier to have a second soundpost fitted. It doesn't seem to have deadened the acoustic sound much to my ear but I am going to take further steps. I am going to shorten the amount of endpin that sits inside the body of the bass. I have...
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    Double Bass Getting loud with the right sound?

    Is this a unit that I can buy from someplace? Or can I use my wide graphic to do the same thing?
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    Double Bass Getting loud with the right sound?

    I think that all makes sense, it's easy to keep going in the wrong direction. I just put the K&K back on and it instantly sounded right again even with the Blast Cult strings.... so mods to the bass it is and fingers crossed I can work it out that way.... What is a HPF? Thanks again, Hugh.
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    Double Bass Getting loud with the right sound?

    Can anyone who's tried and succeeded offer any advice on this? I'll try to be as brief as I can! I play in a LOUD rockabilly band and for years I used Rotosound RS9000 strings via a K&K Rockabilly Plus pup on my Engelhardt ES9. My rig was a Peavey Tour 450 amp with 1 x 410 Peavy cab with horn...