upright sound

Ok hear me out. I was playing around with my MXR Bass Envelope Filter, and I noticed that if I play softly so it doesn't trigger the envelope very much, it seemed to give a sound that works very nicely (to my ears) with, for example, a walking bass line. I recorded both of these sound samples...

Hi all, I bought a second hand fretless acoustic bass which was built without any mic/pickup. What is the best way to amplify it having in mind that I want to come closest possible to a double bass sound? Microphone or piezo and which?

I play a variety of short scale basses, including a couple of SUB ubasses from Kala. I have put their wound-rounds on those, and I am quite pleased with them. Just yesterday though, I took delivery of one of their solid mahog hollow-bodies. I like it because the more upright tones make it a...