Double Bass BP-100 output jack slipping/sliding down

[bigthemat]

Hey friends,

Getting back into playing DB since my college days, and even then it was just jamming with friends when not in my education classes.

I've got a fishman bp-100, and have my sights set on getting something better, but, that's money and so i'm using what I have. I've got a gig coming up, and I've found that the little wings that hold the output jack onto the strings is too wide, I guess the spacing on my strings is a little more narrow than what the pickup is expecting, but it doesn't stay and keeps sliding down causing a lot of noise.

Any tips on how to get it to stay up? If I move it where it's really tight, it's right next to the bridge and seems to cause extra piezo noise. Moving it down then it's too lose and will slide down after a minute of playing.

Can I zip tie it to the strings or tailpiece? Where is the best spot I can put it so it will stay put?

TIA

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

With the Full Circle, which uses the same after length mount, I've found two solutions that work:

1) Bend the wings with pliers
2) Wrap some rubber (like from stretch bands for surgery rehab) or even tape around the strings where the jack will be mounted.

Good luck!

 

[jallenbass]

I put a piece of foam under mine.

 

[bigthemat]

I put a piece of foam under mine.

like, in the wings of the metal clip, or where do you put the foam?

 

[jallenbass]

like, in the wings of the metal clip, or where do you put the foam?

Underneath, between the jack and the tailpiece.

 

[Roger Davis]

Clipping the jack to the afterlength is not a particularly clever idea. Here’s a pic of my clip that fixes the jack ( in this case a Fishman Full Circle Jack) under the tailpiece. If you’d care to message me your address I’d be happy to send you one over as a gift.

 

[bassmanbrent]

I have done the same thing (more or less) that Roger shows above. Works perfectly well for me.

 

[bigthemat]

Clipping the jack to the afterlength is not a particularly clever idea. Here’s a pic of my clip that fixes the jack ( in this case a Fishman Full Circle Jack) under the tailpiece. If you’d care to message me your address I’d be happy to send you one over as a gift.View attachment 7302636

oh wow that is generous of you. Do you have to drill a hole in the tailpiece?

 

[Roger Davis]

oh wow that is generous of you. Do you have to drill a hole in the tailpiece?

In 99/100 cases you don’t. The fixing goes through the enlarged hole at the end of the string slot where the ball end goes through. But in the case of the photo - well spotted btw- I had just taken delivery of a very well made and expensive Thomas Martin bass where the hole was not enlarged. In simple terms you couldn’t drop the end of the string in from the top but had to thread it in from underneath, so nothing for it but to get the drill out. Call me a vandal if you will.