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Double Bass Ehrlund pickup recorded live

So this is a recording of my band done live, in a big venue where we had no control whatsoever over the sound. We were part of a slate of bands and we just went right on, no sound check, nothing. This was the last tune we did, so by then they had gotten the sound kind of under control

The Erhlund went straight into a DI and then to the house, and the recording is just the Ehrlund. I have no idea what kind of post processing was applied--clearly they slathered it with reverb. My bass has a big resonant peak at right around 100 hz, the second "G", and I think they eq'ed that out, and used a hi-pass filter. I think they put a good deal of compression on the bass, but it still seems to me to be a good representation of what's good about the ehrlund. It has some of the directness of a piezo but little or no quack.

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It was one of those gigs where we thought we sounded awful because we couldn't hear each other--I was having to find the beat by watching the guitar player's right arm, that kind of thing
 
So this is a recording of my band done live, in a big venue where we had no control whatsoever over the sound. We were part of a slate of bands and we just went right on, no sound check, nothing. This was the last tune we did, so by then they had gotten the sound kind of under control

The Erhlund went straight into a DI and then to the house, and the recording is just the Ehrlund. I have no idea what kind of post processing was applied--clearly they slathered it with reverb. My bass has a big resonant peak at right around 100 hz, the second "G", and I think they eq'ed that out, and used a hi-pass filter. I think they put a good deal of compression on the bass, but it still seems to me to be a good representation of what's good about the ehrlund. It has some of the directness of a piezo but little or no quack.

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It was one of those gigs where we thought we sounded awful because we couldn't hear each other--I was having to find the beat by watching the guitar player's right arm, that kind of thing

Sometime back in a post you stated that you had 'rediscovered' a revolution solo pickup in a drawer and were mixing it with the Ehrlund. How did that work out? I believe I have the same bass as you (She 7/8 Gemunder Willow) and wondering what the best pickup and or mike combo is for that bass. I love the way it sounds acoustically!