To avoid mounting the jack on the afterlengths,remove the flange from the jack and run it through an E-string tab under the tailpiece end like those used on the Realist. Works fine for me, and I think it looks marginally better.
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Double Bass Full Circle Design flaws
- Thread starter Thumpie
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Had one on my jan kriml and the aluminum top of the pickup the upper 1/2 of the bridge sits on is very flimsy and weak,the cover sheared off and the bridge then fell (the top half)shattering the little peizo crystals..
5 minutes before a show!!!had to borrow an electric bass(lucky Someone lent me one)its only a wafer thin piece 'o aluminum that is maybe 2 threads deep.loved the sound,but it cant take day in day out on the job.this is only my experience and i hope that everyone else is happy with theirs and have not had this kind of problem..i dont climb on my bass or treat it rough,but as a replacement for an aluminum bridge adjuster on a bass the full circle does not have the structural strength to take cartage and barroom gigs.
5 minutes before a show!!!had to borrow an electric bass(lucky Someone lent me one)its only a wafer thin piece 'o aluminum that is maybe 2 threads deep.loved the sound,but it cant take day in day out on the job.this is only my experience and i hope that everyone else is happy with theirs and have not had this kind of problem..i dont climb on my bass or treat it rough,but as a replacement for an aluminum bridge adjuster on a bass the full circle does not have the structural strength to take cartage and barroom gigs.
I have the Full Circle on my 1930s King Mortone. It has had the Underwood and B-Band D1 in the past. The D1 was my favorite tonally, but they had major issues with hum from the op-amps at the end of each sensor. That being said they have a new version out that has corrected this issue. I'll be getting a new D1 soon. The Full Circle will stay on my bass though, it sounds pretty good to me. I've tried the Gage, Barbera, the old Fishman, and the B-Band statement as well. For my money, my favorites are the B-Band, the Full Circle, and the Underwood. The Barbera was nice too, but it depends on the bass.
