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Kolstein's 101 pick-up for bass
- Thread starter specialbass
- Start date
It looks like the old polytone pickup that fit between the bridge legs, but with padding instead of spikes to secure it:
For sale Vintage Polytone Pickup
Found this in the basement, tried it and it works! Free US shipping, Venmo preferred
- Earl (+48 /0 /-0)
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- Category: For Sale: Double Bass Amps, Strings, & Accessories
$100.00
I had one. I got it because a bassist I really admired had one and I liked his sound. It goes between the bridge and the top. One end down, the other up. Like the Polytone you fit it to your bass by twisting the threaded part. I couldn't get it to sound good with any decent volume on my bass.
The one of the many issues with the Polytone was they were too big to fit inside the arch of smaller bridges. The Kolstine mounts the same way the Vektor (Germany) pickup did. Kolstine was always appeared to be “advocating” products that were their own their proprietary brands ( I.e. Kolstine Strings, Kolstine Rosin, the Planet Wing Pickup, etc) Imdon’t think that pickups were their particular forte. That saibefore the Underwood, Realist and Full Circle it was like the Wild West out there. It still is to some extent.
Cool! I remember that Kolstein recommended trying it both ways - having different ends contacted the bridge and top - to get different sounds. I've been wracking my brain trying to remember the guy I saw using one that prompted me to try it. I think it may have been Reggie Workman.
