Marvin Tailpiece users, how are you installing a bow quiver?

[krfoss]

I'm curious how others are installing theirs. So, what's your method?

 

[JBarz]

Use a thin piece of scrap gut strings (I used ukulele gut) and weave it between the tailpiece wires nice and pretty.

 

[Martin Beer]

Given that one of the differences with a Marvin tailpiece has to be the reduced mass, do you still notice it making a difference once you start hanging quivers, jacks etc from it? Or does it not work like that since those are more loosely coupled rather than being a direct part of the string/bridge/tailpiece system?
Just wondering, because I've read about the changes in sound people have experienced with a Marvin or lightweight tailpiece, but I'm a habitual quiver user.

 

[JBarz]

I love a quiver and my Marvin, but I ultimately took it off because I could feel the weight on my tone. It was a small difference, but noticing it made it an easy decision. Pickup jack is unavoidable.

 

[Mikeyboyaz]

My wife thanks the forum for the most recent order from Marvin, being shipped to this address.
My quiver is fabric (think upholstery weight) so perhaps it will not affect the tone the same way as a leather quiver might.

 

[Mikeyboyaz]

Alright... My Marvin tailpiece arrived and I installed it in about an hour. It's freaking amazing. I had to stop practicing after about 2.5 hrs because my left hand was cramping.

 

[krfoss]

Alright... My Marvin tailpiece arrived and I installed it in about an hour. It's freaking amazing. I had to stop practicing after about 2.5 hrs because my left hand was cramping.

What bass and strings? I’ve heard people like the Marvin on different basses and not on others.

 

[Mikeyboyaz]

Romanian from Robertson in NM in the early 90s.
GD are belcanto
A is Pirastro Flexcore Dlx
E is Spirocore mittel.

Quiver is upholstery fabrics with Paracord tethers. The quiver tones down the infinite ring very nicely, and the B flat wolf on the A in thumb position is finally gone. I hated that, because the brass eliminator left a vestige of oscillating no matter how I tuned it below the bridge.

Pickup is underwood... With the 1/4" Jack removed and an SMA-F coax connector soldered on. I run wireless Shure, so TA4F connector to instrument cable to 1/4" male to 1/4" female to coax to pickup... made no sense to me. I made an SMA-M to TA4F coax jumper and it is fabulous.

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I used RG-316 because I already had some.