Double Bass My Feedback Story

[Ric Vice]

Can you elaborate more on the tubing deal?
I'm not quite sure how it works.

Sure,
Simply put, you take small diameter flexible plastic tubing, cut it to the appropriate length to thread twice
through the after-lengths. You thread it over the G, under the D, over the A, and under the E.

Ric

 

[TNLA]

If you have to play loud, and are okay if your bass doesn't sound exactly like itself on stage, try a Krivo pickup from Gollihur. I can stand right in front of my big amp and wail. My bass is a cheap imitation, but it used to feed back like crazy with a Fishman BP100(?) no matter how I set the amp, including using an FDeck HPF(which you want regardless of this issue)


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I was going to try the Krivo or some form of magnetic pickup. However, I just bought new strings that both me and the bass really enjoy--they are Evah Pirazzi Weichs. Unfortunately these strings do not have enough ferrous content to work with a magnetic pickup. I agree it is a good option with the right strings though.

 

[Ric Vice]

I was going to try the Krivo or some form of magnetic pickup. However, I just bought new strings that both me and the bass really enjoy--they are Evah Pirazzi Weichs. Unfortunately these strings do not have enough ferrous content to work with a magnetic pickup.........

I found that out, when I tried to use Evah Parazzi Weich’s on my Clevenger EUB. Only the G string works with the Bartolini pickups. Evah’s are my favorite string. The playability and tone quality of the Evah’s far outweigh the ability to use the Krivo magnetic. There are all kinds of ways to get around feedback. Just my take however

 

[TNLA]

Sure,
Simply put, you take small diameter flexible plastic tubing, cut it to the appropriate length to thread twice
through the after-lengths. You thread it over the G, under the D, over the A, and under the E.

Ric

I found some vinyl tubing laying around...I had not heard of this strategy but it makes sense. Sounds like you mean something like so:

 

[Ric Vice]

I found some vinyl tubing laying around...I had not heard of this strategy but it makes sense. Sounds like you mean something like so:

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Yep, that’s one way to do it. You’ll have to “gig test” it to see if it helps. You can also experiment with just one pass over and under to see which works best. Hope it helps.

Ric