Does anyone know a pickup that will get me that super electric bassy sound that isn’t the insanely expensive Wilson pickups?
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Double Bass NHØP tone on a Budget
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I can't say about electric-tone comparisons, but at $45US you might want to try a Vic's Pickups Model B, or some other Vic's model (NFI). Many of us are using them and quite happy with them.
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Maybe a magnetic pickup. I just stumbled upon this video again after seeing years ago.
It has a lot of similarities to NHØP’s sound I think…
It has a lot of similarities to NHØP’s sound I think…
Earl
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While we're at it, if anyone knows how to get NHOP chops on a time budget, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
Lee
Thanks,
Lee
NHOP used a Pierre Josephs String Charger, a magnetic pickup that mounted at the end of the fingerboard. The video Timm posted is the same concept.
Pierre is/was a luthier and bassist living in Larkspur, CA. Not sure if he's still around. He was an old timer but still gigging around town when I bought a bass from him in 2003.
Honestly I've never cared for the NHOP sound, but best of luck.
Pierre is/was a luthier and bassist living in Larkspur, CA. Not sure if he's still around. He was an old timer but still gigging around town when I bought a bass from him in 2003.
Honestly I've never cared for the NHOP sound, but best of luck.
He was my teacher for a short while during my Conservatory years and I asked him the same question (more or less). He cheekily replied : “Oh, that’s easy… Just grow an extra finger on each hand”
He was using a Wilson into a 4 channel mixer to balance the response from each string. This was well after he advertised the Pierre Joseph’s String Charger
NHOP was a wonderful player and a great musician. I believe he used the three finger system for his right hand. Chris Mihn Doky is from that lineage of players.
He has a more modern approach with beautiful tone and vituoso technique. He does it on a Yamaha Silent Bass when touring or his DB.
He has a more modern approach with beautiful tone and vituoso technique. He does it on a Yamaha Silent Bass when touring or his DB.
Can we just rename this Thread - "NHOP Tone on an IHOP Budget"?
Boy, we sure are a bunch of Cheap Bastards, aren't we?
IMFO, of course.
Boy, we sure are a bunch of Cheap Bastards, aren't we?
IMFO, of course.
Actually, last time I set foot in an IHOP, I noticed that the prices had become pretty exorbitant.
I suppose that means the shoe fits my foot @Don Kasper?
I suppose that means the shoe fits my foot @Don Kasper?
Ummmm....Pancakes....(Homer S.)
Order the "Wilson Stack" - 4 individual Pancakes with 4 different kinds of Syrup!
It must be challenging to drive by that every day . . . and resist the urge to get a can of spray paint to change that "O" into an “Ø.”
