You might not like to hear that now, but in the beginning I told you that you get the weak and thin acoustic sound out of the Eminence with the Ehrlund.
Playing it purely acoustical gives you the low frequency vibrations via hands and body, but a listener only gets the frequencies from the top, missing a lot of the lows you feel as a player.
You never know how it sounds for the listeners unless someone else plays your bass and you need a third person as a listener to compare your playing sound with the one of the second player.
Well, don't put the Ehrlund away completely and get a listener that can direct you through the process from the recipient side. I know the sound for you is also important, but as long as you can play with a non-optimal sound the sound for your listeners is more important. You may need one or two days trying for yourself and several days trying with the group (with a backup pickup, just in case it doesn't work on stage).
For the Full Circle you need a new bridge. (I think I told you that earlier.) if you can do your job with the other bridge foot, do it and get a different bridge when it's over.
If the high strings are weak the soundpost might need to be placed more away from the bridge foot (or temporarily the bridge foot more away from the soundpost).
But first try changing the angle of the Full Circle. You get the complete sound spectrum possible with the Full Circle inside a quarter turn. If that doesn't help try moving the bridge a bit towards the fingerboard (a mm of two might be enough).
For the Shadow SH-950, get wood off the bridge leg, not the wing if you have one pointing inwards, otherwise you better take it off the top side. I know the Shadow is a bit thick, but that way you don't need to put in shims. Be very careful removing wood since it is easy to make the slot too wide. The difference between pushing the pickup in hard and sliding it in gently is extremely small, so check very often and file just a very little bit Shen the pickup fits in with hard pressure. You can shim a too wide slot, but it would be better if you don't need any shims.
Of course that needs some time and best a bench vise to hold the bridge while filing and checking the slot with the pickup.
You cannot do much harm to your bridge and don't expect to get a new bridge foot for you current bridge, you need a complete new bridge. Then the luthier can fit Full Circle and Shadow SH-950 to it and that way you have two working pickups, one for backup.
The Shadow NFX would have been a simple fit and with one foil only might sound better than what you heard. But now you have enough pickups and at least the Full Circle should work after tweaking it a bit probably better with a different bridge and a setup for the Eminence.
Playing it purely acoustical gives you the low frequency vibrations via hands and body, but a listener only gets the frequencies from the top, missing a lot of the lows you feel as a player.
You never know how it sounds for the listeners unless someone else plays your bass and you need a third person as a listener to compare your playing sound with the one of the second player.
Well, don't put the Ehrlund away completely and get a listener that can direct you through the process from the recipient side. I know the sound for you is also important, but as long as you can play with a non-optimal sound the sound for your listeners is more important. You may need one or two days trying for yourself and several days trying with the group (with a backup pickup, just in case it doesn't work on stage).
For the Full Circle you need a new bridge. (I think I told you that earlier.) if you can do your job with the other bridge foot, do it and get a different bridge when it's over.
If the high strings are weak the soundpost might need to be placed more away from the bridge foot (or temporarily the bridge foot more away from the soundpost).
But first try changing the angle of the Full Circle. You get the complete sound spectrum possible with the Full Circle inside a quarter turn. If that doesn't help try moving the bridge a bit towards the fingerboard (a mm of two might be enough).
For the Shadow SH-950, get wood off the bridge leg, not the wing if you have one pointing inwards, otherwise you better take it off the top side. I know the Shadow is a bit thick, but that way you don't need to put in shims. Be very careful removing wood since it is easy to make the slot too wide. The difference between pushing the pickup in hard and sliding it in gently is extremely small, so check very often and file just a very little bit Shen the pickup fits in with hard pressure. You can shim a too wide slot, but it would be better if you don't need any shims.
Of course that needs some time and best a bench vise to hold the bridge while filing and checking the slot with the pickup.
You cannot do much harm to your bridge and don't expect to get a new bridge foot for you current bridge, you need a complete new bridge. Then the luthier can fit Full Circle and Shadow SH-950 to it and that way you have two working pickups, one for backup.
The Shadow NFX would have been a simple fit and with one foil only might sound better than what you heard. But now you have enough pickups and at least the Full Circle should work after tweaking it a bit probably better with a different bridge and a setup for the Eminence.
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