Double Bass p bass pickup use on upright bass

[fester gomez]

hello all, questions about using a magnetic pick up. Right now I'm using a Vic's bridge pickup with Superior syn guts, sounds good but have feed back issues. I'm thinking about using Eurosonic Ultra Lights for slap with a p-bass pickup. I've also read some good reviews on the Krivo pickup. Any insight would be appreciated. thanks!

 

[turf3]

The electric bass pickup is flat. Strings on an upright are in an arc. How do you propose to address this?

there is a tool that's ideal for high volume situations where the big thin box of an upright bass is prone to feedback...

A solid body electric bass.

 

[Don Hergert]

Bigger problem -- magnetic pickups require ferrous metal in the strings. Superior Bassworks strings have no metal in them at all, and most other synthetic strings have no or too little metal in them to work well. If you go magnetic, for the best sound you'll need to go ferrous metal core and wrap. Then, a Krivo might be a good answer for you.

Let's talk more about your Vic's pickup. Which bridge side is it mounted on, and what is your signal chain?

 

[DoubleMIDI]

He said he would use Eurosonics (which have a steel core) with a magnetic pickup.
Normal BG pickups won’t work because they are flat, but divided ones (2+2) can be mounted in an angle. Just a bit of work to be done.

 

[Francois Blais]

Yes, P-bass types are coming as a pair and are sensing two strings each.

 

[lurk]

I bet a p bass pick up - which has 2 parts - would work well. Years ago guys in the Detroit area were using a d'Armond guitar pu and it was a single bar. I had one rigged below the end of my fingerboard. I remember playing a concert in Ann Arbor opening for Louis Bellson's big band and all those California cats were knocked out by the sound of my bass and checking it out. At that time the standard was to wrap a sm57 in a towel and stuff it under the tailpiece. After Barcus Berry and Polytone came out we all switched 'cause they were more natural sounding. If it were me and I didn't have a pbass pu lying around that I could screw around with I'd spring for a Krivo. They sound pretty good and are easy to install.

 

[marcox]

This has been discussed and done before. Do some digging over in the "Amps, Mics & Pickups [DB]" forum or in the Upright Bass Players Union group on Facebook.

 

[fester gomez]

thanks for you input, i've seen p bass pick ups on uprights but was looking for someone who may have experience with this set up.

Bigger problem -- magnetic pickups require ferrous metal in the strings. Superior Bassworks strings have no metal in them at all, and most other synthetic strings have no or too little metal in them to work well. If you go magnetic, for the best sound you'll need to go ferrous metal core and wrap. Then, a Krivo might be a good answer for you.

Let's talk more about your Vic's pickup. Which bridge side is it mounted on, and what is your signal chain?

Thanks, I am aware of ferrous strings needed for a magnetic pick up, heard the Eurosonic Ultra Lights would be good for slap with a magnetic pick up. The Vic's pick up is mounted on the bass side of bridge and is either plugged directly into amp or use a wireless setup.

 

[fester gomez]

This has been discussed and done before. Do some digging over in the "Amps, Mics & Pickups [DB]" forum or in the Upright Bass Players Union group on Facebook.

I figured it has, thanks i'm gonna check it out

 

[Don Hergert]

thanks for you input, i've seen p bass pick ups on uprights but was looking for someone who may have experience with this set up.

Thanks, I am aware of ferrous strings needed for a magnetic pick up, heard the Eurosonic Ultra Lights would be good for slap with a magnetic pick up. The Vic's pick up is mounted on the bass side of bridge and is either plugged directly into amp or use a wireless setup.

Very good...

My concern was whether the Eurosonic lights had enough ferrous content to work well for magnetic, but reports seem to be positive about them. The most positive reports I read about the Krivo seem to be with some version of Spiro including Solos. Reports with the Krivo are that it is very electric sounding, but for the most part free from feedback.

Regarding the Vic's, many of us opt to use it on the treble wing because of boomy-ness on the bass wing. Could that be contributing to your feedback, or was the volume just crazy loud?

 

[marcox]

My concern was whether the Eurosonic lights had enough ferrous content to work well for magnetic, but reports seem to be positive about them. The most positive reports I read about the Krivo seem to be with some version of Spiro including Solos. Reports with the Krivo are that it is very electric sounding, but for the most part free from feedback.

I can attest from firsthand experience that Eurosonics work with Krivo and Biesele magnetic pickups. I didn't find either pickup to be dramatically more "electric sounding" than my piezo (Full Circle).