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Double Bass Pickup Identification
- Thread starter Inky13
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I could not find the pickup. I found some that look similar. Some are designed to be mounted in the slots on the bridge:
Some, like the Shadow, are designed to be mounted anywhere with tack adhesive...I believe they mean putty like this:
There is a thread somewhere around here that goes into the attributes of various brands of tack adhesive/putty. Maybe this is the thread? Much Ado About Putty | TalkBass.com
Some, like the Shadow, are designed to be mounted anywhere with tack adhesive...I believe they mean putty like this:
There is a thread somewhere around here that goes into the attributes of various brands of tack adhesive/putty. Maybe this is the thread? Much Ado About Putty | TalkBass.com
I think the pickup is most probably meant to be wedged in the wings.
You can use sax reeds to shim them if necessary.
You can use sax reeds to shim them if necessary.
It was not mounted and I also don’t know the brand.
If I knew the make, I’m sure I could find some online info.
It looks like they are meant to be put into the bridge wing space. Thickness is a hint for that since pride wing pickups are pressure sensitive and tack mounted piezo disks are bending sensitive and typically a lot thinner.
If they do not fit into the slots because they are too thick, try reversing them. If they fall out, try paper, ultra thin hard wood (the sax reeds are a good idea) or maybe compressed cardboard to fill the gap.
If they don’t fit at all, you can very carefully file some wood from the wing or leg, but use a very fine file and only do single strokes with no force and check again and again.
The pickup should go in easily (too much pressure sounds badly compressed) but not fall out by itself.
So go slowly and check often.
If they do not fit into the slots because they are too thick, try reversing them. If they fall out, try paper, ultra thin hard wood (the sax reeds are a good idea) or maybe compressed cardboard to fill the gap.
If they don’t fit at all, you can very carefully file some wood from the wing or leg, but use a very fine file and only do single strokes with no force and check again and again.
The pickup should go in easily (too much pressure sounds badly compressed) but not fall out by itself.
So go slowly and check often.
I don‘t know which Shadow pickup you are referring to. Probably the piezo disk type that works similar to the Fishman BP-100. I cannot remember the model number of them, but they are probably their oldest model with different numbers of disks.
But Shadow has more than this pickup in his program like the SH-950/951, which is a bridge wing pickup like the Underwood and this one here or the SH-965NFX Nanoflex which is placed below the bridge feet like the Gage Realist. Neither of them needs any tack to attach, they hold by friction/pressure.
I just wanted to make that clear so that other readers do not get misleaded.
It looks pretty well made. I like the reinforcements on the cables. Wouldn't it be ironic if this was the holy grail of pickups? MBOL, feedback free. But no one knew who/how it was made...
Yes, that‘s the piezo disk type that I thought you might have been referring to. Thanks.
But I think it is less popular now than the other Shadow DB pickups. Similar to the BP-100.
Yeah, the discs are much too thick to go in the wings.
I’m going to try the putty method. I’m having trouble with my Vic model 2 and had to go to an old BP-100 for some jobs. (Sounded sort of OK actually). You guys know how it is. Always something.
I’m going to try the putty method. I’m having trouble with my Vic model 2 and had to go to an old BP-100 for some jobs. (Sounded sort of OK actually). You guys know how it is. Always something.
