Piezo guys! I need help!

I haven't used the Acoustiphonic system, but I do have a piezo-equipped electric bass with a buffer preamp to combine it with magnetic pickups.

Honestly, with or without something like the Acoustiphonic, I don't think you'll get that much of a Rob Allen tone out of a piezo-equipped solidbody-type bridge on a solidbody bass using roundwound strings. I've played a few Rob Allens (courtesy my friend spade2you), and a big part of the sound is the resonant lightweight chambered body combined with the nylon-wrapped flatwounds that they're designed to use. I think if you really want the Rob Allen sound, you might consider using those strings (along with the piezos).

That said, I think the Acoustiphonic looks like it might work just as well as the Bart buffer to blend the piezos with the magnetic pickups.

Mike

 

that bart is made for piezos?

if so, i don't see a night-and-day difference happening with a different buffer. once the initial impedance issue is taken care of (so you don't lose all the low end) the rest is just EQ.

 

Scroll down about half-way here: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/club-bordwell-part-3-a-794052/index40.html

Those clips were the first two quick recordings I did with the piezo in my SCB fretless 5. It has Nordy Fat Stacks and the Bart piezo buffer. Ghost/Hipshot bridge.