Double Bass Realist socket mount causing buzz

[johnfowles]

Hi everyone.

I've got a realist pickup on my 1880 german and I've noticed that the mount (behind the tailpiece) causes buzzing. If I twist the mount the buzz sometimes stops. Anyone have any ideas or reccomendations?

Cheers
John

 

[andy rice]

my genius bass guy (mark carlson) gave me a little plastic nut and bolt to use in mounting my realist instead of the usual on the string thing. i put it through one of the holes in the tail piece where there strings go through. it's a great idea and if i had thought of it sooner i would have started calling him markgyver.

it's not tangled up with the strings, which is nice, and i don't have any buzzing....he's on here some where and i'm pretty sure he got it at a hardware store. it might help.

good luck.

 

[fdeck]

I am not sure how the jack mounts on the Realist, but my universal pickup jack mounting scheme involves wrapping the jack with a segment of an old bicycle innertube, and then strapping it to the tailpiece with one of those Velcro cable wraps.

 

[thesneakyjesus]

check out the phot on the back of esperanza spalding's latest release. It got me thinking I should check it out.

It's the jack, wrapped in acoustic foam, zip tied with a black zip tie to the tail piece on the G string side.

Seems like a great solution.