Double Bass Shadow SH 950

[Lionel Albert]

Hi !

It took me a while to file the wood !

 

[Lionel Albert]

A buzz appeared, the jack was bad. Now it's fixed, I will try it tomorrow, I was using the K&K Bass Max instead.

 

[DoubleMIDI]

The original prototype of the Shadow SH-950 used an acoustic guitar strap knob jack (1/8” jack inside, 1/4” jack outside) inside a transparent PVC tube together with a releaseable cable binder. Might have been too expensive for series manufacturing but works well and you can quickly remove the pickup with or without the jack. Just a bit more weight on the tailpiece.

Compared to the Underwood the pickup elements of the SH-950 are indeed a bit thick.

The cable can get stressed at the jack and at the pickup elements. (Had that both and was able to resolder at both positions.)

Be very slow and check often when the elements get in with some more force only, the difference to “barely holds without falling out” which delivers the best sound is very small, like a very soft fine file stroke.

 

[Lionel Albert]

The original prototype of the Shadow SH-950 used an acoustic guitar strap knob jack (1/8” jack inside, 1/4” jack outside) inside a transparent PVC tube together with a releaseable cable binder. Might have been too expensive for series manufacturing but works well and you can quickly remove the pickup with or without the jack. Just a bit more weight on the tailpiece.

Compared to the Underwood the pickup elements of the SH-950 are indeed a bit thick.

The cable can get stressed at the jack and at the pickup elements. (Had that both and was able to resolder at both positions.)

Be very slow and check often when the elements get in with some more force only, the difference to “barely holds without falling out” which delivers the best sound is very small, like a very soft fine file stroke.

The jack was stereo (I don't know why) and a bit loose, that explains the buzz and the cracks, now it's a new but mono jack in order to get a better connection.

 

[Lionel Albert]

It works pretty good again.
Nobody noticed the difference between the Bass Max and the SH 950.
I think I did.