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Double Bass who know ? (barcus berry related)

#4
Someone I know uses or used one of those in a funk-improv band. You may be able to hear clips of his sound on their website: Link Removed

I never played his bass, but it is very hot and he uses a 4x10 cab and I'm not sure what head. But, it's perfect for what he's doing, would not work for me. Don't know how much of that is bass, pickup, head, cabinet, pre-amp, but my impression is that it's a good, hot, electric sound if that's what you're going for.

If you are going for warmth or acoustic fidelity, I don't think it's going to work for you.
 
#5
Pick ups are like strings, somebody out there can make the unlikliest thing work. I heard Tony Scherr a couple of times (at VISIONES, sigh) with the Maria Schneider Big Band, he got a big, warm sound with the BB.
 
#7
thanks for theses comments ! its the second time that i see this pu here in France and was curious about it..Strange look, btw !
yes price is pretty low, but if it sound too electric, its not my stuff.. other bad thing, the preamp, battery operated only...
i asked the seller what sound he used to have and he replied that this pu will cover a wide range of styles depending the preamp settings...
the thing is that this pu is never discussed when you look on urb's forums...so i thought it was a bit "outrun"...
 
#9
Hans Glawshnig, er, Glvhishnig, uh, Glovwishneg, ummmm - Hans the Austrian Dude uses one of these. Not the most natural sounding thing, but what he likes about it is that it's really percussive and works well on the latin gigs (i.e., David Sanchez) that he does.

Looked up his web site, although I'm not sure that he spells, or pronounces, the last name correctly, either: http://www.hansglawischnig.com/
 

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