[quote name='henrywillard' timestamp='1462435632' post='3042927']
Personally, I found the DPA a nightmare, and a very expensive mistake. (I put it through a pre-amp).
When it was just me on stage with my bass, the DPA picked up the sound of my bass beautifully. Really, really lovely, natural sound. However... as soon as you brought the rest of the band into the mix (I was playing with acoustic/folk bands at the time, nothing overly loud), the DPA would constantly feedback, and adjusting the angle of the DPA, and my positioning on stage/angle of my bass in relation to other band members seemed to have very little effect.
I was working with very skilled and experienced sound engineers, so am entirely confident they were doing everything they could to try and keep my sound under control, but after the gigs they would always just stare at the DPA, puzzled & frustrated.
Unfortunately, as wonderful as it sounded on its own, it most definitely doesn't get my recommendation.
Personally, I would highly, highly recommend checking out the Wilson K4. There are plenty of pickups out there though, and everyone will have different experiences & recommendations.
It's one of those things where we generally have to part with a lot of money just to test out a pickup and see how we like it. If it's 'the one', like I have found with the Wilson, then perfect. I went through a lot of pickups before the Wilson though, and always had to sell them on on eBay, always making a loss, of course.
Wilson aren't cheap, but it's the best I've ever used on my bass by far! Good luck! [url="http://wilson-pickups.com/product/k4/"]http://wilson-pickups.com/product/k4/[/url]
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actually i tried first time last night the DPA, and like henry said, alone in the sound check it sounded perfect, with all the band (without drums!), there was a horrible feedback that i couldn't get rid off, tried everything