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Bridges with built-in pickups: I know these exist for violin, worth looking at for double bass or money wasted? ficelles

[quote name='TPJ' post='1151160' date='Mar 6 2011, 09:18 AM']we've found you can't mix a double bass like an electric bass, it just doesn't work in most cases.[/quote] That's most certainly true! DBs are great at picking up (and feeding back) room modes. But corrective EQ should ideally be more precise than shelving off the first two octaves. Btw can anyone recommend a pickup system that fits a Bausch bridge? I am beginning to think I will have to put a new bridge on as nothing fits - currently using a small condenser on an Exploraudio H-Clamp but there are times when I'd like to be able to just stick a jack lead into something semi-permanently fitted... ficelles

[quote name='TPJ' post='1148194' date='Mar 3 2011, 11:28 AM']++1 We usually ask the sound man to dump anything below 100-180 Hz to get a workable tone yet still retain good lowend.[/quote] In my sound engineering days I reckon doing that to a bass would have got me hung, drawn and quartered... not to say fired. You would generally only "dump" frequencies that are a specific problem in the room you are in. Mind you I wish I could have dumped 82.5 Hz at my gig tonight, every time I hit E2 I thought the place was about to take off... ficelles

[quote name='NickPini' post='509808' date='Jun 10 2009, 01:07 AM']Basically, the trick seems to be: drop out anything below 50hz unless you're using a sub. Frequencies below this apparently aren't naturally produced much in your bass anyway.[/quote] Just noticed this while trawling through looking for double bass pickup advice... I'm sure most in here know that the fundamental frequency of a concert-pitch E string on a double bass is 41.25 Hz. Roll off below 50 Hz and you drop out everything from your low G down. Don't do it! ficelles