[color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Your end pin can extend just over 9" (23 cm) without a problem.[/font][/color]
More info and photos here:
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/hercules-bass-stand.1204944/#post-18711023
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Schertler buids its own preamps. From basic models to the ones that are all bells and whistles. I would start there. IMO, manufacturers design their gear with voice/spec matching between their pickups and preamps in mind.[/font][/color]
I just recorded a few quick videos of several tests I've done looking fo that elusive acoustic amplified double bass tone. I hope somebody can find it useful. Coments are very welcome.
I've played my Michael Bornhak bass with an Earhlund pickup.
I've used a Zoom Q3HD for the recording. It was placed on a tripod 12' away from the amps. IMO what you can hear in the video is quite representative of what I heard in the room.
This is going to be a long road with a lot of factors affecting the final result. For instance, I put the pickup on the bass and I haven't even tried to move it around and hear how that changes the tone. This is the place where it is at the moment:
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First one is an Acoustic Image Contra amp (speaker is defeated) and an Aguilar SL112:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/V2zSTVCCY3Y?controls=2
This is another video where I only use the Acoustic Image Contra SIII. I try several configs on the levels/eq. I'll document these settings and the times on the video but you can hear me saying it.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/z9tjPGxzdTo?controls=2
This last video compares the AI with the Aguilar; what do you guys think about how they compare?
for ease of listening:
0:30 AI - flat eq - input level fully clockwise - master volume @ 3 o'clock - tweeter on - no lowcut.
1:15 No amp
3:30 Aguilar TH500+SL112 - flat eq - gain @ 12 o'clock - no drive - master volume @ 12 o'clock
4:15 master volume @ 3 o'clock
4:57 I messed with the amp controls...forgot to say it out loud :^(
5:56 drive @ 9 o'clock - bass @ 11 o'clock - mid level @11 o'clock - mid freq. @ 2 o'clock - master @ 12 o'clock - tweeter @ 9 (20%)
6:30 drive @ 12 o'clock
7:06 mid freq. @ 3 o'clock - mid level @ 10 o'clock
8:10 bass @ 11 o'clock
8:30 no amp
8:50 amp back on.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/V2zSTVCCY3Y?controls=2