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Mike Lull will do a set for $300 Nordstrand will do a set for £225 - the Nords have a bit of an odd magnet arrangement going on. I am such a tart but it does not look right. Wizard cannot get the shells so that is a non starter. Any other ideas?

I need a PJ 5 set of pickups that will look like this [url="http://www.mikelull.com/Instruments/PJ5_Sunburst_large.htm"]http://www.mikelull.com/Instruments/PJ5_Sunburst_large.htm[/url] Where to get them? This project will mean I can get rid of one bass. My wife will thank you all!

Play the big letter on 1 and 3. Magic folky things will happen and you will be asked to play for everyone.

Stick with the old sponge otherwise you will not get THE TONE!

The cheapest placce to buy strings is here [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=145"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=145[/url] Not as good as the olden days when it was $2 to the £, but still cheap to try different things.

Thanks Hugh, but the bass itself is only slightly thicker than a normal solid body, so would be a bit lost in one deep enough for a full sized Acoustic.

I've been pondering this over the weekend and have realised that it will be worth trying a piezo strip squashed under the bridge. It will not give me the individual string control of a dedicated multi piezo unit, but that has never bothered me on my Double Bass or my Acoustic guitar.

I have this. It is a controller for a Zoom 9050/9150. I have no use for it. If anyone else has, it is your for the cost of postage.

Any thoughts?

[quote name='BassBod' post='203753' date='May 21 2008, 04:16 PM']I've put together a fantastic Bravewood Jazz from leftovers here on BC for something like £600. Thats more like my world... BB[/quote] I often wondered where that sunburst Bravewood Jazz body went. If you ever want to sell give me a nod! No, really!

Having spent a lot of time (and money) getting to the state of being happy with my DB sound it's my suspicion that it was the various pre-amps which were having the main effect on the sound of the piezos.

I'm on my third, and the first two were RUBBISH. I had given up on the whole thing really, but my present one is LUSH. My DB has a piezo buffered by a Summit Audio TD 100 and it sounds fabulous. I suspect that a well seated piezo will work as long as it is well buffered. I just dont want to find that they can be different as magnetic pickups can after I lay my £ down

What I was hoping to ascertain was that there is actually no difference between one piezo and another - it is all down to the buffering involved.

So as far as piezo action goes This [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-BRIDGE-W-BUILT-IN-PIEZO-PICKUP-ACOUSTIC-CHROME-A27_W0QQitemZ250391014644QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item250391014644&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1121|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-BRIDGE-W-BUILT-...%3A1|240%3A1318[/url] will sound the same as this [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-ABM-Bass-Bridge-Lock-Down-Piezo-Saddles-GOLD_W0QQitemZ270145028852QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item270145028852&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1121|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-ABM-Bass-Bridge-...%3A1|240%3A1318[/url] I do realise that the second one has individual outs and that is big and clever, but the essential piezo elements will sound the same (notwithstanding easier to balance the second one).

I have a bass with piezos in it. I love the sound but don't really get on with the bass (one magnetic pick up and I like 2). Due to playing a DB I know how important a decent pre-amp is to buffer the piezos, but I am guessing that a piezo saddle is pretty much a piezo saddle. As long as it is seated properly under the string it will do it's thing. Am I right or wrong? Do piezos which have been artificially aged and had special radiation treatment to enhance the mids sound better or is it all just to do with a decent buffering pre amp?

I got this. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=42659&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=42659&hl=[/url] It came with a super mojo'd case. I need a gig bag with back straps. Where to go for one? TIA