Jimothey

Hi everyone I made a 5 string acoustic bass that I use for gigging but the volume drop on the low B is terrible I've tried packing up the piezo and making sure the saddle is perfectly seated but it seems where the piezo is bent to come through the body I just can't seem to get it right so I'm thinking of doing a hidden pickup acoustic/electric bass instead, my idea is to either put a high output (13-16k) Soapbar or MM pickup under a 2mm cover that's flush with the acoustic body as I want to keep the aesthetic of the clean acoustic look and also use a electric bass bridge on so I can get the strings a lot lower, depending on whether I will need a boost I might wire it into a fishman isys preamp but am a bit concerned that with the high output pickups that it might be too much and possibly clip? From my initial measurements the strings will be 8-10mm off the top of the body is that going to be ok or would they need to be lower? If anyone has made a hidden pickup guitar and can give me any advice would be great?.....👍🏻

Finished my 5 stringer........ And the new Short Scale Punkcoustic Bass is coming along nicely.........👍🏻🤟🏻

I think I prefer the Yellow!!......👍🏻

Cheers mate Just a bit of blatant self promotion when I'm gigging 😂

Funny you say that I am considering Yellow as well!! It would match my custom strap I made the other week 🤔

Also I started making my back up 5 stringer but I can't decide if I want the body to be black or white?.........👍🏻

I decided to go a slightly different route on the short scale Punkcoustic bass the top will have a bit more of a natural look which will be sunburst into the black back and sides........👍🏻

I’m glad your here I never would have thought if that 🤣

I’ve already done 3 yellow and black guitars so I’m going to do something different time…….👍🏻🤘🏻

Yeah here’s a mock-up of how it will look, I’m not sure of the colour combo yet I’m thinking blue with yellow stripes but that might change?

I’ve started building a 30” short scale that will be for sale soon 😜👍🏻

Cheers mate! I am a bit partial to a corvette shaped body!!……..👍🏻

Here’s my latest build…… This one is going to be my new main gigging bass and it’s a 5 stringer………👍🏻 And here’s a few of my latest guitar builds……..

You’ve got this one it’s routed for a guitar neck but hasn’t got any bridge holes so you should be able to get the right scale length………👍🏻