jrixn1 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 On 05/10/2023 at 18:46, kristo said: I’m interested in peoples experience with getting an upright like sound. What's your scenario? Small-group jazz, concert hall, listening audience - I wouldn't be happy doing it. Large, loud function band in a wedding marquee - you'll be fine. 3 hours ago, Geek99 said: p bass, flats, roll the tone off a bit If of interest, I have some comparison audio here from a few years ago, as we recorded both the rehearsal (P bass, flats, foam) and the gig (upright, piezo direct): out.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) Get the piezo sorted then put tapewounds on it, what buffer preamp do you have in the bass at the moment? Adding a mag pickup is going to make it sound less like an upright IMO. Also pluck the string with the side of your finger, if you want to go the whole hog then have the bass defretted. Edited October 8, 2023 by lemmywinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristo Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 On 07/10/2023 at 22:58, jrixn1 said: What's your scenario? Small-group jazz, concert hall, listening audience - I wouldn't be happy doing it. Large, loud function band in a wedding marquee - you'll be fine. It’s a bluegrass/blues/swing style band playing pubs/party’s so generally pretty relaxed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristo Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 22 hours ago, lemmywinks said: Get the piezo sorted then put tapewounds on it, what buffer preamp do you have in the bass at the moment? Adding a mag pickup is going to make it sound less like an upright IMO. Also pluck the string with the side of your finger, if you want to go the whole hog then have the bass defretted. It has a Shadow piezo and preamp fitted currently, but I’m really not too impressed with it at all. String inbalance, background noise, piezo ‘quack’ and feedback are all pretty prominent. I’m off to seethe luthier later today so will see what he thinks too. Thanks for everyone’s input 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 There's a vid from Scott's Bass Lessons on exactly this. I know he's a bit marmite but it's only 18 mins of your life 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristo Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 I ended up going with the end of the neck. Sounds pretty awesome at home so looking forward to trying it with the band. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Edge Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 On 27/10/2023 at 18:09, kristo said: I ended up going with the end of the neck. Sounds pretty awesome at home so looking forward to trying it with the band. Advice I got some years ago was play over the 12th fret above the fretted note. So playing the fifth, pluck over the seventeenth. Not very practical though. If I want a DB ish tone I play as far up the neck as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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