Live tone

[Ramirez]

Right,

I've been messing around with pickups and mic for live use, and I think I've found something decent. Would you be happy sending this sound to FOH?

 

(Mind my intonation 🫢!)

 

 

[JoeEvans]

Sounds good to me, what's the instrument and pickups?

 

[Happy Jack]

Sounds a lot like my Kolstein Busetto (Schaller 411 mag pickup, steel strings) but it doesn't really matter what you send to FOH ... what comes out the other side is in the lap of the Gods. 🙄

[Ramirez]

Thanks both.

 

I'll admit, there's a twist in this tale, which is why I'm not yet being specific - I'll wait for a few more opinions on the sound!

 

Aled

[NickD]

That's strange. It sounds like bass guitar to me, even down to the string noise. It sounds good, but I can't picture it in my head as a DB.

[stevie]

Compare with this. What do you think?

 

[Ramirez]

Well, it isn't a double bass at all - it's a cheap Harley Benton Beatbass fretless and a cheap old piezo pickup I found in the shed, though an upright bass IR on a Line 6 Helix.

 

If I'm being honest, I'm unable to get a sound that's nearly as convincing from a pickup with my real upright! - my Krivo pickup sounds more 'electric', and the piezo doesn't work as well either. Ho-hum...