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I put a mic on it, Shadow SH 950, this is how it looks.
This is how it sounds...
I'm a big beginner so it's a bit weird.
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02-29-2024 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Lionelsax
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Originally Posted by garybaldy
It's very balanced and it respects dynamics even if I think it creates a natural compression.
Acoustically the double bass makes a lot of extra noise, when I play low notes, everything is vibrating so much that the low notes on E string can't be heard clearly (a lot of buzz when I pluck the strings), here you hear the body and the strings.
It makes me say it's a good instrument and so is the mic.
About other mics... I don't know.
I bought this mic because I really needed it, I wanted to install it before a trumpeter came to my house.
Unfortunately, the mic came a couple hours before the trumpeter and there was too much work to install it quickly.
So I played acoustically...
At first I wanted a K&K BassMax but I wanted it quickly, so I bought the only cheap decent mic there was on Amazon Prime, it was too long with Thomann.
I'm very satisfied, I didn't try it yet on my real bass amp (I only tried it on a small one and it was good), my house is made like a tower with small stairs.
The bass is in the attic and the amp in the garage, it's a pain in the back when I've got to move the bass, the amp stays in the garage.
The mic doesn't hum when it's plugged into the soundcard.
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Originally Posted by garybaldy
I'm not really sure, they are very expensive.
For my nylon guitar, one day to replace the original electronics, I bought a very Fishman copy preamp with piezo, it was efficient but awful.
I gave my niece the guitar, she wants to learn, it's a Fender !
Be careful, on the net there are a lot of Fishman copies, it doesn't mean they sound like original Fishman systems.
I don't know why they don't protect their brand.
The K&K Bass Max has a lot of good critics a little more than the system I bought.
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As an aside, how was this delivered??
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Originally Posted by Lionelsax
I’ve never heard or played an upright that made any extraneous noise like that. Something is wrong. You might want to have a more skilled bassist play it to see if the noise is there when someone else plays it. If so, that person will tell you the same thing I’m saying.
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Originally Posted by GuyBoden
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Originally Posted by pawlowski6132
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Bruh, uprights don't have frets, if there's buzz, it's because the action is too high not too low.
The most likely explanation is that most uprights come with high action both at the nut and at the bridge and this can make it too difficult to finger notes with enough pressure to secure the string to the board and it'll rattle.
Does that sound like it could be the case Lionel? Post some pix of the action for us.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith
When it's bowed it sounds very "good".
Don't laugh, I didn't put a title on this video.
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Originally Posted by Lionelsax
I also have one of those Fishman copy pre amps with the under saddle piezo in a flat top. It's ok but the mic is broken.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith
Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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I didn't mean to imply that I was disagreeing with you. I understood what you wrote. I was disagreeing more with the guy that you quoted.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith
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If you're getting buzz because you pluck hard, then pluck at the base of the fretboard like I told you to. :P With your finger parallel to the string. Plucking in the middle of the string causes the string to vibrate more widely.
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There was a carved short scale for a reasonable price on my local cl. I snoozed, I losed. Still kicking myself. Violinist wife thinks I could get good enough to play last chair in the local community symphony.
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