Members slapthefunkyfour Posted December 22, 2008 Members Share Posted December 22, 2008 I need to get one. I play on very loud stages. I've been thinking about the K&K Bass Master RB PLUS Does anyone have experience with this? Is there anything else I should look at? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sugarskull Posted December 22, 2008 Members Share Posted December 22, 2008 You know, I had that one before my dollhead and I thought it was just fine. You can do a lot more with the dollhead of course, but KK rockabilly was great for what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapthefunkyfour Posted December 22, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2008 I'd love a Dollhead, but that is far out of my price range. Maybe King needs an endorsee here in Utah! I got the chance to play a King with a dollhead a couple years ago. It was before they were released, and this one was a prototype. It was very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solderjunkie Posted December 22, 2008 Members Share Posted December 22, 2008 I use a Stringcharger mag pickup with the K & K two-channel preamp and a piezo drum trigger for click. We have a VERY loud show, and the piezo bridge pickups were a feedback-disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassman1956 Posted December 22, 2008 Members Share Posted December 22, 2008 Anyone ever tried this? KRIVO Magnetic Pickup for Upright Bass EBONY color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solderjunkie Posted December 22, 2008 Members Share Posted December 22, 2008 Anyone ever tried this? KRIVO Magnetic Pickup for Upright Bass EBONY color Looks like a copy of my Stringcharger... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapthefunkyfour Posted December 22, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2008 Anyone ever tried this? KRIVO Magnetic Pickup for Upright Bass EBONY color I was planning on building something like that myself. I have an old P pickup that I was gonna mount onto the end of the fingerboard. I don't know how it would sound, but I already have the pup, so why not give it a try? Maybe this long weekend I'll get around to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reverend179 Posted December 22, 2008 Members Share Posted December 22, 2008 I was planning on building something like that myself. I have an old P pickup that I was gonna mount onto the end of the fingerboard. I don't know how it would sound, but I already have the pup, so why not give it a try? Maybe this long weekend I'll get around to it. Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't you have to stay with steel strings with a mag pickup? Seems like playing slap would tear your hands up quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapthefunkyfour Posted December 22, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2008 Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't you have to stay with steel strings with a mag pickup? Seems like playing slap would tear your hands up quicker. Yes you would need steel strings. Luckily, I use steel strings and I've built up monster callouses. I ordered some of those weedwacker things, but they have been sitting in the bag for 2 months. I have yet to try them out. But, I've got 2 URBs, so one of them will get the weedwackers, the other will get the mag pup. Experiments are fun. Someday I'll be able to afford a real pup system for my URB. Until then, I'm gonna stick with the Violin pickup and preamp that I've been using for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solderjunkie Posted December 22, 2008 Members Share Posted December 22, 2008 I can't grow a beard, so I play steel strings to prove my man-i-tude;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapthefunkyfour Posted December 22, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2008 I can't grow a beard, so I play steel strings to prove my man-i-tude;) lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassman1956 Posted December 23, 2008 Members Share Posted December 23, 2008 I was planning on building something like that myself. I have an old P pickup that I was gonna mount onto the end of the fingerboard. I don't know how it would sound, but I already have the pup, so why not give it a try? Maybe this long weekend I'll get around to it. Been thinking the same thing. Have a DiMarzio Split-P sitting around. It's a rail-type winding, so pole spacing won't be an issue. Pics and review when you're done, mmm-kay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapthefunkyfour Posted December 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 23, 2008 Been thinking the same thing. Have a DiMarzio Split-P sitting around. It's a rail-type winding, so pole spacing won't be an issue.Pics and review when you're done, mmm-kay? Of course. I always take pics of all my projects step by step all the way through. My mother always told me to keep a journal. I'm too lazy to write, but my grandkids are gonna have thousands and thousands of pictures to sort through that tell my life story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members surfinbela Posted March 19, 2013 Members Share Posted March 19, 2013 Hi there, you don't necessarily have to use steel strings - they may be plastic core but metal wound with magnetic properties. I'm violinist & viola player and I'm using a REBO magnetic pickup (also available for doublebass), playing C & G Thomastik Dominant strings (plastic core) These strings have an even stronger output than steel ropecore strings, because of the bigger diameter of the metal "tube" the windings form on the plastic core. CheersUli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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