Originally Posted By: Mac
I would be wanting to connect that bass directly to a good sound card and use some good audio analyzer software that contains Real Time Analysis and other spectrum graphics to see what's going on before drawing any conclusions. If I didn't have a contact mic, I'd likely just make do by pressing the body or bridge tightly against any flat response mic I have and try to take a sample that way.

I'd also want to use a flat contact mic on it and run the same tests again, in order to find out what the differences may be in what is inherent in the strings body and bridge vs what the actual pickup is doing. Although I'd be willing to bet that the pickup is not the culprit. I'm thinking it is the string composition and length that is giving it the Dano bass sound. And that may be something you will just have to live with then.

Don't misunderstand, sounding like a Dano is not a knock. Countless hit songs were recorded on the Dano Electric Bass at one time, sometimes even in conjunction with String Bass where both would play the exact same parts at the same time, the old "Tic Tac" bass prominent on many a recording from the era. And it would work good in bluegrass as well. After all, the Dano bass and the Dano guitars were even used by some prominent Jazz and Bebop players for a short time and nobody complained.


--Mac

I have no experience in what one needs to sound like. For Bluegrass I think undefined and thumpy is what's wanted.
Here's a breakdown of some specifics:
1.Pups are 2 35mm piezos under the feet of the bridge
2. pre is a Tech 21 VT bass.Lots of tone variation available with this.
3. Bass was built to utilize standard 3/4 doublebass strings
4. scale length is 41-3/4"
5. strings are nylon "weedwackers" used by a lot of rock-a-billy players.
What needs to happen to get the tone more in line?Although I've been told by many that anEUB will never sound like a real upright.I believe that. Just trying to get away from a bass guitar sound.I have a real nice one of them already.

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