Looking for pickups for an EUB

[LewsTherin]

Alright guys....im planning out an electric upright. The only thing I dont really know what to do for is the pickups.

I will most likely be making my own bridge, so idk about piezos.


Any ideas?

[shacklecrow]

I know EMG make some, LINK (http://www.emginc.com/displayproducts.asp?section=OEM&categoryid=5&catalogid=20)
Heres some schaller ones as well LINK (http://www.urbbob.com/schaller.html)

[LewsTherin]

Yea, I saw those....but would EMG sell their OEM products to a non-professional such as myself?

[shacklecrow]

not too sure ive had a quick look thru the obvious companies and none of them have them, you could email the company in the second link and say you '''have a upright and want to install EMG 4SW's in it but cant get them.. blah blah could i get them thru you'''. Its worth a go, worst they can say is no.
you might be able to get them thru a company. I got my custom EMGs for my bass from www.machinehead.co.uk (UK not US) and they ordered them in for me.

[Specialsauce]

hey, im going to be building an eurb here soon, too, and my plan was to just use regular old soapbars.... is there some reason why i cant do this?

[LewsTherin]

hey, im going to be building an eurb here soon, too, and my plan was to just use regular old soapbars.... is there some reason why i cant do this?


the fingerboard on uprights has such a tight radius that the middle two strings would be waaay far away from the pup, and the outer two would be alot closer, so there would be major volume inconsistencies.

[fabass]

hello

im also tryng to build a eub
but im not sure if a pick up will get the real upright sound
i dont know if a transducer on the bridge will resolve this
but i dont know wich brand i should bye


gretings

[ebe9]

Head over to the Double Bass section on talkbass.com

They have an area dedicated to EUB's. That is where I got a lot of the information for the bastardised version I am building.