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blacklungfever · 03-25-2008, 07:36 PM

The easiest pickup to install is the Fishman BP-100. It's also one of the lower-end pickups, but it'll do the job. Theres one called the Underwood as well, but I've never tried it. From what I've heard it's better than the BP-100. Then theres the fancier pickups like the Gage Realist (I've got one) and the Fishman Full Circle, but those are much harder to install, and you probably shouldn't go putting a FC on a rental bass anyways, haha.

Theres only a few upright players on here as far as I know though, me being one of them, and my knowledge is pretty limited. You should head over to the Talkbass double bass forum, you'll get loads of answers there.

Oh, also find out if you can rent a bass with a pickup already on it from wherever you're renting from. Thats what I did for a while until I bought my own bass.

03-25-2008, 07:36 PM	#2
blacklungfever double bass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,014	The easiest pickup to install is the Fishman BP-100. It's also one of the lower-end pickups, but it'll do the job. Theres one called the Underwood as well, but I've never tried it. From what I've heard it's better than the BP-100. Then theres the fancier pickups like the Gage Realist (I've got one) and the Fishman Full Circle, but those are much harder to install, and you probably shouldn't go putting a FC on a rental bass anyways, haha. Theres only a few upright players on here as far as I know though, me being one of them, and my knowledge is pretty limited. You should head over to the Talkbass double bass forum, you'll get loads of answers there. Oh, also find out if you can rent a bass with a pickup already on it from wherever you're renting from. Thats what I did for a while until I bought my own bass.