Customer Reviews

Fishman BP-100 Upright Bass Pickup

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I was not happy with the challenges to mounting the pads on the bridge. Even after much sanding and filing, the clips that are supposed to hold the pads on the bridge kept popping off as I played. Not only that, but the padding on the clips will not stay glued on. This system is not working for me. I'm not sure what I'm going to do next, but in its current state the device is not much use to me.

Very easy to install, no tools needed and it took me less than 5 minutes. Make sure to leave a little space between the strings and the pickups (about 3mm seems to be enough) and you'll get great clarity and a full range off of each string.

So far I've used it both direct into amps and through a pre-amp (Sansamp DI), both work pretty well but, because it gets the full range, you'll definitely want some way to tweak your sound. A little bit of that tweaking will quickly get you from a smooth big band feel to a rockabilly sound.

Most important to me is very low noise, even with the treble turned well up I didn't need a noise gate.

This item does exactly what it's supposed to do and a great job of it. Simple, zero maintenance, unobtrusive, and great sound, what more can you ask for.

I glued the sensors to the bridge with crazy glue gel and elimnated the clip popping off problem. It sounded terrible with the clips but better with the glue. The sound is still pretty high end with weak bass. Even with my amp equalizer set to fully attenuate everything above 250 Hz, it has no bottom. If you like the high end sound, OK. But I wanted more depth.