I just purchased the Phil Jones Double4 bass amp to compliment my Chennell archtop bass. The cleanness of sound on this little amp is outstanding.
The volume was lacking and after checking the amp out with other electric instruments, we came to the conclusion it is more than likely a cheap passive pickup used. Toby couldn't remember but thought it was an Artec passive. Looking up on Ebay the Artec pp417 goes for around $6.80. I'm not sure if it's a pp417 but Toby mentioned it was cheap and had it around the shop.
I wrote mike at PJB and he thought a Shadow pickup used by Kala was a good one.
My luthier is busy getting instruments ready for the local schools so I have a couple of weeks before I take it in.
I would assume it should be an under saddle pickup due to it being f holes. I don't want to cut into it for a preamp.
Any suggestions? If a Shadow p/u which model? I'm more interested in quality than cost.
Here's a photo of the bass.
The volume was lacking and after checking the amp out with other electric instruments, we came to the conclusion it is more than likely a cheap passive pickup used. Toby couldn't remember but thought it was an Artec passive. Looking up on Ebay the Artec pp417 goes for around $6.80. I'm not sure if it's a pp417 but Toby mentioned it was cheap and had it around the shop.
I wrote mike at PJB and he thought a Shadow pickup used by Kala was a good one.
My luthier is busy getting instruments ready for the local schools so I have a couple of weeks before I take it in.
I would assume it should be an under saddle pickup due to it being f holes. I don't want to cut into it for a preamp.
Any suggestions? If a Shadow p/u which model? I'm more interested in quality than cost.
Here's a photo of the bass.