That is a very, very elegant bass. Props to the luthier for displaying some real taste in the construction of it, and props to the new owner for recognizing that taste.
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Originally Posted by nostatic
Piezo bridge? Cool. I love the piezos on my Rob Allens. I've been talking with Rob about doing a mag/piezo instrument. It can be tough as they often don't balance well. I had a piezo on my Lightwave fretless and the piezo sounded like crap by itself - like you said, rolling in a bit to give some air and bite to the mags is the best application. Rob's piezo is designed to be standalone so kind of a different beast.
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I have the same "problem" with all of my piezo-equipped solid body guitars that lack a serious EQ for the piezo. Solution is I mix in the neck (magnetic) pickup at about 50% volume to fatten it up. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't the "dirty secret" about all of the hybrid guitars you see out there.