DB-1 Wood-Encased Upright Bass Pickup for Bridge Wing

Just wanted to report on 100% satisfactory results with the installation of the KNA DB-1 on my Juzek today. As described by you, mounting the pickup and jack was a 1,2,3 stress-less process for the uninitiated. Simple utilization of the shims worked as advertised. The A/B immediate difference in tone as compared with the (still installed) old-school F****** B*-*** is strikingly positive. Whether played directly through my new Acoustic Image amp or with my Fishman Platinum Pro EQ in the line, it produces the increased 'voice' of the instrument I'd been lacking. MUCH fuller E string response (KNA mounted on the G string side as suggested) which had previously been lacking. Needless to say I am chuffed with the results of my investment. Thank you very much for your development involvement and advisement recommending this pickup.

KNA DB-1 pickup I purchased is great! Greetings. I don't post on social media of any sort but want to thank you for this product. I'm an old bass guitarist who's been playing upright with a start-up community swing band, using an old beater-bass which has long lived, unused, in the back of the band room. It's been a challenge to my hands to get heard through the mix. It took me all of 5 minutes to easily install this pickup and get wonderful results. And no pre-amp needed, using old Peavey amp in the band room. It sounds great, easily eq'd with fundamental amp tone controls. THANK YOU very much!

Mark - want you to know that the kna DB-1 string bass pickup worked flawlessly during our Jazz Nativity shows at church. the sound was impeccable and I received many compliments regarding such. Thanks for the recommendation of this pick up for my bass. Have a Merry Christmas and a HNY!

I got the KNA pickup today. I am VERY careful about installing stuff like this; I am a total newbie. The box arrived, and it took me about 5 minutes to figure out how to install it. Just pick the correct shim(s); one of the thinner ones did it for me. The ¼ inch jack took me a few minutes to mount, the hardest part was tightening the nylon screw really tight. Once I did that, I fired it up and it sounds great.

Ever since I "went upright"(Stagg, then Yamaha SLB200) about four years ago I have been drawn to your site with all its goodies and fantastic links and advice. When I recently bought a second hand Engelhardt blonde Swingmaster that you had shipped to a Canadian customer in 2008, I based my decision to buy partly on info on your site and was pleased to see the original owner had kept all the paper work and info from you with the K&K pickup and preamp that he ordered with the bass... lots of good tips in there. When I wanted to try a different pickup with less string noise and a "woodier" sound naturally I called you. It seems all the glowing reviews of Gollihur are true - great advice based on real experience and good service (same day shipping). Your info sheet about fitting the KNA DB-1 was MUCH better than the instructions from KNA and the sandpaper around a thin metal ruler worked well for me. You obviously listen to your customers and even included a reference to our phone conversation. THANKS for the great personal service and advice, the KNA DB-1 is powerful and much more even across the strings than the K&K and I can use the preamp or go straight into my Traynor SB 112 amp that I bought here in Canada (sorry about that) based largely on your review. I have spent a lot of time checking out many of the links you provide and between that and the product info on your site have learned an awful lot about basses, thanks for all your work. I can now brag to other bass folks about actually talking to Mark Gollihur! One more time, thanks!