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Lifeline Piezo Double Bass Pickup

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Versatile, great-sounding bass transducer.

The Realist Upright Bass Pickup consists of a piezo in a flexible copper housing that fits between the top of your double bass and the E string bridge foot. The Realist acoustic transducer was designShow More

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