Upton Bass Competition Winner

Posted by Benjamin on January 25, 2009 Filed under: competition tagged: Upton Bass

One of the great things about running the bass guitar blog is the opportunity to make other bassists happy! Thank you to all of those who entered the Bass Guitar Blog competition back in November, and thank you to Upton Bass for the Revolution SOLO II Double Bass Pickup prize. Congratulations go to the winner, Rod Sroufe.

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Rod has now received his pickup and is absolutely over the moon:

Thank you for the good news. This is a surprise! I had thought the contest had come and gone and my typical streak of no luck was intact! So this news is fantastic! …I am excited to get it installed to see how it makes my carved top bass sound. I always wanted a Revolution Solo II pickup for my bass after reading all of the positive reviews on various bass forums. Thanks to you all at Bassguitarblog.com, and to Upton Bass for sponsoring this contest, I now have one of these excellent pickups to try.

Thank you Rob for reading and taking part. Lots more good things to come as the blog continues to grow at a pace that takes our breath away! Subscribers will get details of how to enter the next competition shortly, and we have a little something to give away for outstanding comments, pointers and recommendations too!

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5 Responses to “Upton Bass Competition Winner”

Rod S., on February 23rd, 2009 at 2:34 AM Said:

After a little over a month, I have finally installed the Revolution Solo II Pickup on a backup bridge and put the bridge on my bass today to give it a try. I had to cut about 4mm or so of the E string side wing slot of the bridge with a bit of filing to get it to fit.

As with piezo pickups, the fit has to be tight to get a proper sound without being too tight. I am am not running the pickup through a pre-amp ( I don’t have one) and the sound is quite like my bass simply amplified. The sound is more like my bass as compared to the Six Rounds pickup I was using. It also seems I can get a bit more tonal flexibility out of the Rev. Solo II with my amp without feedback for both arco and pizz playing. I am quite happy with the sound.

Next I will work over my primary adjustable bridge to fit the pickup and expect to use it for a few performances in March/April. Thanks again to bassguitarblog.com and Upton Bass for the opportunity to win this fine product.
Benjamin, on February 23rd, 2009 at 10:10 AM Said:

Thanks Rod! Let us know how the performances go. That’s pretty impressing without a pre-amp. Sounds good!
Rod S, on April 28th, 2009 at 2:34 AM Said:

Update on the Revolution Solo II. I have just finished playing a pit orchestra gig at the local 1,200 seat Performing Arts Center. This pickup works great! I now have a Fishman Pro EQ Platinum Bass pre-amp with which I was able to plug the XLR out right into the house sound system. The sound engineer had me dialed in low and loud, with a good double bass tone, in less than 2 minutes at bone rattling volume and absolutely no feedback with either pizz. or arco playing.

Thanks again for the opportunities you provide to win excellent gear!
Benjamin, on May 4th, 2009 at 9:17 AM Said:

Sounds like a result Rod – and a good gig too! Thanks for checking back in and happy playing!
Gary from UptonBass.com, on July 22nd, 2009 at 12:48 AM Said:

Well lets get you guys another pickup for another competition