I use the Fishman Full Circle. I’ve tried the Realist, Underwood, Bassmax, Wilson and Have an AMT mic and a Sennheiser MD409 mic.

I like the Realist and use it as a backup. For my style the Full Circle suits me best.

I use the Full Circle mostly by itself but occasionally I’ll blend in the Sennheiser mic as well. The AMT is great if you aren’t playing to loud or you are sending it front of house but through the amp you have to play very quiet for it to work without feedback. The Dynamic mics like the Sennheiser get much louder before feedback through an amp. For me the AMT was far to much $ for as useful as it was. The Sennheiser was less than half the price and works way better.

I use the AI Focus 2RIII for most gigs into a Euphonic Audio VL208 cabinet. Occasionally I’ll use a Walter Woods Ultra instead of the Focus, especially if I’m doubling with the electric bass.

Question: what have you found to be your pickup, mic of choice when amplifying the Cleveland? Is that a Fishman in the picture? I use a Gage Realist now with an AI amp and was considering the AMT or something else?
Again, I loved spending time reading your site. Thanks.
Humberto Fernandez

I found I had to consciously avoid baseball to get back into music again though - it’s just too time consuming. Worse than blogging and posting on forums. Seriously, the years I stopped playing bass, I never missed one pitch of a Yankees game, on the radio if not TV or at the stadium.

Andy