Bass Pickup Shadow

Upright Bass Pickup

The SH 950 is a popular upright bass pickup. Four sensors produce a natural sound when either plucked or bowed. Pickup has two opposing sensors per side to accurately reproduce the sound of the string and body vibrations. Sensors mount between the wings and feet of the bridge. Absolutely unparalleled, deep bass sound!

Here's what the player's think.

Didi Beck (Boppin'B)
"With the SH 951 I have in any situation my sound totally under control!"

"At 14 I decided to become a musician after I went to the cinema. I was really impressed by the way Jimi Hendrix destroyed his guitar at "Wild Thing" and I thought: "I want to do it, too!". Today I play bass and I did not destroy any directly but in any case the Kick was there ", answers Didi to the question about the reason why he became a professional bass player.

Today Didi is not only one the most successful and most well-known upright bass players, but also Germany’s Rockabilly figurehead.

By 1983, Didi played with the band Pas de Bas at the Grand Prix d`Eurovision (European Song Contest). Since 1989 he released eight albums with his current band Boppin’B and played more than 3.500 (!) concerts.

Didi's opinion about the SH 951:

For many, many years, I played the SH 951 on almost all of my instruments. I was testing almost every pickup that is available on the market but none of them gave me such a powerful and loud tone like the SH 951 . Because I am playing with my band Boppin’B on big stages, it is important for me to get a powerful sound without having feedback problems. In the same way if we are playing smaller stages, where you are standing very close to your amp. But with the SH 951 I have my sound in any situation totally under control. Also in the studio I obtain an outstanding sound with a combination of the SH 951 and a high-quality large-diaphragm microphone. You can listen to this sound on our current production ' Bop around the pop '."

Didi played concerts with:

The Scorpions
Fats Domino
Chuck Berry
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
The Toy Dolls
Harry Beladonte
Backstreet Boys
N'Sync
La Toya Jackson
Tito & Tarantula
Therapy?
The Comets
London Boys
The Busters


Rainer Glas
"Listen - what a sound!"

Rainer is bass player in many creative jazz bands with whom he is touring all over Europe. Since 1979, he had played on more than 30 PL/CD productions. In 1980 he received the Cultural Award of Erlangen, Germany and the Award of the German Phonoacademy. He has been the supervisor of the well-known Erlanger Jazz Workshops since 1981. Rainer worked with Artist such as Chris Beier, Leszek Zadlo, Thomas's finch, Pete York, Charly Antolini, Joe Nay, Heckstall Smith, John Etheridge, Ack van Rooyen, Bobby Burgess, Vincent Herring, Tony Lakatos, Sandy Lomax, Sandy Patton, Harriet Lewis, David Gazarov, January Jarczyk, Harald Rüschenbaum, Carola Grey and many more.