The Little-Jake is a high quality, hand-built pickup for the bassoon and other woodwinds. Little-Jake sounds incredibly natural with warm and full bass response and works extremely well with guitar effects and amps. The cable is very lightweight, flexible and just the right length to go to the preamp clipped to your belt, avoiding any danger of accidentally pulling the pickup out of the bocal adapter.

$99 Little-Jake threaded pickup only. Shipping included for US orders. International customers click here for additional installation and shipping information. Click Here to got to the order page.

Also available in complete packages including preamp and bocal adapters through Forrests Music and Midwest Musical Imports. Used by bassoonists and other woodwind players all over the world! Who’s using the Little-Jake? If you use the Little-Jake, tell me and get included on the list

For best results, use with an L.R. Baggs GigPro or similar high impedance input preamp.

For bassoon a brass adapter must be made and soldered to the bocal. For clarinet, tap directly into a plastic barrel, no adapter needed. For alto, tenor, or bari sax, a brass adapter can be attached to the neck, or tap directly into a plastic or hard rubber mouthpiece (more details on this procedure are in the comments below). I will modify your barrel or mouthpiece at no extra charge if you send it to me. This is a permanent change, and I cannot be responsible for how the modification will affect the characteristics of the mouthpiece or barrel.

The threading is SAE 10/32 and 1/4″ deep. For Telex style fitting please order through Forrests Music. They can also make the appropriate adapter for you. Designed to work with your existing “Telex” bocal adapter. Forrests provides a preamp especially designed for use with the Little-Jake.  You may also use the L.R. Baggs GigPro for a preamp.

For Best sound results

To get the most out of your Little-Jake, treat it like “active pickups” from a bass guitar.  If you don’t know what that means, the guys at your local guitar shop will.  The bass response of the Little-Jake can be a little “boomy” at times. I suggest a pretty strong low end roll-off below about 75-100Hz to eliminate this. From there, EQ the 1kHz-4kHz range to adjust the color to your desires and according to your amplifier.