Like DonMeixner I am also using the PUTW product for my banjo. I use the model #27 (because that is what I had available) and it works very well for my open backed, long necked Vega. I was worried that I wouldn't get the bass response I was looking for, so I worked at selecting the optimum placement for a string bass. I placed the strip over the area directly beneath the bridge feet, and because the model #27 is long, I placed more of the strip beneath the bass string foot then the high string foot (the strip overlaps both, though). The result is excellent. In fact, I have a strong enough signal to use the pick up without a pre-amp (especially since most mixers have plenty of gain at the input) - but it works well with a pre-amp. I do use a bit of EQ to reduce some of the bass - but with long banjo, when I play down in E or F, the sound man is usually readjustig EQ anyway (the freq response is quite different when you play that low - going higher is not so much of an adjustment). At any rate, these adjustments are very minor, and are certainly related to the instrument's idiosynchracies as oppposed to the pick-up's.