Hi all,
I've been around the forum for ages but haven't posted anything much, so please excuse this rather long post...
I own a 2001 German-made Warwick Streamer LX6 which is a joy to play, but it has a problem with the MEC-2 actives.
Ever since I bought the bass it has been cutting out and intermittently playing passive-only, but now it has died altogether - it still plays through the passive circuit, but the active eq board has given up.
Interestingly, once I started investigating, and had the jack socket replaced as I assumed it would help, I discovered that sometime in its past it had been rewired from the original spec, (eg the battery -ve was soldered directly onto the jack socket earth, and so on...) Whether or not the original owner had had the same problem and sought to bypass it, I can only surmise...
Ok, so here's the Question: is it worth buying a new MEC-2 circuit with pots etc direct from Warwick, to regain the original sound of the bass (which I hear is really good!) or should I ditch the lot and go for something else? I don't have a huge budget - who does?! - so I don't want to go for something that isn't 'right'...
Oh, and someone told me that only Warwick pots fit the original Warwick knobs, or vice versa - is that correct?!
All advice, comments, donations welcome
David