LukeFRC

look in the sale forum, find something, then ask questions about a specific amp. £500 will get you something nice

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1345328926' post='1776420'] emagnetsuk. Pcb works for the flat work. Fibre board is cheaper in large bits but that's a lot of pickups. You can wind them using a hand drill (the kind you wind by hand). You have to keep the wire nice and tight but you can also do this by simply holding the wire between pieces of felt. Thin wire (.42swg) and 20x5mmx20mm alnico rods will do it for a humbucker. Bar magnets are good, but they need steel 'rails'. The handdrill gets clamped to the bench with a piece of .5" mdf with counter sunk carraige bolt that gets chucked into the drill. The wire bobbin stands on the floor directly beneath the winder. Make sure you sand any burrs of plastic of the bobbin. Fix flatwork to the mdf 'winding plate' with double sided tape (vinyl floor tape b&q). Wind the drill with one hand and tension/guide the wire with the other hand. Takes about 20 minutes. You need a very steady hand to do this and it's pretty simple to set up a tensioner with guide posts. Tape down the wires and lightly sand off the coating to test the output and seal again with laquer. You can then pot them in wax i you can bung up all the holes in the cases. This is easy with wooden cases that have only 2 holes or so. Plastic cases with exposed pole piece designs are always going to be tricky. You can dip string in hot wax and wrap that around as a lively alternative. Potting basically stops the pickup turning into a microphone. [/quote] useful.... and the chance of making something sounding good?

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1345314567' post='1776248'] What are the new Trace heads like? As clean as the originals? [/quote] In my head trace is one of the most coloured tones around!

in theory yes... but then how do you make that a rule?

seeing that you're going to have to open it up to see whats up with the pups, stick it in the japanese one

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1345246365' post='1775650'] Yep. I respect that. I have tried a lot of Jap and Mexican Fenders and they have that missing something to me. I think it is the basswood bodies, common in the Japs, doesn't seem to have the ring for me. I've played ordinary MIAs before, but those that have really made me grin have always been string thru MIAs. [/quote] ahh all the japanese fenders I've played/owned haven't had basswood bodies. the better ones don't. I really dislike the current american standards- not sure why. The highway ones were nice, and played some awesome ones in the american vintage range - but the idea that all american are better than all japanese is daft. A good japanese bass will be maple and alder/ash like a US made one, from what I've played I prefer the japanese made necks.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1345244868' post='1775642'] Problem is, until a year ago or less they were in the reach, unlike the Audi. I don't see what Warwick have done to warrant the increase apart from reduce their carbon footprint, which they should foot the bill for. [/quote] they were a small exclusive bass builder making it all by hand.... then they became big and made lots of basses- not as good as the older ones but people bought them. then I guess people stopped buying them as much and they wondered what they could do, and while fender and everyone else just tried to cut costs they raised the quality again and dropped production levels, if you make a higher quality product the prices go up.

thing is... maybe seeing the recent price increases maybe warwick were just the first to move their prices up.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1345032822' post='1772575'] I would recommend trying it first if you can. Although they'll sell again easily, when we were A/Bing it at a bassbash we could hear a difference and I decided it wasn't for me. In a mix it may be a different matter mind! [/quote] also some amps/preamps etc already have similar things built in....

Dear Mr Warwick I note that I have not received a free bass yet in order to make your welcome area more happy. That's ok, I understand, I am disappointing though and as a consequence will boycott all Warwick Basses for the next two days.* yours Luke *that two days is admittedly the time before my dissertation (thesis in german ) handin when I'm stuck behind my computer but still!

all "in my opinion of course"

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1345239319' post='1775572'] Have you ever thought of getting a USA Jazz? Squier and Jap Fenders don't cut it like a proper Jazz. [/quote] b00lox - japanese fenders are at least the equal of the US production of the last 10 years, a fair few of them even have the same pickups on them. The US vintage reissue is a step up I'll give you that but I would take one of the Jap reissue series over a US standard any day of the week and then some.

[quote name='Bass-Thing' timestamp='1345234580' post='1775481'] Ok thanks folks I appreciate what you're saying and I take your various points. Thing is my main issue with BBOT bridges is that you can't get a decent low action and a Badass will give you the lowest you can get without gluing the strings to the fretboard. Can you get the same sort of action with a Babicz? The bass I'm about to get to all intents and purposes, has a Geddy Lee neck and I want the same action I have on my GL jazz bass. Basically I'm asking are these Babicz bridges any good? Regarding the Gotoh not really that impressed though I am intrigued by the Schaller. [/quote] Schaller is nice. But I don't believe you with a Badass/BBOT affecting the action. If anything isn't the baseplate of the badass thicker? action is more down to the neck.

something is wrong with either your MM pup, the wiring into it or the blend pot.