LukeFRC

I think it would be far easier if you just said something along the lines of "i get the best parts from x, y, and z made for me and put them together into a cracking bass", I mean thats what the overwater/tanglewoods are- mass produced but final set up here giving it that seal of approval. I am never quite sure what the problem is with just saying that, I mean at some levels a bass mass produced in china is the same as one mass produced in mexico or america... what matters is the quality of the parts and that's what is unclear about these basses. I could go the far east and buy parts and sell them in the uk for thousands (Lakland for example) or I could go and do the same and sell wholesale for £20 each. It's knowing the difference in quality.

[quote name='Warwick_Official' timestamp='1341248928' post='1715757'] warwickhunt - Yes, since revamping the entire Rockbass line - they come with MEC pickups, and the same 3D 2-piece bridge, tuners, and Warwick security locks as found on the German made basses. Thanks! [/quote] that makes no sense! Why are the parts so expensive then? I'm looking for a passive blend pot for my warwick. An MEC replacement will cost me £40 posted- a new rockbass, with a blend pot in it, can be found new for £200 !! surely it can't be the same parts??

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1341218001' post='1715139'] The JV with its original pickup sounds wonderful: it has the "thunk". I'm surprised how middly the SPB-1 sounds in comparison, as it is touted as one of the finest vintage P-Bass replacements you can buy. I expect the Duncan pickup could be made to sound like the JV pickup with a bit of bass lift in the preamp, but still - that's an eye-opener! [/quote] i'm going to try it out in practice. the SPB-1 is brilliant at where it sits in the mix and a really great pickup, I think for a lot of music styles it would be more appropriate. I like both to be honest, be good to try out the JV live

[quote name='Doomentia' timestamp='1341134406' post='1714049'] Hey guys I've recently started a progressive doom band, what we want to do with it is totally have some weird stuff going on down on the low ends, to do this I am considering to build my own bass, I've never done it before, so would any of you have any advice at all? It will be a 5 or 6 string, want some good quality wood and i'm also considering putting a whammy bar on there too So like, yeah, any advice would be grand peace Doomentia [/quote] Pay for someone elses expertise. Define a bit more what you want.... and then it it were me I would PM either lettsguitars (the nice fella above) or ou7shined for some of the builders on here, or ACG (skelf)

not many replies on here... maybe I should ask more questions.... which one of the two pickups do you think is more classic P bass sound? the JV one is way way more bassy and makes the whole bass a different instrument. Slight concern it could be *too* much live. Also given that the SPB1 is supposed to be Duncans's vintage voiced P bass pickup, and the JV is supposed to be a vintage copy too.... why are they so different? not even the coil shapes are the same! Luke

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1341079045' post='1713667'] I reckon the Thumb really is the epitome of "that Warwick sound". Punch and growl in abundance! [/quote] esp if you pick up an older wenge and bubinga one - they make em out of something different now cos they are saving the rain forests. actaully, kudos on the FSA certified corvette made out of happy trees...

matches your avatar somewhat!

Today I fitted the Seymore Duncan to the Kramer and also wired in one of the switches in series/single coil / parallel for the bridge pickup, the coil nearest the neck sounds best so thats the single coil I chose to use. Having had a wee play... and the Duncan sounds better in the Kramer, it balances better with the tone of the other pickups than the JV P pickup did. The JV sounds nice in the JV but boy is there a lot of bottom end in there! so much bass!

if you take them out you will be left with wee holes. I can't for the life of me work out why in defretting that neck you would want to.

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1341060405' post='1713343'] From my own experience, I would put Japanese Fenders [i]ahead [/i]of American ones. [/quote] ( I would too but you stir up a **** storm if you say that sort of thing!)

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1341057509' post='1713294'] Yes, and I have the circuit board even... but not for this bass. In fact I'm starting to think that a mid-sweep control probably makes more sense than a full 2/3-band preamp in most basses. [/quote]where you get the board from? make it?

[quote name='guybrush threepwood' timestamp='1341053352' post='1713222'] The JV in the JV is just beautiful. [/quote] yeah, it is So so different. A lot more bottom end and low mids. whereas with the SD is a nice pup, but it doesn't sound that much different from, say the warwick. Interesting experimenting anyway! Think I'm going to keep the JV in the JV as the wick can hit most the tones I will be loosing.

I would put the japanese stuff on par with the american

I've played both. I've really really liked the highway ones I've tried, preferring them to the american standards. But the JPN stuff is wonderful too. I would stick with what you have unless you have real problems with build quality etc.

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1340992460' post='1712643'] No, the cab definitely has limitations for sure, which is why I ordered a Barefaced last week, but I do get the tight thump I need from my RW p'up through my rig, I find it's just a bit vanilla sounding. The Fender Original is the exact opposite! [/quote] go for the thump P bass one and put it through a big old valve amp?

the higher end warwick ones have done me for years

well at least it's not damaged the wood!

thought of building a copy of one of the pre EB stingray preamps?

[quote name='kennyrodg' timestamp='1341012967' post='1712972'] Nice One Luke, For me it's the JV/JV combo that wins out, I'm glad that PickUp found it's rightful home ! Do me a favour though bud, I'm fairly certain that the strings on the Kramer are Sunbeams, One's that took me months and months to get them to how I like 'em ...... "worn". If you find you don't like them I'll buy 'em back of you. I'm glad you like the Bass too. [/quote] yeah, I'm surprised at the difference and how you can tell it's the same bass at the same time. I prefer them I think. Ping your address over I'll keep them safe until I work out where the rest of the kramer is going to sit in my bass arsenal in terms of getting played. I think I will change the wiring (again) so that the bridge pup switch is series/singlecoil/paralell and have the front coil as the single coil. far more useful in my book!

[quote name='giamma' timestamp='1340991472' post='1712623'] I contacted Paul but I think think I'll have to wait a lot of time.. The guys at the gallery could be the solution if you say they know what to do. @Luke do u know where I can find the schematics? [/quote] attatched

oh and tone wide open on all clips

you came here for sounds and pictures didn't you? comments if you want. I just played the first thing that came to my head! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN9CC0_K9bA&feature=plcp[/media] Well today I took delivery of a lovely bass that kennyrodg sold me. I'll be honest, I only bought it as it had a pickup in it that's from a JV squier P bass and I wanted to reunite that with a JV squier p bass. Build on this thing is mental, it was actually a bit of a struggle to get the neck in properly it is so tight, a nice thinnish rosewood fretboard, very good tuners, chunky bridge... not a bad bass. So played around with it, re wired the humbucker (it had been wired out of phase, oops!) and then swapped the P pickup out. while I was about it did some sound samples.... REALLY BAD ones and going straight into the mic socket of my iMac and into garage band. not the best way to record anything. playing is all over the place... and to even sure I checked they were in tune! The warwick currently has no preamp until I get around to buying a blend pot, and is wired straight to the jack. The warwick has some DR blue peacocks on, (6 months old?), the JV has some 2 year old DR fat beams on, and I have no idea what the Kramer has on, not too old, not brand new either. Then swapping them over found some odd things. 1) the JV pups on the kramer didn't really fit in their covers, the covers seemed too big. sure enough they were too big for the holes in the JV bass scratch plate. odd. so keep using them on the kramer. 2) the brass bottom plate on the Seymour duncan pickups is too big to fit on the kramer. Not sure that this is normal or not.... further complicated by the fact that looking up online..... the Seymour duncan SPB-1 doesn't come with a grounding plate! But mine has one. did they ever come with a grounding plate? or is it original from the bass? 3) the SPB1 and the JV p pup have very different coil sizes. If I was sensible I would have taken resistance readings when I had the chance. the SPB1 was very short and fat. The JV was noticeably taller and thinner. odd. anyone have any photos of the insides of various fender P pickups anywhere?

some blend pots will be 50/50 in the middle MN pots will be 100/100 in the middle I want an MN one!

[quote name='giamma' timestamp='1340988897' post='1712574'] Hi guys, I urgently need a technician how knows about wal's electronics cause I need to check out what happens to my wal pro. I'm based in London, do u know someone how can help me? [/quote] wal pro schematics are floating around the net if that helps

[quote name='kennyrodg' timestamp='1340975913' post='1712314'] I just visited the Warwick site and looks very similar to this one [url="http://www.warwick.de/modules/produkte/produkt.php?submenuID=14667&katID=22125&cl=EN"]http://www.warwick.d...tID=22125&cl=EN[/url] I'd agree, a Thumb. Thanks for helping out. [/quote] going by pausing at 2:11 it's a neck through not a bolt on. If you're ever up in edinburgh, or indeed leeds from the autumn then you can have a shot on my Streamer stage 1