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The Tonepump is one of my favourite preamp. The first thing is that the very hot reputation is IMHO to temper a bit with the pickups used: I find the prempa to be fairly tamed with pasive pickups. Second thing is what has been said before : the mids are affected by the relative stance of bas and treble pot. I tried the tonepump with a lot of basses and pickups, and I found it makes wonders with Bartolinis and Delano pickups (which are both quite mid voiced). My Stradi bass has two Delano Extender, each has it's own Tonepump. It seems fairly complicated, but once you get used to the "find a spot where it sounds good" instead of 'id' like to boost the 70Hz by 10%", the versatility is amazing. The use of JFET also, in my opinion, gives a "tube-esque" quality to the output sound that I find quite appealing. Thanks y'all for the very informative and intersteting thread.
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SWR Henry 8x8 plus flight case *SOLD*
Henrythe8 replied to vintage_ben's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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SWR Henry 8x8 plus flight case *SOLD*
Henrythe8 replied to vintage_ben's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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SOLD: Warwick Dolphin Pro 1 five string 2005
Henrythe8 replied to DiMarco's topic in Basses For Sale
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SWR Henry 8x8 plus flight case *SOLD*
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Sold thanks. Warwick Dolphin Pro 11 Made in Japan 1991, Sale or Trade
Henrythe8 replied to karlfer's topic in Basses For Sale
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Sold thanks. Warwick Dolphin Pro 11 Made in Japan 1991, Sale or Trade
Henrythe8 replied to karlfer's topic in Basses For Sale
A great modification, not too expensive, is to replace the MEC pickups by DiMarzios (and of course change the blend pot). I did this as Iwas never fond of active pickups. The resulting sound has been noticed - in a good way - during basscamp by none other thant Steve Bailey, Armand Sabbal Lecco and Dave Ellefson.(I must have somewhere a picture of Dave playing my Pro2). -
Sold thanks. Warwick Dolphin Pro 11 Made in Japan 1991, Sale or Trade
Henrythe8 replied to karlfer's topic in Basses For Sale
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SOLD - Warwick Dolphin Pro II - 1990 in black/brown
Henrythe8 replied to 72deluxe's topic in Basses For Sale
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SOLD - Warwick Dolphin Pro II - 1990 in black/brown
Henrythe8 replied to 72deluxe's topic in Basses For Sale
Ahhh, thing of beauty. Dolphin Hoarder, here. I had a 89 Pro 1n blue, a 91 Pro1 5 boiré/BArts (the one Ebenezer talked about) a 91 Pro1 Boiré and a 19 Pro2. The story as already been told, not much to add. The real way to tell if it's a (poorly ? ) german made or a japanese is the serial number/Color combination. If it has NO Serial (stamped at the top of the head), AND if the color is SOLID (Red, blue black see below), it's a german one. If the color is transluscent, it's definetely Japanese. If solid Color with a serial, again, Japanese. I heard of but never saw a transluscent without serial number. This bass doesn't sound like a traditional warwick. The more standard woods are the culprits. Wengé fingerboard and bronze frets do however retain the growl. It is also a very special neck, 42mm nut but very, VERY thin and fast. The pickup placement is in the Thumb range, and makes it a nice bass for the virtuoso stuff with harmonics, tapping and slap. Mine was modified (at the Warwick Factory) with a pair of DiMarzio DP123 and a change of blend pot (to accomodate the passive pickups). This changed the bass into a real Rock and Metal monster, played, approved and signed by no other than David Ellefson. Final thing to say is that it's probably the better balanced Warwick there is, with a very lightweight. Mine was 3,7kg. -
For those like me who had a hard time with the A, B, C, D, V, U tyupe of neck : As to the letter designations, "A", "B", "C" and "D". These were stamped on the end of the necks from the early 1960s to about 1973 and refer to the neck width at the nut - not the shape. A = 1½" B = 1⅝" C = 1¾" D = 1⅞" ANd then you have the profiles U, Soft V, HArd V, C and D. Kind of my dream PBass here, especially with the refin (or was it originally refin ? ) but I love C nut on my P-Bass...
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I have the same model, and quite frankly there's nothing not to like aboutthose. Wide neck, but narrow profile, 19mm string spacing, dual P Barts..; (those are the Olde rmodels, newer ar J Humbuckers, those are split coils, like P-pickups) Super stable neck (lamination and twin trussrod, you can be safe on this). Three band EQ so you can find your sound. I swapped mine for a Spector Tonepump, and now the bas is dismantled to be resprayed in Chrome with a Drakglass ToneCapsule. It's not that heavy as it balance very well, and remind the wood combination is in no way a light one. Almost tempted to get a second one...
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SOLD - Sandberg California 2 VM5 - Price drop
Henrythe8 replied to willgatesbass's topic in Basses For Sale
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SOLD - Sandberg California 2 VM5 - Price drop
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WITHDRAWN: Mike Sabre - Dominique Di Piazza 5 - new signature model
Henrythe8 replied to TorVic's topic in Basses For Sale