warwickhunt

Come round and try my 2x Aggie 1x12s see what they do for you; I also know of a pair of Berg HS 2x10s possibly going spare (not local though). Better still isn't it time we got a bunch of cabs and amps together again?

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='216758' date='Jun 11 2008, 12:13 PM']There are some demo videos on Youtube I've seen. The design intent seems to be to recreate a system that has a very full dynamic range - something that Hellborg has always pursued in his signature gear since getting into acoustic bass guitars. The marketing seems to be promoting something akin to a hi-fi system. Hmmm. Personally, I don't think I need that level of dynamic range in my music and certainly find it difficult to understand where my money would be going if I bought the amp system. The stage is a very crude listening environment, I think that all the refinements on offer here would probably be completely lost unless I was doing a solo acoustic gig.[/quote] +1 That's why I asked about musical styles. I'm not saying that the Hellborg system couldn't do rock/funk/etc but it was the design intent to get all of the nuances out of Hellborgs playing/technique/instrument. Bumping an' grinding away with a pub band probably wouldn't get you much benefit from all of that exquisite design and quality components. An amp cab retailing at 50% of the price (or less) would probably achieve about the same desired affect.

What kind of music do you play and are you going to be relying on the Hellborg backline to be your FOH sound or will they be stage monitors with PA taking a line from your preamp?

[quote name='josh3184' post='216216' date='Jun 10 2008, 02:57 PM']as i recall warwicks only have fretboard markers as a customshop option[/quote] Streamer Stage II has the yin/yan as standard... but back to the original question. I have no idea what my Yin/Yan markers look like as I only ever see the side dots, I'm sure they look nice to the audience though

But Dood, you is hugging Jeff Ament not Glenn Hughes... you must have been wasted

Believe it or not I have Leatherman PST tools listed on a Buy It Now for £17 whilst simultaneously listing an identical item auction style... the auction item was bid and won @ £21! OK that is one person that could have saved a few quid if they had searched my items but I also sold another identical item minutes later to the 2nd highest bidder via a 2nd chance offer. Hmmm am I complaining

[quote name='Buzz' post='214835' date='Jun 8 2008, 12:27 PM']Just to clear something up for everyone, the wizards are passive pups no?. One output wire (white) and one wire to ground (black). All this coil tapping in a mute point as fair as they are concerned as they follow the standard layout like the majority of passive singlecoil style pups on the market.[/quote] Agreed! However be aware that the whole white/output & black/ground may well be turned on it's head if Andy didn't use that config. I purchased a pair of pups off Andy and they had red/green wiring, Andy put me right with a simple phonecall and even talked me through the soldering job as to what went where to get it working with my active EQ. There are a whole bunch of guys on here with the same pup, why not look on the review thread for the Wizard pups and contact one of those guys?

[quote name='SteveO' post='214821' date='Jun 8 2008, 12:09 PM']Some humbuckers have a centre tap on the coil, which basically means they have an extra 3rd wire joining the coil at the halfway point. with a bit of creative wiring you can choose between using the pickup as a humbucker or as a single coil pickup, or a blend of the two. In your case it sounds like the original didn't have this centre tap and the new one does. You have a choice, you can ignore the third wire and use it as a direct replacement for your original or (and this is the option I would choose) you can rewire to give yourself the extra range of tones of having an additional single coil for free. If you just wanna replace then I would guess that the centre tap is the white one, but you can test by measuring the resistance between any two wires. the resistance between the centre tap and either of the other two will be lowest of all other combinations. I suppose the easiest way would be to find a specsheet on the web. Disconnect this (don't cut it off at the pickup end, just use a bit of insulation tape on the free end to leave it there in case of mistakes or if you wanna use it later) wire the remaining two wires as your original and bob's your mothers brother. (now, you may get the phasing problems. If so, reverse wires and job done) OK then, lets look at option 2 The original pickup had one wire to the pot, where did the other go, is it running to ground on the jack or do you have a preamp. I take it you've put the 3rd wire of the new pickup to the same point... I suspect that you're getting the phasing problems described in the above posts, but because of the way you have it wired you're only getting partial cancellation from one half of the humbucker, and swapping the wires has just given you partial cancellation from the other half of the humbucker instead. Tell you what, if you can draw a diagram of the current wiring I should be able to see where the problem is and make recommendations. (a photo would be useful as well)[/quote] I'm fairly certain that the Wizard pup won't be a HB and only has 2 wires not 3. Have you tried to speak to Andy yet?

Love this bit... "extremely well packaged for safe transit "! Why bother, it's f*cked and the courier would save you the trouble of breaking it up for firewood

Contact Andy at Wizard, he's really helpful and may be able to sort it out with an email or phone call.

Give me a shout today MB if you want that Planet Waves lead and a blast of the Tech cab. We are on at S Shields but I'll be taking the Aggies likely as not.

Sorry I'll not be able to make it Neil, we are on in S Shields. Have a good one. PS Will you be gigging the Infinity? Let us know how it performs.

A man of few words Olly Genuine friendly advice here... some folks (admittedly not everyone) like a bit of detail and info, so why not pad out your thread with a bit of extra info that isn't available in the eBay listing (how old it is, did you do the defret) or maybe stick a couple of pics on here (it's free unlike eBay listing photographs) of the bridge so that people can see what grub screws are missing and maybe other members might have a couple spare kicking about that they can let you have... it happens! Why not offer to let any local Basschat members come and try it out before they buy We don't all bite. One or two will if you ask nicely

[quote name='alexlotta' post='213462' date='Jun 5 2008, 08:22 PM']You can't Imagine how FAR from The original meaning has a babelfish translation. It can Definetely happen , that If You put Available- in- Europe with "exceptions",the bidder does'nt realize clearly Those. 2) With All respect possible for Your Thoughts it happened To me to buy stuff from England , where the seller did'nt want originally send To Italy ,and i just asked "if That does'nt sell now ,than could i purchase? etc etc ".. And I don't feel so "retarded" With the beautiful pedal or preamp i have now in my house (off course it is valid If the english grammar of the overseaser is at least barely understandable..not like mine is very often i fear ) _____-__ That little Thing aside ,Out of Curiosity : I'm Italian ,and i've noticed That a LOT of "european auction" don't get catched By italian Ebay_search Engine ..and The same APPLied for USA_stuff!. Stuff available for overseasers Does'nt appear on the search ,so I use the *.com Address for the researches I care REally.[/quote] Do many Italians randomly place capital letters and underscores in a sentence?

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[quote name='EBS_freak' post='213338' date='Jun 5 2008, 04:53 PM']Seriously, check this link out - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15928"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15928[/url] and follow the link to the Warwick forum. 1987 is the year for the earliest 6s well, accoring to basstards bass anyway (the owner of the 6 with s/n 3). This is interesting... once you get the bass have a look at the serial on the headstock... that might give us a few pointers. If it is as early as 87.. or even 86, you could be mega quids in.[/quote] I remember that thread! As I say I'm going off the contouring on the headstock which was phased out on the Thumb 4s by 88, so this appeared odd on a 89 bass but it could be that it was due to the 6 being very limited in production. The sellers image shows what looks like 89 BUT I'd love to think that it was earlier. Bear in mind that the Warwick serial numbers are totally hand stamped during this period (I've seen misaligned digits and even digits that have been 'crossed' out and restamped)... could someone have stamped a '6' upside down? When you get it I'd stick images on the Warwick Forum and ask if any other Thumb 6 string owners can show what the back of their basses headstock looks like. If you can find any candidates from the same period see if they are flat on the back or sculpted. No disrespect to Warwick Customer Services but you'd be wasting your time asking them as I've seen several people quote what Warwick have told them and it is patently incorrect