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Agree! They were fantastic live, such a fun band. Benji Webbe is a great frontman

I’ve been looking at a lot of pickups and preamps lately, as an upgrade for my Warwick. The two I keep coming back to are the Nordstrand blade pickups and ten John East Uni pre. Obviously completely different bass you’re looking to upgrade, but just suggesting stuff worth checking out. On a side note, I’m loving the look of those Ibanez EHB’s

Saw Skindred in Bristol on Friday night and Daniel Pugsley was using a multi scale 5er. Very cool looking bass!

Saw Skindred in Bristol on Friday night, what a fantastic gig! Band sounded great and Benji Webbe is such a good front man

Following up on @LukeFRC suggestion, I’ve been checking out the John East Uni Pre, and it looks like a really versatile piece of kit. I think that’s the way I’m going to go

Blimey, I’ve just been looking at the East Uni 4 knob pre, what a versatile piece of kit that is!

I found when I tried the East and Aguilar, to my ears the Aguilar seemed to being out the Warwick’s natural growl a bit more

I had a quick look yesterday and couldn’t see anything obvious. The wires all looked ok and nothing appeared to be loose. I suspect it’s the mid pot, as I said, it seems to have much less impact on the tone than the bass and treb pots. I was looking to get a B7k ultra anyway, so I think first option is to get that and then run the Streamer with the eq off, and use the preamp in the pedal for tone shaping. If, or when, I change the preamp, I’m not sure what to look at. Apart from the MEC, I’ve only ever played 2 types of preamp in a streamer. That was a John East and an Aguilar OBP-3. I preferred the Aggy out of those two.

Thanks for your suggestions gents. I think step 1 is going to be to get the DG pedal, I was looking to get one, regardless of what else I do with the streamer. That will at least give me opportunity to try it before replacing stuff on the SS1

I tend to use the preamp to only really make small adjustments, to suit the song mostly. As in, maybe a bass boost or treble roll off to suit what song I’m playing. It’s the mid pot where I seem to be struggling. As an example, the tone capsule in my Dingwall is pretty hot, but wind the mids up even just a touch and it’s growling nicely, on the SS1 I’m sometimes maxing the mid pot to get a nice bark. Something I’ve never had to do on any other Warwick I’ve owned or played. It just seems a bit bland and thin sounding, again something I’ve never experienced with any other Warwick

Having owned my SS1 for a couple of years now, I can’t quite get it to sit right tonally. I always loved my LX’s but I just can’t quite seem to get the SS1 dialled in. I’m not sure the MEC 3 band pre is even working properly, the mid pot seems to have a very small effect, even when maxed out. Putting it into passive mode does seem to improve it. So my quandary is what to do next. I’ve a few options that I’m playing with. I’ve been thinking of adding a Darkglass B7k ultra to my set up, as a really good dirt pedal, a decent preamp, and would also be a handy back up if I ever suffer amp failure at a gig. Could also just take it to rehearsal and go direct into the PA and save me setting my amp up. If I went down this route, I could just run the Streamer passive and use the B7k for tone shaping. Next option, replace the 3 band MEC with a Darkglass tone capsule. I have one in my Dingwall NG2 and really like it. Another option I’ve looked at is to replace the MEC p/ups with passive Nordstrands, use the B7k for shaping, and then add a tone capsule at a later date. Have any of you good folks done upgrades to a SS1 with favourable results? Sorry about the long winded post.

Cool. Thanks, I’ll take a look at them. Looking for a replacement for my Neotech mega

Do RightOn offer non leather versions of all their straps? I was looking at the Fakey Black, with the clef symbol on, but the description states that it’s leather

It’s a V1, although there is a V2 on Fb marketplace for £245

I’m completely in two minds about it tbh. I think I know deep down that if I bought a clone, I’d always be wondering how the real thing would sound. On the other hand, for the £200 I’ve been offered the Ultra for, I could buy a clone, and the Darkglass Tone capsule I’ve had my eye on for my Warwick bass

Would be interesting to hear them side by side

Someone posted a pic of one on the Darkglass users fb page, that went down well 😂

I’ve been offered a B7k ultra for £200, now I’m wondering if I should just grab one of these!

Oh bugger! I’m glad you told me though, I haven’t received any email to let me know!

Saw Black Stone Cherry in Bristol a couple of weeks ago. Seeing Fun Loving Criminals at the same venue next Thursday, then Skindred the following night, also at the same venue.

It was purely by chance, but my Warwick is also blue so win win! 😂

Thanks! The EBS was the missing piece of the jigsaw I think. Making the decision to go back to a heavyweight amp has made me very happy. I know we’ve probably all said this at some point, but I can see me keeping this one for a very long time