Warwick Corvette - is it worth changing the PUPs?

[Perry]

I have a Warwick Corvette Bubinga.

I had the nut upgraded to brass as with most if not all Warwicks have a bolt/screw in nut so the sound only resonates through the two screws rather than the full nut onto the fretboard.

I'm now thinking of upgrading the pick-ups.

Is it worth it? To get it done by my Luthier is about £180 but will it make much difference?

[The Funk]

I bought a Warwick Corvette Bubinga 4 from a fellow forumite last year. He had upgraded the pickups to Bartolinis and upgraded the preamp to an Aguilar OB2, I think.

I think it sounds great but I can't really compare to the original sound with the stock MECs. If you have a specific sound in mind, I think a pickup upgrade could be worthwhile.

Edited April 12, 2008 by The Funk

[kerley]

I have a Standard Ash Passive and recently tried some Wizard Pickups. They sounded slightly different but not any better as such so have taken them off and sold them. They also didn't work too well with the pan control, didn't seem to blend properly?
Anyway, guess what I am saying is that the MEC's are not bad pickups...

[charic]

Thats the nicest sounding bass ive tried... and probably 2nd easiest to play. Unless you know exactly what the sounds gonna do personally i would leave it. But if you got the spare cash and are unhappy... do as u will

[warwickhunt]

I've done upgrades from stock MECs on basses costing into 4 figures and the difference is 'slight'. For a high end bass where you are chasing that smallest bit of difference it might be worth it but with all due respect to the corvette range (I love em), you'd not gain £180 worth of difference and the resale value of the bass wouldn't go up by much more than £30.

IMHO not really worth it.

[Tait]

this probably isn't much help because i haven't played a standard corvette with the standard pickups in so i've got nothing to compare it to, but my bass teacher has an AMAZING sounding corvette with EMGs in.

[Hit&Run]

[quote name='Perry' post='174959' date='Apr 12 2008, 02:15 AM']I'm now thinking of upgrading the pick-ups.
To get it done by my Luthier is about £180.[/quote]
What pickups were you thinking of putting in it?

[clauster]

And what pickups have you got already?