changing an active bass over to passive.

[Fionn]

I'm bashing ideas around, and would like to hear the thoughts/ opinions of those of you who are more experienced and learned in this sphere.

I have a Warwick Streamer Stage 1. This has a 2-way 9v MEC preamp (with no push-pull preamp bypass).

Now, I've been toiling with the idea of selling this bass for a wee while. I'm thinking of letting it go because I'm longing for the passive vibe. I LOVE the feel and aesthetics of my bass though, and those are aspects of my Streamer that I'm most loth to give up on. My ideal solution would be a passive version of my current bass.

What are folks experiences of making this type of change-over, and how could this be best approached?

Like I said, I'm bashing ideas around, but your input would be much appreciated.

[Grangur]

Unless someone beats me to it I'll take a look later at how Warwick have done the passive switch in mine and post a photograph.

Meant to be working right now...

[chris_b]

Call Warwick.

[BigRedX]

Desolder the pickups and the output jack. Whip out the active electronics and controls and replace them with a simple passive volume and tone circuit for each pickup. Job done. And an easy one to reverse should you ever need to.

[Grangur]

Referring to my offer of info above - It's more complicated than expected - there's a PCB on the back of the push-pull active-passive switch. So I guess there's more to it than I was expecting.

[jmchich]

I like BigRedX's idea. Get a complete wiring kit from a decent brand and drop it in.