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Adding Series/Parallel switching to 90s Streamer with Bart's a good idea?


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So I am in the final stages of restoring an early Warwick Streamer 5 string broadneck with Bart soapbars. It is a rather lovely thing with all the goodies of 'wick of that era including a solid brass bridge which weighs about as much as the body! It also has the Bartolini soapbars which I notice look like they are split coil(is that the correct term?).
From memory they have red and white wires already joines together(not attached to any pot) and then a green wire and the shield leading to the appropriate pot.
So what I am thinking of doing is getting a couple of push/push pots to replace the original pots for the bass and treble controls so I could add series/parallel switching for each pup. I dont care about ruining the "originality" of the bass as ive just finished refinishing it and I would rather have a bass that sounds as good as possible.
So, does anyone have any experience of Bart pups of this era and particularly operating them in series/parallel mode? What does it add to the sound?

Cheers,

Chris

PS. will post some pics of the pups when I get home tonight.

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[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1491851738' post='3275902']
Is this a passive bass?
Are you making it passive?

If not, watch for the resistance of the original pots. That might limit your options.
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Its active. I will be changing all the pots anyway. Might also use a push push volume pot to allow active/passive switching.

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[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1491852007' post='3275906']


Its active. I will be changing all the pots anyway. Might also use a push push volume pot to allow active/passive switching.
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In which case you will need the pots to be the same impedance as the originals. They're likely to be 25Kohm.

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Hi, I've not tried running Barts in parallel, but some general thoughts:

- Barts I've played have been comparatively low-output (needing the preamp for gain), and running them in parallel would decrease output vs series, though not sure how noticeable this would be, post-preamp
- to my ears, parallel wiring of humbuckers seems to reduce the amount of bass - you may get a slightly more quacky / glassy sound, vs series
- impact of switching series to parallel may bear some resemblance to the tonal change when using StringRay 5 switching...
- If you go down the route of wiring in a push/pull switch, I'd tempted to use a single switch to simultaneously affect both pickups (less complexity, unless you really want to be able to blend parallel neck vs series bridge...)

Out of ideas otherwise!
Roman

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