dyerseve Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyerseve Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 [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. [/quote] Its active. I will be changing all the pots anyway. Might also use a push push volume pot to allow active/passive switching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyerseve Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 photos of the beasties in question: [url=https://postimg.org/image/m7ylwffzf/][/url] [url=https://postimg.org/image/l6yd7ayzv/][/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 [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. [/quote] In which case you will need the pots to be the same impedance as the originals. They're likely to be 25Kohm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyerseve Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 Anyone please with experience in running these pups in series and or parallel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_sub Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) 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 Edited May 17, 2017 by roman_sub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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