Warman pickups... Any good?

[uk_lefty]

I'm tempted to buy a pair of Warman P pups for my Hofner 189 resurrection. If anyone has used their pickups I'd be interested in opinions. Thank you!

[bertbass]

I've got some, a P and a J.  They're OK, not bad by any means and certainly value for money.

[mr4stringz]

Put one of their MusicMan style p/ups in a Harley Benton bass I briefly had. It was definitely a step up from the stock pickup, which surprised me given the tiny outlay.

[shoulderpet]

They are good pickups, better than some of the big name ones I have used

[NancyJohnson]

Been using Josi's pickups for yonks and currently have them in an old Ibanez Roadster project and I have a P94 in the neck position of an Epiphone Phantomatic (this had a P94 in the bridge, but I pulled it out as I wanted something hotter).  Have used his zebra humbuckers in another project.

 

If I needed to replace any pickups, I honestly wouldn't hesitate in going to Josi as a first port of call.  

[pn_day]

I've used Warman Twin Loco (hot rails style) pickups in a recent upgrade of an old Hohner B2AFL (fretless). The original EMG Select soap bars were very muddy. The twin rails have much more clarity, even when wired in series.

 

I haven't used his P or J pickups, but would now consider it - particularly based on other positive comments. 

[Guest]

Just posted this in the Bronco thread ... The Twin Locos are great bass pickups! Very sensitive, high output and punchy. 

 

Bit narrow though for the bridge position, so be aware. 😎 The E and G strings only *just* go over the rails. 

[kodiakblair]

I bought a Fazley surf green guitar just I could convert to short scale bass and Install a Warman quad rail. Turned out great. Another Warman favourite of mine is the Jazz Bar, used them plenty of times. 

[uk_lefty]

38 minutes ago, kodiakblair said:

I bought a Fazley surf green guitar just I could convert to short scale bass and Install a Warman quad rail. Turned out great. Another Warman favourite of mine is the Jazz Bar, used them plenty of times. 

If it's got your endorsement I'm in! 

[NancyJohnson]

3 hours ago, pn_day said:

I've used Warman Twin Loco (hot rails style) pickups in a recent upgrade of an old Hohner B2AFL (fretless). The original EMG Select soap bars were very muddy. The twin rails have much more clarity, even when wired in series.

 

I haven't used his P or J pickups, but would now consider it - particularly based on other positive comments. 

 

I've got a P/J in the Ibanez.  It's got very basic wiring, each pickup goes through a volume pot, then into a pickup selector switch.  No tone controls.  Sounds fine.

[kodiakblair]

1 hour ago, uk_lefty said:

If it's got your endorsement I'm in! 

Bloody Hell, that puts me on the spot 😄

[nob assist]

Just came across this thread looking for user reviews of Warman PJ sets after being quite impressed with the Twin Loco as an appropriately-priced bridge replacement in a Harley Benton Guitarbass VS (Bass VI).

 

Based on the consensus, I will be trying them out in my Squier (at least, I'll try them after I've shimmed and realigned the neck, possibly refitted the bridge, replaced the broken tuning pegs...).

[PinkMohawk]

21 hours ago, nob assist said:

Just came across this thread looking for user reviews of Warman PJ sets after being quite impressed with the Twin Loco as an appropriately-priced bridge replacement in a Harley Benton Guitarbass VS (Bass VI).

 

Based on the consensus, I will be trying them out in my Squier (at least, I'll try them after I've shimmed and realigned the neck, possibly refitted the bridge, replaced the broken tuning pegs...).

It's tough to go wrong with Warman, not for the price they're selling them at. I've used their jazzbars for a while now, always sounded great through my rigs over the years.