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12-05-2012, 07:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Big Bethel, Virginia | | | Yeah actives are a good idea with the J bridge pickup. I just got a PJ body and was toying with the idea of having one knob (volume), a 2-position toggle switch (P or J but not both), and a preamp for the J only (with trim pots in the control cavity for bass, treble, and to level its output to the passive P).
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12-06-2012, 06:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Youngstown, OH | | | Fenders especially are kind of wimpy in a band mix, IMO. Keep the fender for recording and save up for a Warwick Thumb BO and never worry about growl again. |
12-07-2012, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 4OnTheFloor  Fenders especially are kind of wimpy in a band mix, IMO. Keep the fender for recording and save up for a Warwick Thumb BO and never worry about growl again. |   
But, if you don't like the Thumb style/feel (many don't), you can always get a Corvette (more affordable) or Streamer (more expensive) with a wenge neck/fretboard, bubinga/ovongkol body, and JJ pickups with active MEC electronics. Growl for days!
They come up for sale fairly often on the Warwick forum...
edit: I can't speak to Fenders as I don't play em, my comments reflect my Warwick experience only.
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12-07-2012, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 4OnTheFloor Fenders especially are kind of wimpy in a band mix, IMO. Keep the fender for recording and save up for a Warwick Thumb BO and never worry about growl again. | That is a very big over exaggeration.
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12-12-2012, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by 4OnTheFloor Fenders especially are kind of wimpy in a band mix, IMO. Keep the fender for recording and save up for a Warwick Thumb BO and never worry about growl again. | You're gonna get your butt kicked. A p-bass can be more in the front than any modern bass.
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12-12-2012, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by kurosawa Yeah actives are a good idea with the J bridge pickup. I just got a PJ body and was toying with the idea of having one knob (volume), a 2-position toggle switch (P or J but not both), and a preamp for the J only (with trim pots in the control cavity for bass, treble, and to level its output to the passive P). | Preamp for Bridge J only, huh? I would have an active passive bypass and allow the neck p pickup to go through the preamp for room control, and then you can bypass it for tone
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12-12-2012, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad.mundt Preamp for Bridge J only, huh? I would have an active passive bypass and allow the neck p pickup to go through the preamp for room control, and then you can bypass it for tone | I just read your post more closely. Interesting idea.
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12-12-2012, 08:30 PM
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12-12-2012, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad.mundt You're gonna get your butt kicked. A p-bass can be more in the front than any modern bass. | + 1. I own a Warwick Thumb BO, it has been years and that thing keeps getting better and better with aging...huge monster growl machine, hard to hide in a mix but I agree that oversimplification pointing at a particular brand is not useful and, most of all, true...
I currently do not own a p-bass (mostly because of the crisis that is biting Europe), but based on my past experiences I can honestly say that some Fenders are almost (almost..) as growly, in a different manner, but for sure they can punch trough a mix with efficacy.
Even if I love the thumb timbre and I think it can cope almost all sounds (try the neck PU solo'd for a killer p-bass like grunt or the bridge Pu favored for outrageous burp!), in some occasions a p-bass can put on the table even more desirable features, like a familiar and traditional tone, and a substantial, supportive tone.
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