Advice on picking an 18v preamp for my Warwick

[flutie2518]

I have been considering upgrading my current preamp to a 3 band 18v. I have a Warwick Corvette Pro line with MEC pickups and a 3 band 9v and a wizard electronics friend to help. My style of playing is jazz/funk. My question(s) are this: What brand would you recommend. I am currently considering Bartolini or Aguilar and in choosing one of these would I need to upgrade my pickups?

Thanks,
An electronics Flunky

[lowfreq33]

I really like the Bartolini...

[SebbyNC]

As a new user of Noll preamps, I'd say Noll, so you'd have a 100% German bass! But Noll preamps are really great, and work at 18V no problems.

[FSFromTX]

You might want to look at Audere too. They have just about any combination you can imagine for volume/tone/pan/etc.

[Robman]

You could also make your current 9v preamp an 18v by adding another battery connector on the cheap...

[eastcoasteddie]

Originally Posted by lowfreq33

I really like the Bartolini...

+1

[SebbyNC]

Originally Posted by Robman

You could also make your current 9v preamp an 18v by adding another battery connector on the cheap...
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But we don't know if his preamp can handle running from 18V...

[mikezimmerman]

Originally Posted by SebbyNC

But we don't know if his preamp can handle running from 18V...

The question is, why is 18v a requirement? What does the OP hope to gain by using 18v?

Mike

[BassLife77]

Originally Posted by flutie2518

I have been considering upgrading my current preamp to a 3 band 18v. I have a Warwick Corvette Pro line with MEC pickups and a 3 band 9v and a wizard electronics friend to help. My style of playing is jazz/funk. My question(s) are this: What brand would you recommend. I am currently considering Bartolini or Aguilar and in choosing one of these would I need to upgrade my pickups?

Thanks,
An electronics Flunky

for jazz/funk I would get Bartolini for the clean huge tone