Can an OBP-3 be run in 3 pot config

Largedon · #1 09-04-2008, 05:26 AM

I currently have a Warwick Thumb with 3 knobs volume with push/pull active, blend, and stacked bass/treble.
Can the OBP-3 be wired to run on a 3 pot config? I don't want to drill any more holes. I looked at the wiring diagrams and it didn't appear so, but there was a whole sheet of ways to do the midrange that may allow for a 3 pot config, but it left me more confused than anything.

Melvin7822 · #2 09-04-2008, 05:53 AM

The problem that you're going to run into is the push/pull volume pot. In that place you've could've put a concentric pot with the mids on the bottom. In all honesty, I don't see why you need a mid control on a thumb. If I felt like changing the pre on a Warwick and was looking at Aguilar, I probably would've chosen the OBP-1.

BassGyver · #3 09-04-2008, 05:55 AM

You can try a stacked dual volume pot in place of volume pot and blend pot. A second stacked pot for bass and treble, and the last pot for mid.

Also available, stacked volume/blend pots from MEC :http://shop.warwick.de/index.php/cat...ntiometer.html

Melvin7822 · #4 09-04-2008, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BassGyver

You can try a stacked dual volume pot in place of volume pot and blend pot. A second stacked pot for bass and treble, and the last pot for mid.

Also available, stacked volume/blend pots from MEC :http://shop.warwick.de/index.php/cat...ntiometer.html

+1
There you go. I didn't even think those stacked volume/blend pots existed.

Largedon · #5 09-04-2008, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melvin7822

The problem that you're going to run into is the push/pull volume pot. In that place you've could've put a concentric pot with the mids on the bottom. In all honesty, I don't see why you need a mid control on a thumb. If I felt like changing the pre on a Warwick and was looking at Aguilar, I probably would've chosen the OBP-1.

I thought about an OBP-1 and didn't see a 3 knob config in their wiring schematics. Honestly I'm really not worried about a mid control, so an OBP-1 would work just fine if it could be done with 3 knobs. The only one that showed a 3 knob schematic is the OBP-2 and the reviews on that one haven't been near as good as the 1 or 3.