Recent content by Chris Willcox

Hello Club LightWave, great to see your posts. I can answer a few questions, and elaborate on a couple of topics I have seen here, in no particular order. First, yes it is true, there is a version of the Saber SL 4 and 5-string bass with the HexFX option. This is factory installed - we did...

Hi Kirk and Club LightWave members, Thanks for starting Club LightWave, and inviting me as a member. I am pleased to be here, and if I can answer any questions, please let me know anytime. Also open to product improvement and development suggestions.

First, thanks for the compliments on the newer LightWave instruments. We are working continually to improve product quality; both the fit and finish of the instruments and of course the electronics. For the record, we did have some quality issues early on. We had a partner company that was in...

Regarding your first question about sound samples, we will have audio and video samples up as soon as we can. Basses are currently selling faster than we can build them (they are assembled on order and we spend considerable time on setup, burn-in and QC), so our time has been more focused on...

We have a number of instrument projects in the works, including an EUB, and some surprises - all of which will complement our Saber bass and Atlantis guitar lines. I'm curious to know what talkbass readers would like to see from LightWave. If you had the most transparent pickup system in...

Ron Hoag definitely deserves credit for being one of the pioneers of optical pickups. However, our designs differ significantly and were arrived at independently. After I started building production systems and actually selling them, a number of people brought up Ron's name. At that time, he...

Thanks for your interest. LightWave HexFX (13-pin / individual string output) basses and guitars are planned to ship in December. We start final assembly and testing in our California facility in about three weeks. There are 4 and 5-string basses, both fretted and fretless, available, but in...

Thanks for the kind words everybody! This is Chris Willcox, the founder and owner of LightWave. One comment about the piezos – we use a system similar to the Ghost, which we designed in collaboration with GraphTech, to add a bit of mid boost for those that prefer a brighter and more percussive...