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Good deal for a used Warwick?

#21
KsPiNeSh said:
Ask them to offer you a price, or tell them what you're willing to pay. If the numbers don't match, either try again or don't buy it. Not trying to be flippant, just emphasizing to keep it simple - taking a flyer in might just make them tell you to buy it there. The "X factor" is that you don't know what they have sunk into it.
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I have the opportunity to buy elsewhere and I might do that if I choose to buy. I'd prefer passive over active though...
 
#23
So too much seems to be the consensus.

Another question: how do actives sound compared with passives? I was hoping for passive but I guess active is good with me if that's what I can get. Do the actives happen to have a tone knob at all?
 
#25
I`m not sure on the actives, but the passives are warm, full, and growly in the low end, bumpy and punchy in the mids, but kinda sterile and thin in the highs. I personally love my 5er Corvette. My only gripe is the highs. They seem to lack balls. But the rest is great!
 
#26
Oh, and $800 is way too high. $500-$700 would be the right range and would depend on the wood type, string count, and condition. My swamp ash 5er was right at $600 used and is basically in flawless condition.
 
#28
Wow-talk about your open-ended questions!
I doubt you'll get a consensus on this one. There are just too many variables- woods used, construction methods, electronics, hardware, pickup placement, playing technique, and so on..
 
#29
kjpollo said:
Wow-talk about your open-ended questions!
I doubt you'll get a consensus on this one. There are just too many variables- woods used, construction methods, electronics, hardware, pickup placement, playing technique, and so on..
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Haha yeah, just want to make sure I invest my money wisely.

I've heard about these active/passive Warwicks where you can switch between the two modes. How does this work and when in passive mode is there a tone knob? The availability of a tone knob is a biggie for me it seems. Plus I've never heard of such a function before, thought it was all-or-nothing.
 
#30
It used to be all-or-nothing (active or passive) but there are some basses out there that do both.
I've never played a Warwick that was equipped that way though. AFAIK, most basses that are active/passive hybrids do retain a passive tone control. I think its usually the treble knob but I'm not totally sure on that.
 
#31
kjpollo said:
It used to be all-or-nothing (active or passive) but there are some basses out there that do both.
I've never played a Warwick that was equipped that way though. AFAIK, most basses that are active/passive hybrids do retain a passive tone control. I think its usually the treble knob but I'm not totally sure on that.
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Ah okay. Any idea where I could verify the bolded part? I'd be cool with the active/passive as long as I had a tone knob in passive mode :bassist:
 
#32
If you want to hear what an active Warwick sounds like listen to Pnut from 311, Ryan from Mudvayne or any Fishbone album. I have a Pnut and I have the best of both worlds passive and active. I use my active for warm finger style and passive for my slap tone or if I use a pick.
 

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