the final countdoooooown!

[Rumblefisher]

this is the last detail i must decide before i call and officially place the order for my custom warwick...

the detail is pot placement and the number of pots.

i can't decide whether i should go with 4 or 5 (they are the same system, just 1 concentric pot). does 5 look too "busy"? i don't want the focus to be on the pots...(everything will be black hardware on marbled bubinga if it matters).

all in all, there will be 4 or 5 pots ( denoted by the O's) and 3 toggles (denoted by the X's). i have a couple of ideas but can't decide at all. also, you can open these through MS Paint and use the text box in the upper right hand side of your tools to move pieces around. it would be great to get some more ideas that way

thanks in advance, TB, for helping get some closure on this bothersome detail!

thanks for the quick reply erochelle77. everyone please keep scrolling as there are 5 options that i have drawn...if you have another idea by all means please post it, i greatly appreciate the help.

i named the thread this way because i am excited to order the bass and that song is a great inspiration song

 

[erochelle77]

the first

 

[Rumblefisher]

options 3 and 4

 

[Rumblefisher]

option 5

 

[gkbass13]

i thought for a second this thread might be about that crazy song from the band Europe.

i voted for the first option after i got over my disappointment.

 

[Rumblefisher]

gkbass, that's the song i was poking a little fun at. i'm pumped at the idea that i'll be ordering soon

 

[stedtale]

awww this isn't about Europe? (doo doo doo do)

i say like this:

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option one....

 

[ehque]

following the arc of the body is just cool. (1)

the olympic would have looked a lot better if it wasnt so bunched up.

STEDTALE DO YOU HAVE TO POST THAT EVERYWHERE?!?!

 

[Fishbrain]

i voted four cuz thats what iv got on my wick (but iv only got 1 switch) if not four then go for 5. i'd stay away from the diamond shapes but thats cuz my finger are too fat to twiddle them properly mid song!!

 

[stedtale]

STEDTALE DO YOU HAVE TO POST THAT EVERYWHERE?!?!

yes

 

[68Goldfish]

I like four the best. Mostly because I think it's too busy with five knobs and three switches so close together. Four knobs following the contour of the body makes it better. I've got three ideas for the switches, iether move them str8 up just a little to seperate them from the knobs just for praticality purposes, move them up and center them just above the last stacked knob, or maybe even put them in a little arc semi circle shape centered above the stacked knob. Ah, you asked for ideas and this is all I got.

 

[Johnny Crab]

Pots above, switches below.
The LAST thing you want is to accidentally hit a switch while dialing in a pot.

About that song:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pw8sNoodIDk

OR the real one:
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[Marcus Willett]

I actually like option 2 (that's what I use). It's not quite as pretty as 1, but it's more functional for me because the top 3 knobs are all volume(s) and the bottom 2 are tones of a sort.

neck vol/bridge vol/GK vol
passive tone/mid sweep

 

[David Lansen]

Aesthetically, I liked Option 1 the best, and that's what I voted. However, I thought about it again, and Option 2 was probably more functional. The three-in-line can be your 3-band EQ, and the other two can be V/V or V/Blend. Or two-band EQ with V/V/T. I don't think 5 knobs look too busy at all. Most F-basses have 6, for example.

 

[colorblindbass]

aw, wheres the carrot option?

 

[homercaholic]

I like the look of number 5 The best simply because I havent seen it before and I like the unique.

 

[Rick_no7]

I like the 3-Band thumb's configuration.

3 knobs with two of them stacked. It would look like number 5, but without the top knob there. Then you get sort of a half moon with all the knobs and switches together.

 

[Flintc]

Now, I understand this is a guitar not a bass, but the control layout has that special something you don't find very often...

 

[Rumblefisher]

yeah, i saw that thing in a pic and almost cut myself just thinking about it seriously, with all those parts, i expect that thing to be a guitar, fax machine, and coffee maker.

EDIT: let me clarify...by "cut myself" i mean to comment on how pointy the bass is, not that i am suicidal.

 

[Earwigger]

When I look at that I see possibility. I'm always frustrated by the lack of a mid sweep or a LF boost on active basses I play. The more controls, the better, IMO.

I voted number 1, as I think it looks sharp and intuitive.