Waricks....YET AGAIN

[LowEndLobster]

Useless posts. Funny guy. Any serious answers?

The definition of "woody" tone can't really be defined. You need to hear warwicks and make your own conclusions. It's like explaining what chocolate tastes like.

 

[oddio]

There seems to be a lot of speculation here regarding the electronics. All of the Warwicks I own are neck-through and all have the "pull volume control up for passive" option... that includes a '90 Dolphin with factory barties (this also has a coil-tap for the MM pickup), '90 Streamer SII, '94 Thumb, mid-'90s custom Dolphin 5 and an Infinity (actually the Inf. has a "slap circuit" instead). If "passive" has disappeared from the neck-through basses it must be a recent development.

 

[hyoshim]

You have the LE. It doesn't count.

All Warwick Active Bass have preamp bypass,

Hyo

 

[LowEndLobster]

All Warwick Active Bass have preamp bypass,

Hyo

WOAH! I just pulled my volume knob.. and IT DID IT! WOOAH! I never knew! :'(

 

[bassteban]

Mr. Freshmeat:
In about 3 yrs I went through over a dozen Warwicks, always looking for the feel, sound & playability of my '98 Thumb BO 4. Never found the feel (especially ovangkol necks), occasionally found the sound: strong bass, slightly more powerful mids, all the treble I could stand (I usually bumped up the bass & cut the treb a bit)- strangely enough, one of the more playable ones, IMO, was a Corvette 6 standard. The spacing was too tight & it weighed 12 lbs, but it played sweet. It actually balanced well once you had it on, but picking it up risked dislocating my Olive Oyl-esque shoulder...
But I digress. Warwick sound (again, IMO):Mids.

 

[Nickthebassist]

Hit your head against a bubinga tree while humming. It gives the same effect. I would go onstage with my tree, and we would jam out. I had a friend who was on the spoons.

Yes, that owuld hurt, a lot....Bubinga is incredibly hard. lol.

 

[The_Owl]

To clear everything out:

Many Warwicks have active/passive switching, by pulling up the volume knob. And the FNA models have a 3-way switch for series/single/parallell pickup routing, just like a MusicMan Sterling.

 

[plankspanker13]

And the FNA models have a 3-way switch for series/single/parallell pickup routing, just like a MusicMan Sterling.

That would be only on the Jazzman, not the now-discontinued regulard FNA, which was like a Stingray; only 3-band EQ and a pull-slap-contour, NOT active bypass.

Warwicks owned:

Corvette STD FL
FNA 5
FNA 4 (2 different ones; 1 wenge, 1 ovangkol)
Streamer STD (MIG pre-Rockbass; modded & sold @ profit)
FNA Jazzman LTD 2002 (my only Warwick right now)

 

[Z-Bass]

Go to the Warwick website and download the owners manual. There's a section that gives a detailed description of how each models electronics package functions complete with illustrations. Not sure if it compensates for modifications (if any) conducted recently.

 

[Joe Nerve]

My Corvette Standard has a push pull pull volume control. It disengages the electronics, ALTHOUGH - if yer battery dies, everything goes. Not quite sure what that's all about, but that's what it's all about.

All you guys who think think differently about the active electronics should go pull your knobs.

 

[Frank Martin]

My Corvette Standard has a push pull pull volume control. It disengages the electronics, ALTHOUGH - if yer battery dies, everything goes. Not quite sure what that's all about, but that's what it's all about.

Since they have active p-ups, if your battery dies, then there's way less sound.
The switch is there to give that passive tone, which i think sounds good, too yumm.
In active mode, it has a bit more noise and is somehow smoother, it cuts a bit in the lower highs

 

[Frank Martin]

WOAH! I just pulled my volume knob.. and IT DID IT! WOOAH! I never knew! :'(

let me ask, how long have you had it so far without ciscovering it?
We've talked about it sometimes here and its in the manual, as well

 

[LowEndLobster]

let me ask, how long have you had it so far without ciscovering it?
We've talked about it sometimes here and its in the manual, as well

No comment.

 

[vene-nemesis]

thumb LE what does that mean?

i know the BO the NT the BB and the other blond with a MM pickup.

 

[Ralphdaddy]

FWIW my Corvette FNA Jazzman plays perfectly with ZERO signal loss without a battery even being in there, I tested it out before buying. It's pretty sweet, pure passive bypass baby, but sadly no tone control but it sounds almost exactly like the bass when the pre is on and set flat except it's slightly warmer. I think the passive option is TIGHT. Actually, do any of you other guys with the FNA Jazzmans have an incredibly annoying kind of 60 cycle type hum when the switch is in either single coil mode or parallel but NOT when it's in series? My treble does this and it's annoying as hell, but I just work around it sort of. If I turn the treb all the way down it goes away and all the way up it's unbearable and adds a lot of harshness. Not that I ever play either of those ways but it gives you an idea. just curious if anyone else has to suffer what I do, but I wouldn't trade that bass for anything. It's like my Sterling, untradeable.

 

[The_Owl]

That would be only on the Jazzman, not the now-discontinued regulard FNA, which was like a Stingray; only 3-band EQ and a pull-slap-contour, NOT active bypass.

Warwicks owned:

Corvette STD FL
FNA 5
FNA 4 (2 different ones; 1 wenge, 1 ovangkol)
Streamer STD (MIG pre-Rockbass; modded & sold @ profit)
FNA Jazzman LTD 2002 (my only Warwick right now)

Sorry, I meant to say Jazzman too, but I was too lazy to wright it. My Jazzman is also the LTD 2002 model (just gotta love the swirly bubinga!), so it has a bit different preamp than the others, it has a passive tone control+ the regular 3-band eq with active passive switch.

 

[plankspanker13]

I adore my Jazzman LTD....not a thing it cannot do sound-wise. Looks kewl as hell, but I like the right-hand ergonomics too. It is a pity that the 2004 LTD doesn't have the J-pickup offset, or I'd hafta get one o' those too.

 

[m2600]

The most bad thing in passive mode on warwicks (and most other basses) is that there is no Tone knob..
That's why, for example, Ritter's basses electronics ( [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] ) is better.. it gives you complete control in both active and passive modes

 

[Nickthebassist]

thumb LE what does that mean?

i know the BO the NT the BB and the other blond with a MM pickup.

Thumb Limited Edition.

 

[Frank Martin]

Thumb Limited Edition.

Was there a LE edition I am not aware of (highly unlikely) or is it a custom you think is a LE or are you speaking about the BB, or Bleached Blonde, which is all-maple & ash?

BTW the "other blonde with a MM p-up" is called the "Maple Monster", it was custom made and is now in the posession of TBer Joe Meek, or Meekster