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Who has WARWICKS with non-MEC pickups?

#81
Hey, since this is still the Non-MEC thread, and because I seem to be never satisfied, has anybody tried Aero Type 1's in their thumb bass? Mr. Wilson, perhaps? I do like what I hear from them on the pickups basstasters page vs. the EMGs I'm also considering (though in fairness to the EMGs the clip for them is a ~800k mp3, while the Aero clip is a 5+meg WAV file). They sound like they have a bit of the Bartolini refinement while keeping the Duncan bark-ability.

After a year, I still like my active Duncans very much, but I do miss some of the refined smoothness that I'm looking for, which the MECs actually had a bit of. The MECs just didn't have enough of the other stuff - they had nice qualities but I found them deficient overall. In comparison, the Duncans are tough bastards. This bass as it sits has the balls of a Stingray, but it's not a smooth sound, exactly. It's barky, chalky, punchy, woody, but not warm. Just for kicks, I'm going to experiment with some things. Gonna try some EMGs J's (the 4-string set does fit with some, ah, persuading of the neck pickup into the narrow hole), will probably throw the MECs back in with the OPB-3 just to satisfy my curiosity, and I'm also highly curious about trying the passive Aeros with the OBP-3. I'm wondering if the passive vibe will give me the 'honest' sound I'm looking for. Which this may be the wrong bass for, I should say.

The Aeros are open-poled, which I'm not sure if will work for me. I used to have trouble keeping my old Stingray from clicking in the studio b/c of string-to-pole contact. Though, this was just bad technique in my younger days..

Anyway, how bout Aeros in Thumbs?? :bassist:
 
#82
I just replaced my neck pickup on my 2004 Warwick FNA Jazzman LTD with a Bartolini J. The neck pickup was single coil and getting tons of noise. The bridge MEC is a twin J humbucker. I kept the twin J and wired it to a DPDT switch for series/parellel. I then put a Bartolini 2-band preamp in to replace the 3-band MEC. I used the extra hole in the bass for the output jack. The flush mount jacks gave me tons of problems and I had to replace it 2 times. I have never had a problem with the standard input jacks. This combination is unbelievable. I highly recommend this setup if you have a similar bass. The twin J pickup is pretty good and they dont make an exact replacement by any other company. I keep that pickup in series mode and it really gives the extra growl. Now my bass is dead quiet!! I didnt even have to shield the cavity!! Bartolini makes fantastic preamps and pickups. Thats why you see them in most high-end basses today.
 
#84
How about any of the Dimarzzio J style pickups in a Corvette standard(I have the outboard Aguilar 2 band pre to couple with it as well) Anyone use these in their Warwick? I want to put new pickups in My 1996 Corvette too. That one sounds really dull but feels great.
 
#88
i'm going to install a set of villex in my fortress. i want to try both passive and active, so i ordered an opb-1 to give it a go before i went with a more elaborate pre. i'm using alembic activators in the fretless (love them!), and might, if the agi does ok with the fortress, get one of the Invalid Link Removed jobs...
 
#100
...and while i love the passive villex sound and output, i ended up dropping my trusty 27 year old pair of barts and an obp-1 in the fortress, as i had problems w/ the volume pots not functioning properly using the villex diagram :hmm: the "darkness" of the barts really complements the brightness of the fortress (when using a pre). i still am hot for the acg pre though...
 

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