Warwick; EMG vs. Bartolini vs. Seymour Duncan
Skipper Mitsubishi
I have a Warwick Corvette fretted 5 String which I am considering
having modified. The standard MEC pickups and circuit don't quite cut
it for me and I have been considering a few options.
Does anyone have any information to share on their experiences with
any of the pickup/circuit combinations??
BFN,
Stephen.
Kosta Kostis
Skipper Mitsubishi wrote:
> Does anyone have any information to share on their experiences with
> any of the pickup/circuit combinations??
What kind of sound are you looking for?
I got a Corvette (4-string) with EMG pickups and active electronics
and it sounds very "clear". It's also a bit trebly, so I usualy have
to turn down the treble knob a little. Basically those EMGs sound
like your bass, they don't modify the base sound too much.
The active electronics that came with those also active EMGs have
three knobs. One for volume, one to mix between the two pickups
and a double knob for treble/bass. Very low noise, very good sound.
Hope that helps
Kosta
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Christopher Mowatt
In <50ijgg$e...@opera.iinet.net.au> ski...@iinet.net.au (Skipper
Mitsubishi) writes:
>
>I have a Warwick Corvette fretted 5 String which I am considering
>having modified. The standard MEC pickups and circuit don't quite cut
>it for me and I have been considering a few options.
>
>any of the pickup/circuit combinations??
>
>
>Stephen.
>
We have used the EMG's on several basses and they are very quiet, even
toned with good response and clarity. They won't give that single coil
sound, but the EMG Vintage probably will from what I am hearing. Can't
say anything about the Bartolini pickups. I tried a ZON bass with them
and it sounded great, very responsive, but I don't know how much of
that was the ZON bass and how much the Bartolini pickups contributed.
The Basslines pickups are great. Great punch, great highs, even tone,
just real flexible. As a side note, I haven't worked with a better
company than Basslines (Seymour Duncan). If you have a chance to talk
to Kevin Beller, their chief engineer, he really knows the product
well. They have several models to choose from in the J style, so....
The only difficult side to the Basslines is the active tone control
circuit board needs room. Its about 1 1/4" wide by 2" long. The EMG
tone circuit is 1" sq. and is attached to the control, at least on the
concentric control version, so you need a cavity with at least 1 1/8"
depth. For the Basslines, I position the board over the midrange pot
(its not a stacked pot) and it works fine, but check the size of your
control cavity on your Warwick.
BoboDaClown
Kosta Kostis <ko...@live.RoBIN.de> wrote:
>Skipper Mitsubishi wrote:
>> Does anyone have any information to share on their experiences with
>> any of the pickup/circuit combinations??
>What kind of sound are you looking for?
>I got a Corvette (4-string) with EMG pickups and active electronics
>and it sounds very "clear". It's also a bit trebly, so I usualy have
>to turn down the treble knob a little. Basically those EMGs sound
>like your bass, they don't modify the base sound too much.
>The active electronics that came with those also active EMGs have
>three knobs. One for volume, one to mix between the two pickups
>and a double knob for treble/bass. Very low noise, very good sound.
>Hope that helps
> Kosta
>--
> kos...@acm.org, ko...@live.robin.de, ko...@blues.sub.de
> Kosta Kostis, Talstr. 25, D-63322 Rödermark, Germany
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kosta/
I have a custom made bass that has the 2 EMG soapbars and the same
active system, but the elctronics don't really seem to boost that
much. Has your system been wired for 18 volts (2 batteries?)
Bill
Kosta Kostis
BoboDaClown wrote:
> I have a custom made bass that has the 2 EMG soapbars and the same
> active system, but the elctronics don't really seem to boost that
> much. Has your system been wired for 18 volts (2 batteries?)
No, I think 9 V are fairly enough to both amplify and get a decent
level. The only thing you don't easily get with a single 9 V power
supply is a symmetric output which I can live without on my bass.
I'm using a sender anyway... ;)
Bye
Kosta
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David O'Leary
I've got EMGs on my Spector and they're great, but I prefer the sound of
the Bartolini soadbar pickups from other basses I've played. Better low
end.
> >I have a Warwick Corvette fretted 5 String which I am considering
> >having modified. The standard MEC pickups and circuit don't quite cut
> >it for me and I have been considering a few options.
> >
> >Does anyone have any information to share on their experiences with
> >any of the pickup/circuit combinations??
> >
> >BFN,
> >
> >Stephen.
Ben Jacoby
Christopher Mowatt (mr....@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: We have used the EMG's on several basses and they are very quiet, even
: toned with good response and clarity. They won't give that single coil
: sound, but the EMG Vintage probably will from what I am hearing. Can't
: say anything about the Bartolini pickups. I tried a ZON bass with them
: and it sounded great, very responsive, but I don't know how much of
: that was the ZON bass and how much the Bartolini pickups contributed.
: The Basslines pickups are great. Great punch, great highs, even tone,
: just real flexible. As a side note, I haven't worked with a better
: company than Basslines (Seymour Duncan). If you have a chance to talk
: to Kevin Beller, their chief engineer, he really knows the product
: well. They have several models to choose from in the J style, so....
: The only difficult side to the Basslines is the active tone control
: circuit board needs room. Its about 1 1/4" wide by 2" long. The EMG
: tone circuit is 1" sq. and is attached to the control, at least on the
: concentric control version, so you need a cavity with at least 1 1/8"
: depth. For the Basslines, I position the board over the midrange pot
: (its not a stacked pot) and it works fine, but check the size of your
: control cavity on your Warwick.
I'm going through this same exercise. I have a 5 string Aria Pro II and
while the pickup tone seems fine, it has small (but not serious) amount of
hum pickup. This is magnetic pickup not electrostatic pickup from
improper grounding, shielding etc. The other pain is the standard thing
with passive pickups. When you turn the volume to max the high cut of
the tone knob changes. The reason for this is that the impedance of the
PU shorts out the roll-off capacitor as you advance the volume knob.
OK. The bass has two J-style pickups (it isn't clear which J PU they
use, but both seem to be the same. I looked at EMG actives and they make
units that seem more or less drop-in replacements.
But my question is are these active PUs humbuckers? I know they have bar
magnets and are OK for 5 string. All the guy in the store would say is
that they "are very quiet". But unless they are humbucking design active
or no, they pick up magnetic fields just like what I've got. The current
setup is wired out of phase so that if you turn both PU volume knobs to the
same level the hum is cancelled. But this is kind of a hokey way to deal
with things.
Next choice would be to stay passive and put up with the tone thing and
go Seymour Duncan "coil stacks" humbuckers. These also appear to be
realatively drop-in installation. But now I can't find out if these will
work with a 5 string. They seem to be designed to replace J 4-string PUs.
So it appears that either I go active and live with hum or go passive and
live with tone control flakes. Does anyone know of an active,
humbucking, J-type pickup that I could use? And Oh yeah. It should sound
decent too.
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bja...@infinet.com | a fountain pen." ..........Woodie Guthrie
Bob Comarow
In article <50qop1$2...@news1.infinet.com>,
Ben Jacoby <bja...@infinet.com> wrote:
>Christopher Mowatt (mr....@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>
>
>So it appears that either I go active and live with hum or go passive and
>live with tone control flakes. Does anyone know of an active,
>humbucking, J-type pickup that I could use? And Oh yeah. It should sound
>decent too.
>
>--
>Benjamin Jacoby | "Some rob you with a six-gun and some with
>bja...@infinet.com | a fountain pen." ..........Woodie Guthrie
I installed a Jazz Set with the Alembic Activator kit. It sounds great,
with clean rich tone, fat lows, and crisp highs. There is no HISS.
Call Alembic at 707 523 2611
bob comarow
José Miguel Selman
I own a Tobias Classic 5, and the bartolini pickups which came with it
don't fullfilled my ear, so I replaced the pickups for 2 BassLines
Soapbars (Basslines is a part of Seymour Duncan) and I changed the
electronics for a EMG electronics I've got from another old bass and I
promise that is the best combination I have ever tried... I hope that it
could be for some help...
Bye.