musicavenger

Im sorry that you had a bad experience with it, that happens with every piece of equipment in existance.....

Unfortunately the key secret of the Hellborg System is the sound of the output transformer, more than the preamp that is also high quality.

You wont get the same transient attack and punch with any other amplifier. 

I have tried. 

The transformer needs to warm up.

More if the amp was in a cold dump place.

This is something that in a tube amp with its stand by switch and heat from the tubes takes less time....

Just start it 10-15 minutes before use and the distortion will go.

If the amp is not in a humid cold place this will not happen. 

Other reason can be a damaged transformer for mismatched Impedance switch selection at some point during use. More on the 250 stereo version with the bridge option that changes the Impedance switch position and makes confusing when connecting cabs.

This is not a fool proof bass system.

You need to know what you doing.

Where about in Wales are you?

Hi

I'm Looking for a Warwick Hellborg Hi Cab.

If you got one or know someone that got one, please contact me.

At a reasonable price.

Thanks to All

[i]I'm a big fan of the original early Warwick Basses[/i] and own some of them but I'm very disappointed with the way the company took since the mid 90s

The once coolest basses in the world are having a time of disrespect in the bass community because of their fall in quality and rise in price.

If you check new bands, nobody is using Warwick today, no music store stocks them and their (affordable) range is poor quality compared with

(for example) Spector Basses of the same price. (Spector is also making shi..., but their top instrument don't have the silly Warwick prices)

The beginning of the problem started with the unavailability of wenge during the 90s until not long ago and the highly automated process in the

manufacture that killed the instruments real soul.

Lots of players in the last 20 years had very bad experiences trying Warwick Basses with very uncomfortable fat necks for an instrument of that

price and more if you ever experienced one of their instruments of the golden age.

Hope someone at Warwick is reading this and this helps them to recover from a bad period like Fender and Gibson had in the late 70s early 80s.

The problem many companies done was overstock the market with their Chinese/Korean/wherever production and now the world is full of crap

instruments nobody wants, with no resell value and giving a bad impression of the brand their represent.

Too many new models with horrible shapes, too many sponsors that are actually the only pro users of Warwick Today................