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On all three of my Warwicks the battery leads go into an orange plastic connector with 7 holes. This connects to the MEC preamp board. Not sure if they require soldering in but maybe not? It could just be a push fit connector but seems quite stiff so I’m not going to try pulling it off in case it’s soldered

All Warwick 5’s with a pull up on the volume pot are in effect passive. Looking at the wiring diagram it is true passive too as it goes direct to the jack, bypassing the preamp, and their pickups are passive. I use it a lot as it is a less sizzly tone without the preamp and single coils/coil-rapped MM’s are quieter. Those Yamaha BB basses are hard to beat, though.

This isn’t restricted to replying to PM’s on Basschat! It’s everywhere and has been as long as I can remember. Some people just can’t be bothered to reply to stuff, get/keep in touch or update you if you have bought something. I had a recent purchase via here which I bought through eBay to get some seller protection as the bass was outside the U.K. Seller was reasonably communicative right up until I paid, then nothing. I had to chase and chase just to get a tracking number (God help you if you want to track via La Poste/Colis - parcel was delivered and tracking still said it was in France!), no response to any messages, I left feedback having got the bass and still nothing. Now some people have very busy lives but it takes 30 seconds to send a message. I won’t be doing it again. And what’s with not leaving feedback on the Bay? Never used to be an issue but about 50% if the items I sell and leave feedback for never get reciprocated. Ever known a friend/colleague who isn’t very good at keeping in touch and also turns up late every time you arrange to meet? Seems to go hand in hand...

I’d be interested to know how many of the people who chose Pro actually make their entire living out of playing bass, as opposed to being involved in music or the music/entertainment business.

Fixed!

Interesting. My PrintMusic licence is now long dead since my journey back to playing as it is now Windows only. I recently discovered MuseScore - for freeware it’s actually quite good and offers more options than PrintMusic ever did (not surprising as it was basically a cut down Finale). The interface is a bit clunky but is quite versatile in terms of notation.

I now have three nice Warwicks. Total cost to buy was just over £2,500. Current retail price on the Warwick site? €14,280!!

If you don’t name the dealer the post has no reason for existence. You felt the need to post your complaint - why bother without the shop in question? Even better - you’ve mailed them, so wait for a response and if still not satisfied then that may have been a more sensible time to kick off a thread. If you get an explanation you’re happy with them this thread was a waste of time!

I’m not a fan on the preamp on most of the Ibanez basses I’ve tried. I owned an SR5006E and the 3V eq just didn’t do anything. With that low a voltage the circuit has no headroom. It sounds like th GVB is at the other extreme with too much cut and boost. I tried an SR3006E many years ago and the parametric mid together with a decent amount of bass and treble tone shaping was a lot more useful.

Sorry, my poor explanation. He wanted collect only and advertised it as such, but after a bit of persuasion offered to courier and asked which courier I would prefer. Hence my fruitless search. In the end I coughed up for a train, went halfway across the country and made a day of it.