ahpook Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) a couple of weeks ago i decided i'd try fitting an active circuit to my warwick streamer std, and bought an artec se2-a - it's a stack knob bass & treble control so i could just replace the existing passive tone control. so, i did that bit of techery this week, and was very impressed by the artec eq - the bass boost is very nice...warm rather than boomy except at the very top of the range. the treble rolls of nicely as well - quite like a passive control. i'd hacked the artec circuit a bit to fit around the existing push-pull switch on the volume control for single/double coil switching and it was a bit messy, and as i'd found an on-on-on mini switch in my bits box (well, one of them !) i decided to do a full series/single/parallel switching job as detailed [url="http://www.1728.org/guitar7.htm"]here[/url]. it meant putting a hole in the bass for the switch, but it turned out rather well i think the choice of sounds is great - i'd already replaced the stock MEC pickup with a bartolini and i'd found the humbucking tone a bit full on, and preferred the single coil sound, which is still there, but the parallel tone is lovely - thick without being dull. anyway - i'd recommend artec eq's if yyou don't want to splash out on emg or similar. Edited February 25, 2012 by ahpook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojobass Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 nice job there! I've often fancied one of these standards due to the lush wenge necks! and also to compare against my fortress! bet it sounds even nicer now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 thanks might get some sound samples up tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) ok, here's some samples ! [url="http://soundcloud.com/moltendog/streamer-mods"]http://soundcloud.com/moltendog/streamer-mods[/url] first three are running through the pickup switching: 1.series 2.single coil (neck side) 3. parallel and then, staying with the parallel setting, some examples of the artec eq 1.bass boosted by ~1/3, treble flat 2. bass boosted by ~1/3, treble boosted by ~1/3 3. bass boosted by ~3/4, treble boosted by ~1/3 Edited February 26, 2012 by ahpook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocket123 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hey apook : did a nice job buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 [quote name='sprocket123' timestamp='1330270749' post='1554930'] Hey apook : did a nice job buddy [/quote] thanks -i'm quietly chuffed with myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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