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Hi All

I'm thinking of changing the pickups in my Warwick Streamer Stage II bass for some new ones. I'm considering either a Wizard or a Bare Knucle Set.

After a fat, clear sound, lots of bottom... dubby type of sound although I don't play dub!

What you guys think, recommend?

Many thanks

Carlos

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[quote name='chris_b' post='487771' date='May 14 2009, 12:23 PM']I'd check out an outboard pre amp first.[/quote]

Hi Chris

Thanks for your message.

I already have one, an ART tube pre-amp compressor and have also have a Dave Hall twin tube pedal which I intend to use Channel 1 to warm up my sound.

The on board pre-amp is giving me trouble and a sounds engineer friend of mine recommended that I change pickups to good quality passives for a better tone, sounds...

Cheers!

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I just spent a good part of the morning playing my Streamer Stage II and was knocked out by the tone - warm, fat, thick and growly with an incredible amount of controlled power. I played it against a Fodera MG which sounded thin by comparison! I'm very surprised you're considering changing the pickups - I'd have a think about repairing or replacing the on-board pre (I'm sure Warwick can assist...at a price).

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[quote name='lozbass' post='488025' date='May 14 2009, 04:02 PM']I just spent a good part of the morning playing my Streamer Stage II and was knocked out by the tone - warm, fat, thick and growly with an incredible amount of controlled power. I played it against a Fodera MG which sounded thin by comparison! I'm very surprised you're considering changing the pickups - I'd have a think about repairing or replacing the on-board pre (I'm sure Warwick can assist...at a price).[/quote]

Hi, thanks for your message.

I agree with your description of the Streamer sound but I believe I can still get out more from it by installing the best quality hand made pickups out there and also getting rid of the active pre-amp that is giving me trouble.

I did consider replacing pre-amp but have been adviced that money is better spent in pickups

Cheers

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Sort of.. if the preamp is causing you problems, have you tried wiring it out so you just get the pickups alone?
Even top notch pickups through a ropey preamp can only sound ropey! Better to have decent pups with no preamp.

On my Ibanez:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673[/url]

it started with decent stock pups and stock B+T preamp. As I got a better amp, I found I used the tone controls less and less, so in the middle of one of the experimental rewires I took all the active stuff out. Way better!
Of course I also kept experimenting with pickups, :) , which is maybe why I just played the one bass for so many years. EMG really do the biz for my taste!

Have fun!

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[quote name='hubrad' post='488097' date='May 14 2009, 05:14 PM']Sort of.. if the preamp is causing you problems, have you tried wiring it out so you just get the pickups alone?
Even top notch pickups through a ropey preamp can only sound ropey! Better to have decent pups with no preamp.

On my Ibanez:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=44673[/url]

it started with decent stock pups and stock B+T preamp. As I got a better amp, I found I used the tone controls less and less, so in the middle of one of the experimental rewires I took all the active stuff out. Way better!
Of course I also kept experimenting with pickups, :) , which is maybe why I just played the one bass for so many years. EMG really do the biz for my taste!

Have fun![/quote]

Thanks!

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I've got Bartolini pickups and pre amps in two of my basses and I think they sound great from a full and fat bass tone, through flat to high treble. They seem to be the pickup of choice for a large number of high end bass manufacturers as well.

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[quote name='carlitos71' post='491215' date='May 18 2009, 11:17 AM']So anybody with Wizard or Bare Knuckle pickups got anything to say?[/quote]
Yep. Had some Wizard 84's in me old Ged Jazz - lovely kit. Email or phone Andy at Wizard, tell him what you want and he'll tell you what he can do, you don't necessarily have to stick with stock.

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