New Tone circuit

[Bassman68]

Help needed please.
I have a 14 year old Warwick thumb 5 string that, i feel, has lost its tone.
Don't know if it's just me but i've noticed the tone has changed over the years as the woods mature (?).
The tone seems a lot 'darker' these days, the bass control is never boosted,otherwise the sound is too wooley, the mids seem to swamp everything, in a 'too broad' way (if i cut this, certain strings seem quieter) & the treble frequency seems almost too high (adding more hiss than snap!).
So i'm looking at replacing the tone circuit, any suggestions?
So far i've been looking at the Aguila 3 band & i like the idea of the switchable mids (push/pull).
Anything else out there worth considering?
I want to get the sound back to that 'throaty/burpy' growl...

[27 frets]

The Aguilar 3-band retro-fit EQ is good - the switchable frequency mid cut-boost excellent for sorting out 'wooley' sound, by switchiing to the lower of the two mid frequencies available and cutting this, as I found on a heavy mahogany- bodied fretless.
Mine does seem a bit hissy, but this can can be cut down by rolling a bit of the very top end on my amp's graphic, without much effect on overall clarity /brightness

[quote name='Bassman68' post='750552' date='Feb 19 2010, 09:34 AM']Help needed please.
I have a 14 year old Warwick thumb 5 string that, i feel, has lost its tone.
Don't know if it's just me but i've noticed the tone has changed over the years as the woods mature (?).
The tone seems a lot 'darker' these days, the bass control is never boosted,otherwise the sound is too wooley, the mids seem to swamp everything, in a 'too broad' way (if i cut this, certain strings seem quieter) & the treble frequency seems almost too high (adding more hiss than snap!).
So i'm looking at replacing the tone circuit, any suggestions?
So far i've been looking at the Aguila 3 band & i like the idea of the switchable mids (push/pull).
Anything else out there worth considering?
I want to get the sound back to that 'throaty/burpy' growl...[/quote]

[jmsjabb]

Ask about on the Warwick Forum. Plenty of people seem to play with the pre stage

[lemmywinks]

In fact there's a thread on there about putting an Aguilar OBP-3 into a 'wick:

[url="http://forum.warwick.de/10-warwick-basses/10579-aguilar-obp-3-preamp.html"]http://forum.warwick.de/10-warwick-basses/...p-3-preamp.html[/url]

[Grand Wazoo]

Did you try fitting a new battery?

[Bassman68]

[quote name='bass5' post='751171' date='Feb 19 2010, 05:45 PM']Did you try fitting a new battery?[/quote]

I've had the bass for the past 14 years, think i'd know when the batteries were getting low thanks...
Have considered the Warwick forum but seems to full of teenage americans with rockbasses these days, who are into 'metal'! Not knocking the forum, just thought i'd try on here first....
I just want to get my slap sound back & weighing up options to 'pimp' the bass up a bit. It's a versatile bass that has sentimental issues for me. I know it weighs a ton on my shoulder but is one of my favourites...

[mikhay77]

I had the same problem with my 94 thumb,turned out to be the tone pot faulty,cleaned it a couple of times but in the end replaced it,problem solved,also check your earth links between pots if you have a multi metre.