Hi Yim, welcome to the forum.Hello, are there any fellow Thumb 5 players who have changed your pickups and electronics to passive? I mean passive pickups and V-V-T pots. Really like to try it but would like to seek for your comment before doing it. Thanks a lot!!
Do you think passive pickups with v-v-t pots will be more responsive to the right-hand's touching? I primary play with my thumb on the right hand, and found that the current active pickups and electronics is less responsive to my thumb than my passive basses, e.g. a P bass.I got a thumb that had passive mec pickups and is wired volume and blend. It sounds good.
I have not tried it yet, but I think I would prefer a preamp in there. I have a bunch of other Warwick’s, including one with passive pickups and an active preamp, and to me the all passive set up sounds a bit thin. This could just be personal preference though, I tend to use the preamp on my basses to boost certain frequencies a fair bit.
Nice button layout! And video And great sound, how do you record the bass sound?
But the bass sound is incredibly good for a phone camera.
Hello, This is my first post. I'll introduce myself after.
I have a simple Thumb BO5 from 98, which is my 3rd Thumb. Because I'm an idiot, every time I need money I sell my basses lol. But now I am 35, I'll never sell this one.
I got it in a very mediocre condition, but I'm offering servicing, refinishing so now its just like new.
With the age and laziness, I becamed a passive extremist.
So mine is passive with vol/blend/tone, and it works like a charm. However I changed the pickups for Delano's, my favourite pickups of all time for a Warwick, just give extra dynamics and don't touch instrument character.
Unfortunately, I didn't make a video before I add the GraphTech Piezo system. I hope it'll help a little,
Marco.
AaaarghhhhI 'll just leave this here: