Broken Preamp Circuit Board On 2004 Corvette Std Active

[Minh Tran]

Hi everyone,

I recently bought a 2004 Warwick Corvette Std w active pickups from my friend. But unfortunately, during the transportation, the battery (I think) fell off and hit the preamp circuit board which cause the board broken. I have a quick search around on the internet and found out that the preamp for this model is no longer available.

Can anyone give me advice on which preamp should I use as replacement for this and where to buy. I want to stick with the original set up of 3 knobs: Vol (Push/pull) - Balance - Treble/Bass. The Vol knob and the Balancee knob are still working.

Thanks.

 

[Florin]

Hi MInh Tran,

Where are you located? This is a MEC 2 way preamp, so you could replace it with the current one. You should ask any warwick dealer/ distributor, or warwick-distribution.de

Welcome to the forum, buddy!

 

[tomb68]

I put a bartolini pre in mine and it works well. volume-blend-treble/bass with pull for passive.

 

[jester]

Hey man, welcome to the forum. That's a bummer for a new bass. :-( You could be able to save some cash by replacing just the bass/treble/preamp module. I will do a little research for your problem a bit later, so check back at this thread.

 

[jester]

Got it! This is the part you want to hunt down: "M 60904" and it costs 104.5 euros on the official webshop.

WARWICK MEC 2-Way Electronics, for active Pickups, Bass / Treble stacked only

In your position I would go for the complete preamp that costs something like 40 euros more.
But if you get that you will have volume and balance spare potentiometers for a very good price.

WARWICK MEC Active BEC 2 Electronics for active Pickups - (Vol PP / Bal / T+B)

The product code for this is "M 60003".

The product picture shows the separate bass and treble potentiometer setup (T/B) but don't worry, the code corresponds to the
single stacked potentiometer setup (T+B).

Let us know if you need anything else!

 

[Minh Tran]

Hi MInh Tran,

Where are you located? This is a MEC 2 way preamp, so you could replace it with the current one. You should ask any warwick dealer/ distributor, or warwick-distribution.de

Welcome to the forum, buddy!

Hi Florin,

I'm from Vietnam, so I checked around my area but I think there is no dealer/distributor in Asia for now.

 

[Minh Tran]

I put a bartolini pre in mine and it works well. volume-blend-treble/bass with pull for passive.

Thanks for your info. Could you tell me which model you use?

 

[Minh Tran]

Got it! This is the part you want to hunt down: "M 60904" and it costs 104.5 euros on the official webshop.

WARWICK MEC 2-Way Electronics, for active Pickups, Bass / Treble stacked only

In your position I would go for the complete preamp that costs something like 40 euros more.
But if you get that you will have volume and balance spare potentiometers for a very good price.

WARWICK MEC Active BEC 2 Electronics for active Pickups - (Vol PP / Bal / T+B)

The product code for this is "M 60003".

The product picture shows the separate bass and treble potentiometer setup (T/B) but don't worry, the code corresponds to the
single stacked potentiometer setup (T+B).

Let us know if you need anything else!

Thank you for your great support!

I have checked the M 60904 from your link, but I think Warwick no longer produces this model. The page says that "Not available/ ask for article", and when I click in it says that "the article will be available at: more than 14 weeks".

I also found another one which would be ok, the "M 60900", 2-way preamp only, without the potentiometer. I think it is the newer version of mine. But I dont know whether it works with the old electronics (Pickups, Vol and Balance) or not.
The link is here:
WARWICK MEC 2-Way Electronics, for active Pickups, Preamp only

Another thing is, I'm from Vietnam and I cannot find any Warwick dealer around my area. If I want to order from warwick website, I have to wait the shipment from Germany. Do you know anywhere around the Asian area. I heard that the Rockbass are made in China. Do they have spare part sell in China?

Thanks.

 

[jester]

I also found another one which would be ok, the "M 60900", 2-way preamp only, without the potentiometer. I think it is the newer version of mine. But I dont know whether it works with the old electronics (Pickups, Vol and Balance) or not.
The link is here:
WARWICK MEC 2-Way Electronics, for active Pickups, Preamp only

This part is not enough for you, as you also need the stacked/bass treble potentiometer. You should be able to use the stacked bass/treble that you already have on your broken preamp but it will need to be removed and then wired up properly to the new preamp by a technician. You could do that but in your position I would get the complete preamp module, with vol/bal/t+b. Less technical trouble/risk, you keep spare pots, but also higher price. It's your call, both these items are available from the webshop and the delays should be reasonable even for your country.

 

[verb]

Replacing just the EQ pot and board, with an alternative such as EMG or Aguilar, is not hard to do, and you can retain the original vol(p/p) and balance pots.

 

[tomb68]

Thanks for your info. Could you tell me which model you use?

Bartolini 3.3 A/P