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can someone tell me more about these pickups, as used in the Fortress Flashback? They sound amazing... any idea what kinds of magnets are used?

Following up on a lengthy thread over in the bass guitar forum related to a quite loud hiss in a 1997 Thumb NT 4-string (18v preamp). The bass produces a good amount of hiss when in active-EQ mode -- very quiet when in EQ bypass mode. I would like to replace the preamp with a current MEC...

Hello. I'm a novice guitar builder and I'm building my first bass. I bought 2 MEC Music Man style 5 string humbuckers and I can't find the color codes for the pickup leads. My controls will be - 1 volume, 1 blend, switch for coil tap. I would also like to hear any reviews anyone has about...

Just about to attempt to upgrade the passive elecs in my Streamer Std 5 with a Bartolini 2.2AP active pre-amp. Only problem I have as a guitar elec newbie is that the new pre-amp reckons on connecting only one 'hot' wire from existing (passive) pickup - this is a single yellow wire on the...

Does anybody know where I could get a replacement MEC preamp for my 87 88 ?? Thumb. Since a power outage/restore at a gig recently I am intermittantly getting volume loss and distortion. It has to be the preamp going faulty, I have metered out the wiring and checked all solder joints, the jack...

Here we go guys, a little 'how to' guide on fitting a preamp followed by the review. How to fit a preamp 1. Find yourself a competent mate (in my case, Andy) who won't end up soldering the preamp to his hands instead of the bass.......like i would (aint we a pretty couple!?) 2...

It has been a hell of a long time coming, but i finally ordered the 3 band eq for my bass, should hopefully be with me in about 2 weeks (depending on if our great queen's postal service decide to go on strike again!) I'll take a few pics when we're installing it, do a review and take some...

I'm thinking about swapping out the MusicMan pickups and 2-band preamp on my Corvette $$ (the production model, not my LTD) for dual TwinJazz pickups and a 3-band preamp. I would love to hear some reviews from TJ owners, especially anyone who owns a Streamer LX LTD 2008. Anyone?

There was a thread where I had shown my DIY work - two Basslines SCPB-3's assembled in a single humbucker regaussed to a split configuration. I'm currently busy building a composite housing for those pickups, so recently I made two small recordings showing both DIY and original pickups in...

Hey guys! I was drooling over the MEC webpage and I noticed that there is no USA dealer. Does that mean that we cannot order some of those tasty pickups and components?

I have a steady Saturday night gig at a club & I'm having problems with hum on the stage. I think part of the noise is being generated from the lighting on the stage. When I use my MusicMan Sterling bass (with a humbucking pickup of course) at the same club, there is absolutely no hum/noise...

hey, this is my first post, so i hope i've posted this in the right place. I was lookin around the site and i cant seem to find anyone with the same problem as me (sorry if someone has already posted this type of question). Anyways whats goin on is that for some time i was getting this...

Hey guys, anyone know of any distributors of MEC electronics? i want to buy either a 2 or 3 band active EQ system but they seem a little on the expensive side from the official shop.

Hi, I'm looking for a frequency diagram of an MEC TwinJazz PickUp. Google couldn't help me. Could you? Thank you in advance!

Can anyone tell me what a pair of passive "J" MEC pups out of a 2004 Corvette STD might be worth. I have someone interested in buying them from me and I don't have a clue as what they are worth. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hi all, I wonder if anyone else has noticed a problem with the vol pot on their passive bass. Mine dosn't seem to kick in until almost full on so there isn't much room for subtle changes mid song. Is this a common problem with passive pots or do I have a fault?. The bass is a Corvette St...

I'm thinking of replacing the pickups in my Washburn.. does anyone have experience with both of these pickup brands? I kind of need an A/B comparision.. thank you in advance :) btw, 2 J pickups for a 5 string

So what the heck is the Bullet exactly? I can barely find any info at all about it. What is it? How does it work? Where is it? Why does it only work with maple bodies? Does anyone have one? How much does it cost? Is it possible to get one outside the Warwick CS???

On MEC's () website they've had an announcement up for custom potentiometers on their front page. It's been a while and they've said nothing more about it. Could anyone tell me a little more about this offer? I tried emailing MEC and have gotten no response.-thanks

After playing for a few nights on my new Corvette Proline I bought on Friday I decided that I'm ditching the MEC preamp and keeping the Active MEC pickups and wiring them in series-parallel swtich, vol, stacked vol-tone. Anyone know where to find a warwick doohicky manual so I know which...