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Hey everyone, i own a 1996 Streamer Stage I which i recently restored (new trussrod, refret, new pot and jack socket).Everything works fine, thing is the bridge pickup emits a high frequency static noise which gets very annoying when panning the blend pot all the way towards the bridge pickup...

I recently purchased a used Warwick Corvette FNA. It was made in 2000, the serial number is G-076523-00. The neck pickup looks like a Jazz bass pickup, and the bridge pickup is an MM-style humbucker. The bridge pickup sounds great, but the neck pickup is significantly quieter. Is this an issue...

Hello! Long time lurker, first time poster. Happy to be a part of the community now! I have come into owning an all original 1990 Thumb 5 NT(rad!) in pretty amazing shape for being 30yrs old. I've owned a few in the past(Corvette $$, Thumb B.O. 6), but this one'll be the lifer, caught my white...

Has anyone done a direct comparison between these two very similar pickup sets on the same bass? I like the MEC's tone and have had the Basslines previously in a different bass, but I wasn't able to compare. The MECs are too bright and brittle for my taste, although overall I like them a good...

Not sure if this is the right forum to post in, but here goes nothing... I once decided to be nice and give my $$ to a friend for a gig since she didn't have a bass at that moment. She's a great bassist but she mains picks. So there I see her, banging my 'Wick and when she gave me my bass back...

Guitar Info: Corvette Standard, 5-string Natural Oil finish Bubinga body Ovangkol neck Chrome hardware Produced: 14/10/2003 Has the original passive MEC pickups. It has recently developed a wicked hum. Changing circuits within my house does not help, in fact hum is still there in a...

I have a 2008 Corvette Standard Fretless that's 100% stock. I love the crusty, raw, aggressive growl of the passive MEC pickups, but the noise makes them unusable in many situations. So, what is my best option for replacing the pickups without losing the character? I don't usually like the...

Hey, the pickup screws on my 4-string Corvette $$ are stripped and oxidized so I don't want to pull them out to get the size. What is the length of the Corvette $$ pickup screws? 30mm or 35mm? Thanks!

Hello, my first post on the site. I got a used Corvette $$ 4-string a few weeks ago and am trying to get it setup so I can use it. Pickup height is one of my biggest questions. Some background: I play technical metal finger-style. I used to play with a pick but switched to fingers a couple...

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...

One pic probably explains everything. I just received the magnets. They're rare earth 3"x0.5"x0.2" and dangerously strong. One such magnet increases the PU power and virtually turns it into a single coil. I haven't yet tried the particular configuration, but similar ones sounded good - really...

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I'm just about to order new pickups for my Fortress 1a 5 string (1994) but noticed that the MEC pickups are sold in different sizes for neck (91mm) and bridge (95mm). In my bass (and also my Rockbass Corvette) both the neck and bridge pickups are the longer size (95mm). Is this because they...

I've seen different positions in pickups placement in a Thumb bass. Does anyone have any other detailed infos about it ? Thanks and bye!

Having no other info, how would you set up the pickup-string distance on a 5-string J/J bass, aiming for even response across the fingerboard/strings? I mean the 4 pickup-string distances for both pickups, bass and treble side. I have this issue where my E and A strings sound very bassy but D...

Pick-up screws problem I need to buy these (WARWICK PICKUP SCREW FOR MEC - Cyberstore Internacional Português) screws which you can also find here at the warwick shop at warwick's website (Sound of Wood - Pickup Schrauben, M 2,5x35 (4 Stück)). Well, the thing is I'm in Brazil and warwick...

I tend to be a pretty rough player... and I had my Pickups up kinda high for my style of playing. I've just now realized that I've been scratching my pickups a bit when I play. I have a Corvette Double Buck. My question is... Will this effect the way the instrument sounds at all?

ok... The recent buzzard thread, and the chrome hardware set I just gotten my hands on has gotten me thinking crazy things... The mirrored-P pickups of the buzzard are a good part of it's appeal, giving you a 'normal P' at the neck and an inverted P at the bridge, in a position which mimicks...

Hey all, been a while! I was wondering if anyone had any leads on good full range passive pickups that would fit in place of jazz bass pickups. I was looking at these, but I don't know if they would fit in a five string bass (most of you know the drill- warwick five string corvette...

Corvette FNA Pick-up Screws Ok, I just can't really use the search of this forum. I think these questions I'm making here probably were done before, but, well, again: I have a Corvette FNA (NOT the jazzman) and my pickup screws are also rusty. I need to change them. No one around here where...