pups

Just trying to find a quick, but definitive answer on this. Are the active MEC Gold jazz bass pickups stacked coil humbuckers, like EMG J-styles, or side by side split coils, like some others? Source(s) for your info? Thanks!

Here is our first completed video (woo-hoo!), and the music is one of our newest recordings. Signal chain was Thumb --> Mesa Fathom --> mic'd Uber 410 --> Distressor --> board. My overall sound is ~ 80% mic and 20% DI... love it...

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

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...

So I'm having a pre-amp made by Mike Pope for my Thumb NT 5, and I have to choose whether I want the preamp to accept active or passive pickups. Does anyone happen to know whether these stock MECs in my Thumb NT 5 are passive or active? I'm hoping they're passive because I'd like to...

hi all, some n00b qns, just got myself a rockbass stramer 5, i am happy with the tone and all but i need a bit more OOoommpphh as i dun use a lot of effects but want to cut thru the over excited guitarist with a stack loads of effects and distortion. what can i do have more output and more...

Hey i've seen loads of SSI's with bartolini pickups and was wondering if any guys here had played or own a SSI with barts. And if so what do that sound like as by the comments going around its almost the holy grail of setups... If you own one and could give some sound clip as well that...

What do you think about a Corvette with Swamp Ash / Swirly Bubinga Top and Bartolini MM/J pickups? Is it ok for playing rock music and what are the different with the standard swamp ash and standard bubinga Corvette? I need a help about this kind of bass...

Hi everyone, i am on my way of building a CS 4 string fretless thumb nt and i am asking everybody about a bartolini soapbar configuration. I would like to use passive soapbars, but i also like the sound of the factory thumb, but never played active pickups because i do not like them, and...

OK, I need a little 101 on pickups here... I know pretty much the general "P Thumps, J growls" kind of rule, but what's up with a TJ? how does it sound compared to a standard J? and the MM compared to the TJ? PJ

i got my first rockbass 2 years ago and boy, was i so impressed. there was something about that growl in that 4 stringed streamer. and after that i yearned to get the real thing. And i finally did, next year. that experience was like 10x of that i got with my rockbass. let me simply say i...

I'm a lefty and found a great deal on a Corvette Std. w/ passive Pups. I really wanted the active Pups but this a heck of a deal. What are your thoughts on the passive pups in this bass? I play everything from blues to punk and I have a MarkBass Little Mark II amp w/ GK 212 cab. Thanks for any...

hey all, I own a 00' Streamer LX5. I felt the sound was abit harsh for me and installed an Aguilar OBP-3 about 9 months ago and retained the MEC pups. although the change in sound is amazing I still dont like the inherent sound of the MEC pickups and would prefer something a bit more...

Perhaps this is a borderline case for the "vintage" forum, but I'm hoping to tap the knowledge of those who might have experience with an older Warwick. I have an old '90 Streamer, afzelia with yin-yang inlays and green LEDs so clearly a forerunner of the official "Stage II" model. Of the...