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Gotcha. Sounds good enough for me!

By the way, I was pleasantly surprised by how nice the flammed maple top looks. Especially considering the Tribute Series is suppose to be the cheapo line... the details and build quality are excellent.
 
golem said:



I'm no electrical wizz, and welcome any corrections
on this from those who are intimate with electrons,
but I think the big difference is that the two toggles
on the Wick throw each individual PU, meaning each
pair of coils, into a parallel-wired mode or a series-
wired mode, but the relationship between neck and
bridge PUs remains a parallel relationship.

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Quite right Golem.
 
golem said:
BTW, it's waaaay unlikely that the local
GC will ever display an '09 LTD. I found
my '04 LTD there ... used, in '09 !
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That's true. I grabbed the 4-banger from the NAMM show, but other than her 5-string sister (at Rocket Music), I don't think I've seen or heard of another one this side of the big pond...
 
I tried my $$ with the eq flat at tonights rehearsal. Much clearer, more balanced, the extra bits I was doing actually cut through. I don't think i would have considered these options without this forum. This place is so handy for tips and tricks.

So $$ eq knobs flat in single coil mode makes a really nice tone. Cheers people.
 






Since you've got the onboard EQ practically
disengaged, don't forget you've still got the
onboard preamp engaged even if the knobs
are set to "flat". IOW, don't forget you can
pull out the volume knob to go into toadally
passive tone. If all you do is center the EQ
knobs but leave the preamp engaged, you
still have some "active tone" coloration. It's
not a huge difference [knob in/out], but it
is audible ... so it's worthwhile to hear both
versions to find which one suits your band,
or your ears.
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@ golem: +1!

That`s exactly what I do. I play most of the time in passive mode (both switches up, fine tuning via the balance knob), but if I need some extra colour I turn into active mode.

What you can also take into consideration: Weld some capacitator to the bass or treble pots (further info this evening when I can have another look at my $$) to change the frequencies the pots are centered on. Change is subtle but clearly audible, and you can still boost or cut the frequencies.
 
I have to say I do prefer the slight extra bite you get with passive.

I've also enjoyed trying the bass in a p/j configuration. Neck pickup in Series bridge in single coil, and also with it set like my Billy Sheehan Bass with the bridge pickup in series like a p, and the neck in parralell as a humbucker. Then for a little clarty turn the treble some where between flat and full. I wish I had realised all this before I went into the studio. Balls!

The journey of bass discovery is quite nice though I must say.


What are peoples favourite settings then?
 
I had tried golems tilting pickups and i did enjoy using it but i love my neck pickup for reggea too much to adopt it completely.

I normally don't dip the bass on my $$ because i actually like the boom and mud it can make. After reading this I'm messing with dipping both B+T full now with flats (Chromes) and i am liking what i can do. Especially for harmonics!

My current favorite is neck in series, bridge in parallel, treble completely cut bass boosted a little(for taste) blended a little towards neck. I can then switch to passive for a more bite and less bass if i need to. But i'm quickly finding new settings thanks to a lot of golems comments and advice!
 
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I have a pretty big issue with my $$. I finally got it set up at bluett brothers violins but mark bluett himself, he did an excellent job. However, my b string is muddy. I can play my schecter and all the strings have an equal volume and tone about them, but when I play my warwick, slapping the b string is strangely much muddier. Any help?
 
bones said:
I have a pretty big issue with my $$. I finally got it set up at bluett brothers violins but mark bluett himself, he did an excellent job. However, my b string is muddy. I can play my schecter and all the strings have an equal volume and tone about them, but when I play my warwick, slapping the b string is strangely much muddier. Any help?
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What strings are you using?
 
i like the front pickup, series wiring, with most of the treble rolled off.

played fingerstyle it's a lovely solid sound.

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ahpook said:
i like the front pickup, series wiring, with most of the bass rolled off.

played fingerstyle it's a lovely solid sound.
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Yea, that's a nice sound. Very versatile bass once you figure it out.

I mostly use it with neck pickup in single coil and bridge in series, blend in the middle.
 
KineticX49 said:
Yea, that's a nice sound. Very versatile bass once you figure it out.

I mostly use it with neck pickup in single coil and bridge in series, blend in the middle.
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oops ! i meant treble rolled off...sorry :confused:
 
Neck PU single coil, bridge PU parallel, blend slighly towards bridge, treble fully cut and bass on flat. That's my setup.
I also like to change, from time to time, and put the bridge PU in series mode and boost basses on the EQ just a tiny bit.
 
I got to say that this is a very helpful thread,
I never thought about cutting the bass&treble to get the mids^^"
 
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