Incoming!!! (show Us Your New Stuff Before You Actually Have It)

[Nightmaresandconclusions]

There is a guy on TardMe selling Darkglass..he has Noble on his board

Yeah the guy who makes them said I was the third one he has made and sent to New Zealand. Such a lovely sounding preamp. I can see why they don't come up second hand. Il be keeping mine for sure.

 

[Nightmaresandconclusions]

This arrived today. Sounds and feels really nice, really happy.

 

[DiMarco]

 

[naetog]

I've been looking for a fretless 5 that will sound nothing like my Pedulla Buzz, and this will definitely work!

Mahogany body with Maple top.
Mahogany neck and Birdseye Maple fingerboard.
Nordstrand P pickup under matching pickup cover with piezo bridge.
Only 6.6 lbs!

Should be here in a week or so...!

 

[jester]

I've been looking for a fretless 5 that will sound nothing like my Pedulla Buzz, and this will definitely work!

Mahogany body with Maple top.
Mahogany neck and Birdseye Maple fingerboard.
Nordstrand P pickup under matching pickup cover with piezo bridge.
Only 6.6 lbs!

Should be here in a week or so...!

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This is nuts on so many levels. Is the P coil setup traditional or reverse?

 

[Hoggles]

Really lovely fretless. Congrats!!

 

[naetog]

This is nuts on so many levels. Is the P coil setup traditional or reverse?

Honestly, I'm not sure yet!
I'll hopefully have it next week and will give it a good examination when it arrives.

It's chambered (hence the light weight) and has a nice thump with the piezos. I am super excited to get it, and it didn't even occur to me to ask about the coil configuration.

It'll be weird not having lines, but it's got the luminlay position markers, so it'll actually be more useful in our dimly lit practice space.

 

[jester]

It's chambered (hence the light weight) and has a nice thump with the piezos.

Ah, that explains it. One of the nuts factors was the single magnetic pickup so far from the bridge. I'm almost certain the P will be reverse ("logical").

 

[DiMarco]

Crème brûlée bass

 

[tomb68]

Incoming: Warwick 2017 pro series Corvette $$ 5 in natural. Curiosity got the better of me since I haven't played a newer Warwick (post 2005-ish).

 

[Hoggles]

Incoming: Warwick 2017 pro series Corvette $$ 5 in natural. Curiosity got the better of me since I haven't played a newer Warwick (post 2005-ish).

Very nice, congrats! You should be happy with what you're about to experience. That exact same desire overcame me a few months ago, when I picked up the '15 SSI. Stoked I did. Let us know what you think when it comes in!

 

[Toepfer]

Incoming: Warwick Piezo bridge and electronics - to be placed in the Fortress fretless

 

[Hardy]

Thinking of replacing the bone nuts of my 8 string and 10 string with brass nuts. Is it worth the costs?

 

[tomb68]

Incoming: Warwick Piezo bridge and electronics - to be placed in the Fortress fretless

This is a serious temptation to me. Do you have to route for new controls or can it be done in a stacked configuration with the existing pot configuration?

 

[Toepfer]

This is a serious temptation to me. Do you have to route for new controls or can it be done in a stacked configuration with the existing pot configuration?

I can hopefully tell you tomorrow. The bridge I got is out of a Thumb BO and has three stacked pots (1x volume+balance+push/pull, 1x bass/trebble, 1xpiezo+?). My Fortress has four pots. I have to check how big the board is, to see if everything will fit.
What should work is to just use these three pots and leave the forth one for space for the board.

 

[Hoggles]

Thinking of replacing the bone nuts of my 8 string and 10 string with brass nuts. Is it worth the costs?

Totally. Maybe. How much would that much brass cost? Does Warwick make a brass JAN for those?

 

[tomb68]

Very nice, congrats! You should be happy with what you're about to experience. That exact same desire overcame me a few months ago, when I picked up the '15 SSI. Stoked I did. Let us know what you think when it comes in!

OK, it's here and I"m really impressed. I CAN tell a slight difference between it and my 2004 $$ but it's only slight and I'm pretty thrilled.

 

[Toepfer]

Do you have to route for new controls or can it be done in a stacked configuration with the existing pot configuration?

Well, a four pot configuration + batterie + circuit board will not fit without routing. Three pots and the circuit board will. But where to put the batterie then?
I will have to think about about that. I already switched the bridge and drilled the hole to get the cable into the electronics department, but now I'm stuck. I have to talk to my wood guy, if he's got an idea.

 

[Stainless]

Well, a four pot configuration + batterie + circuit board will not fit without routing. Three pots and the circuit board will. But where to put the batterie then?
I will have to think about about that. I already switched the bridge and drilled the hole to get the cable into the electronics department, but now I'm stuck. I have to talk to my wood guy, if he's got an idea.

Would love to try that Fortress after you finished the mod

 

[RIP]

Thinking of replacing the bone nuts of my 8 string and 10 string with brass nuts. Is it worth the costs?

If it was me and I had the money......I'd do it