Installing Piezo on warwicks
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The Fishman Piezo bridge system is pretty extensive. You didn't mention in your post if you had ever seen one before, but in case you haven't, it is not a system that connects to your existing bridge. It IS an entire replacement bridge unit; saddles and everything, and from it, the wiring goes through the body into the control panel where the adjustable preamp is. If you were to do this yourself, I'd advise you to write to Warwick and ask for a schematic diagram first, and if you were to take it to a dealer, maybe make sure the repairman has experience with both basses and acoustic guitars, since they deal with installing and removing piezo systems on those all the time.
But my main bit of advice would be to SEND IT BACK TO WARWICK AND ASK THEM TO DO IT FOR YOU.
Good luck!
But my main bit of advice would be to SEND IT BACK TO WARWICK AND ASK THEM TO DO IT FOR YOU.
Good luck!
SD said:
i'm sure tht installing it cant be too hard......
I know that fishman and warwick teamed up and have a piezo systen that fits the same bridge whole.
try getting in contact with your local warwick dealer and asking them for the fishman piezo warwick bridge / electronics.
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well, i wanna do it myself pretty much since warwick charges 400 euros or more for installing it when you order a custom shop bass. But anyway i guess i'll contact a dealear and ask them how much is it. Any way i might contact RMC also an di see what they can offer me.
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It's probably not a bad idea to contact them for suggestions or ideas if you need them. I guess it will also depend on how you want to wire in the Piezo with your existing electronics. I have a custom shop Corvette that haas a piezo in it, and in order to get the electronics for the piezo in the cavity along with the MEC 3-band electronics they created a separate cavity for the battery. The circuit board takes up a good chunk of the room in the cavity and is stacked on top of the smaller MEC circuit board. It's got variable resistors to adjust the volume for each individual string plus two others, one for overall volume and the other I'm not sure what it does yet. If your battery is already in a separate cavity, then you shouldn't have too much trouble with fitting it all in there.
They also replaced the third knob with a stacked knob and that controls two of the 3 bands for the EQ, and the fourth knob is a stacked knob to control volume and tone for the piezo. The output from both go to the same jack. You can also wire it up so that you have separate outputs as well (Check out the BIGBASS Streamer Fretless Extreme in the custom shop for a great looking bass with dual outputs... It's pretty sweet!).
They also replaced the third knob with a stacked knob and that controls two of the 3 bands for the EQ, and the fourth knob is a stacked knob to control volume and tone for the piezo. The output from both go to the same jack. You can also wire it up so that you have separate outputs as well (Check out the BIGBASS Streamer Fretless Extreme in the custom shop for a great looking bass with dual outputs... It's pretty sweet!).
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Piezo system
I am actually dealing with this same issue. However, my bass came with a piezo bridge that the previous owner disconnected at the base of the bridge. The piezo wires were cut with about 1/4"-1/2" wire left. I want to solder more wire to the existing wire and run a 2 band Bartolini NTBT pre. I have found that it is possible with the Fishman Power Chip to run/blend your magnetic and piezo signal. I have also found out that ABM bridges make a piezo saddle called the ghost saddle that fits into the warwick bridge. All you have to do is drill holes in your warwick bridge to run these replacement saddles to the electronics cavity. They are available on the Graphtech website for $160 for a 5 string set. If you have active electronics then you can just run your bass as vol/vol/master tone/piezo blend. You can get rid of the preamp if there is not room in the cavity and just run passive. I have not tried this yet but I will when I get the money together.
I am actually dealing with this same issue. However, my bass came with a piezo bridge that the previous owner disconnected at the base of the bridge. The piezo wires were cut with about 1/4"-1/2" wire left. I want to solder more wire to the existing wire and run a 2 band Bartolini NTBT pre. I have found that it is possible with the Fishman Power Chip to run/blend your magnetic and piezo signal. I have also found out that ABM bridges make a piezo saddle called the ghost saddle that fits into the warwick bridge. All you have to do is drill holes in your warwick bridge to run these replacement saddles to the electronics cavity. They are available on the Graphtech website for $160 for a 5 string set. If you have active electronics then you can just run your bass as vol/vol/master tone/piezo blend. You can get rid of the preamp if there is not room in the cavity and just run passive. I have not tried this yet but I will when I get the money together.
