question regarding Warwick Corvette's

[faelun]

Hi, ok well i'm currently in the U S of A and i found myself at a guitar center (the people at the store are sooo rude compared to the people in canadian stores) yesterday (it's relivant i swear) and they were selling Warwick Corvette 5 strings with bubinga bodies (the few of you who know who i am may remember my zillions of posts about me looking for these babies in canada) they are selling for the unearthly low price of 1150 USD compared to Canada's 1399 CDN...so i bought one.. and as i precieded to the check out the guy took away the warwick gig bag and was like oh yeah u gota pay 59 usd extra if u want the case... i instantly went into WTF mode and said nuh uh buddy that bag is mine for free because they come with the bass and can't be seperated...he gave me a speach which ended with 'prove me wrong and u can have it free" so i went on the warwick website and it shows that it must be included with the purchace of any warwick bass guitar... anyays on to my actual question


Why do warwick Corvette standards NOT come with a 3 band preamp and only a 2 band? and Can i get one with a 3 band? i currently have 30 days to return this bass but i'm only in the states till this coming wednesday and i'm going back to the store tmrw to sort out the case issue. So can someone tell me if i can get it with a 3 band eq or tell me some information as to why i would not want it with a 3 band? i'm pretty naive about these sorts of things so yeah can someoen give me some help/insight on this matter?


-faelun

[WhoDidTheElf]

Sounds like you got a jackass for a clerk. All the GC's around here will give you a case for your instrument if it's over 1000 USD.

As to your main question idk to be honest I've only tryed passive ones.

[Akira]

I can't talk bad about GC. When I first started playing bass this one salesman was really awesome. Besides recommending me the OLP I use and saving me from getting a Squier, he also helped me out when the bass broke (do to user error).

[faelun]

well i was able to some how able to convince him to not charge me tax...so i got the upper hand that way and i know for a fact warwicks arn't suposed to be sold without thier cases...but can someone answer the last question for me cuz ive recently discovered im slightly OC and this is kinda driving me up the wall <_<

[Aerodyne]

Is it two band, or does it have two knobs? The corvette standard comes in a two band active or passive I think. I've done a little digging around and that's all I've found thus far. Whether you want a three band or a two band depends on whether you think you'll need the extra control over your mids. Personally I want a passive corvette, but that's not terribly relevant, I'm gonna keep looking around though. :thumb:

EDIT: Warwick Corvette Bubinga Fivers only come with an active 2-band EQ.

http://www.warwickbass.com/specs.html

[faelun]

yes i know but i've just posted on the warwick forums and have beeen informed they can custom me a wick with a 3 band but my question to myself now is why do i want that? like will it really inprove the ability to manipulate the tone/get other kinds of tones out of it?

btw dude who wants a passive wick. the wick volume knob is push/pull u can make it passive or active by pushing/pulling

[Aerodyne]

It's mostly personal preference. You're right, I could get an active and just keep it in passive mode, but I've got my eye on several used passives that I can get for a lot less than an active. However I wouldn't turn down the right active corvette, but since I prefer the passive tone, and there are several of them within my reach, I would just rather one instead of an active.

Anyway, back to your question. How much tone shaping do you want? What kind of music do you play, how much are you willing to spend, what kind of amp do you have, what kind of effects to you use, and how much knob fiddling do you do at the moment, with your present bass?

[faelun]

uhh well i play a lot of different things i use 2 pedals( ODB-3[overdrive] and the boss metalzone). my band is currently moving into death metal esque music but i personally play alot of funk and jazz in my personal development time i also love shred metal and powermetal type music. One of the resons i thought i'd need a 3 band is to avoid buying a new amp and i've had bad exoeruience at gigs when being forced to use other peoples amps i figure now i can rely totaly on my bass/ it's knob settings inorder to get my tone

uh currently i have a gsr205 and i max the bass bost knob, max both my pick up volume knobs and i have a 'tone knob' which i fiddle with.. really the only thing i mess with on my bass is the pick up selectors and Sometimes the bass boost...but the thing is i have all sorts of whacky settings on my amp it's got a 6 band eq with a sweeping midrange which is cool..but i dunno how to work it all that well...and i figure warwick is all about the midrange so like i really honestly don't know why i think i need it.. it's quite odd...

[Aerodyne]

Alright, seems to me like if you needed a midrange boost, all you would need to do is cut bass and treble and the midrange would be higher than the highs and lows. But I'm not certain. For the price, I don't think you will need the three band, and if you decide later on that you really do it wouldn't tak much to have a stacked lo/hi knob put in. Though I would totally agree if you didn't want to have to fix something on the bass later, it would probably be worth the money you would save for not having to special order a custom shop 'wick.

[faelun]

mm i posted on the warwick forum and one of the warwick reps said i can just as easily order in a MEC 3 band EQ preamp dealio and have a tech install it instead of returning my current wick and waiting months for a custom to arriuve which would be exactly that...a vette std with a mec 3 band installed on it..

[Aerodyne]

If it's less than $100 including labor to have that done, I'd say go for it. I don't like active basses too much, but if I had to choose, I'd take the one with the most versatility. I could see it being useful in your situation, when you're using distortion you could dial in some more mids to keep it from getting muddy, dial the mids out for a slap tone, and just some variety if you find yourself bending genres mid-set. Once again, if it's not too much money, just go for it. Maybe even investigate some different eq's. Unless you're happy with the mec, then just order one of those, you just might have an easier time finding, say, a seymour duncan in a store than you would finding an mec.

[faelun]

i'm quite content with the mec pups, i wana keep it as close to an original warwick as possible