Warwick with sliding pickups for Guy Pratt

[Chris P.]

[jumbodbassman]

like the concept and the variances it brings.  The hole needs to be addressed differently.  looks unfinished.

Fodera has a sliding bridge pickup option on one of their models .  It is much more limited and slides between a fender j bass 60' and 70's  position of the bridge  pup  which IIRC is less than 3/4".  

[Dave W]

Gosh, I wonder where they Grabb(er)ed that idea? 

It does sound good except way down by the bridge.

[gearHed289]

Great looking bass, except for the headstock and the giant hole in the body. Sounds good! Nice to hear a demo by a real bass player.

[Basvarken]

It sounds fantastic. Doesn't seem to matter where the pickups are, they all sound great IMHO.
May have something to do with Mr. Pratt playing it ;-)

[gweimer]

Gosh, I wonder where they Grabb(er)ed that idea? 

My first thought was the one that Pratt mentions in the video - I remember the Armstrong basses with the sliding pickup.

[uwe]

Gosh, I wonder where they Grabb(er)ed that idea?  

It does sound good except way down by the bridge.

In a vain effort to restore German engineering honor:

From the guitars his dad built, Dave, in 1959, how could you of all people have forgotten about the legendary and ahead-of-its-time Framus Hollywood 5/130 sliding Tonabnehmer E-Gitarre?





 

[Dave W]

I had no idea the Krautss were that clever.

[nofi]

i'm surprised it made it out of the factory. very amateur looking imo.

[uwe]

I had no idea the Krautss were that clever.

Hmmmmphh!

[uwe]

i'm surprised it made it out of the factory. very amateur looking imo.

That is part of the Framus (old) charm or do mean the new one? That open cavity ist ein akquirierter Geschmack (taste), ja. I don't even like it around the Ric bridge pup.

[hieronymous]

The hole needs to be addressed differently.  looks unfinished.

i'm surprised it made it out of the factory. very amateur looking imo.

He actually addresses it in the video - around 2:50 he says:

"I like the idea of this big hole, makes it kind of homemade, sort of seems like someone knocked it up in their shed, which is different seems kind of Warwick seems so pristine, fabulously finished, I quite like the homemade element to it."

So he agrees with you!

[Dave W]

With both pickups movable it's hard to avoid having an open cavity.

[Highlander]

They could have some form of magnetic grip system with a transformer and no wiring passing through...?

[Chris P.]

I advised them the very, very, very flat Lace pickup:

http://www.lacemusic.com/USAB.php