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Title: Bass active electronics
Post by: barryr1 on October 10, 2008, 07:22:13 AM

Would this work with Alembic strat pickups (2 only). I'm not an electronics wizz so this may be a really stupid question).
thanks
 
Barry
http://cgi.ebay.com/Alembic-Bass-active-electronics_W0QQitemZ180297581180QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180297581180&_trkparms=72%3A1424%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Alembic-Bass-active-electronics_W0QQitemZ180297581180QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180297581180&_trkparms=72%3A1424%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)

Title: Bass active electronics
Post by: lbpesq on October 10, 2008, 07:40:36 AM

Barry:
 
I believe these should work. The listing, however, is not quite accurate.  What the seller describes as a Q Tone Control  appears to actually be a low pass filter.  The set doesn't have a Q switch, though one can be added fairly inexpensively.
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Bass active electronics
Post by: adriaan on October 10, 2008, 08:12:55 AM

The electronics appear to have come out of a Persuader, and like the current Essence model, that did not have a Q switch. This means that the Q boost is actually always on.
 
When you add the Q switch, you win the option to turn off the Q boost. From another thread, I understand a kit for adding the Q switch costs about $65.

Title: Bass active electronics
Post by: adriaan on October 10, 2008, 08:16:03 AM

Ah yes - the filter is the same for guitars or basses, so it should work fine with two Strat-shaped Activators.

Title: Bass active electronics
Post by: barryr1 on October 10, 2008, 09:14:57 AM

Great Info
 
Thanks Guys.
 
br

Title: Bass active electronics
Post by: LMiwa on October 10, 2008, 09:34:29 AM

Are you sure that the filter is the same for guitars and basses? I thought I read somewhere that the cutoff frequency range was higher for guitars than for basses.

Title: Bass active electronics
Post by: mica on October 10, 2008, 10:51:58 AM

The filter range is the same on Series I and II basses and guitars. The Activators do have a higher filter frequency range for the guitar filter, but there's no reason you can't use an Activator bass filter on a guitar.  
 
My dad has been wondering lately if we shouldn't make all the filters bass filter range.

Title: Bass active electronics
Post by: barryr1 on October 10, 2008, 11:33:26 AM

Thanks Mica
 
Am I able to buy just the wiring harness with filters and controls from Alembic or do I have to buy the entire set. I have two alembic strat style pickups that I want to use. If so how much.
 
thanks
 
br

Title: Bass active electronics
Post by: adriaan on October 10, 2008, 01:16:33 PM

Hm. I was just wondering with the filter on my bass - as soon as you start to turn the filter away from fully open, the sound starts to get somewhat dull. So if the maximum cut-off frequency was higher, would that give a still brighter sound? Or simply more finger noise and stuff?
 
Another thought would be to have an adjustable drop-off rate - though I believe this might interfere with the signature filter bump.

Title: Bass active electronics
Post by: keith_h on October 11, 2008, 06:51:31 AM

There was a discussion on this a couple of years ago. It might even be in Must Reads or FAQ's. As I recall 6K is well beyond the usable frequency for a standard bass so increasing the cutoff frequency would not add anything but noise.  
 
I found  it (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=291).  
 
Keith

Title: Bass active electronics
Post by: barryr1 on October 22, 2008, 11:34:43 AM

How does the preamp harness that comes with the alembic strat pickups differ from a stratoblaster? I still have the 2 strat pickups with no juice