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Title: Alembic jazz bass style pickups!
Post by: basso on January 24, 2008, 05:19:52 PM

Can someone tell me if the Alembic jazz bass type pickups will work with another brand of eq?for instance Bartolini,are the pickups active,or could i just use them in a standard passive jazz bass?thanks .

Title: Alembic jazz bass style pickups!
Post by: David Houck on January 24, 2008, 06:01:14 PM

The pickups are low impedance and require an onboard preamp.

Title: Alembic jazz bass style pickups!
Post by: basso on January 25, 2008, 12:40:41 AM

Do they need voltage to them also?or just a preamp,thanks.

Title: Alembic jazz bass style pickups!
Post by: keavin on January 25, 2008, 02:37:33 AM

yes you would  need a 9 Volt.(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/47988.jpg)

Title: Alembic jazz bass style pickups!
Post by: adriaan on January 25, 2008, 02:53:35 AM

The pickups most definitely do not need voltage, however the preamp does - that's why the 9V connector is attached to one of the circuit boards in the picture that Keavin posted.
 
You need a preamp because the Alembic pickups are low impedance, which is a mismatch for any instrument cable (which will be high impedance).
 
You'd need to check if the preamp is designed to handle low impedance pickups.

Title: Alembic jazz bass style pickups!
Post by: basso on January 25, 2008, 07:04:45 AM

That's what i needed to know,thanks.