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Title: Big Brown Knobs?
Post by: crgaston on February 12, 2006, 06:06:27 PM

Does anyone have any idea exactly what all those knobs do on Phil Lesh's Big Brown bass (aka The Godfather)?

Title: Big Brown Knobs?
Post by: keavin on February 12, 2006, 06:36:13 PM

I know some of those knobs were some 'super filters' and it is a quadrophonic stereo bass &  it has some super sonic low freq's that could rumble your balls!!!....(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/25092.jpg)

Title: Big Brown Knobs?
Post by: keavin on February 12, 2006, 06:37:08 PM

I know some of those knobs were some 'super filters' and it is a quadrophonic stereo bass &  it has some super sonic low freq's that could rumble your balls!!!....

Title: Big Brown Knobs?
Post by: David Houck on February 12, 2006, 06:40:27 PM

I can't recall if that topic has been discussed before.  My guess is that it's a couple of superfilters, similar to an SF-2, with maybe a pickup selector and some other routing choices.  But I'm just guessing.

Title: Big Brown Knobs?
Post by: serialnumber12 on February 12, 2006, 06:41:19 PM

It's one of the first SUPER ALEMBICS!.....

Title: Big Brown Knobs?
Post by: lbpesq on February 12, 2006, 08:23:52 PM

Wasn't Lesh's quad bass the Alembic with the pots arranged around 2 or three star shapes, rather than the moded Guild Starfire, above?
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Big Brown Knobs?
Post by: grateful on February 13, 2006, 07:52:31 AM

Hey Bill,
 
They are/were (the Osage Orange is no more) both quad basses.  Phil says in his book he never figured out what all the knobs did on the Godfather.
 
Mark, ago

Title: Big Brown Knobs?
Post by: crgaston on February 13, 2006, 08:23:41 AM

What happened to the Osage Orange?

Title: Big Brown Knobs?
Post by: David Houck on February 13, 2006, 08:26:10 AM

Charles; I believe it's been mentioned in other threads that the bass became a test bed.