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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: lbpesq on October 17, 2020, 10:03:00 AM

Title: Now on Reverb: An Epic Whose Mother Had an Affair With a Stratocaster!
Post by: lbpesq on October 17, 2020, 10:03:00 AM: This one caught my eye:

https://reverb.com/item/36353649-alembic-super-epic-4-string-bass-w-led-s-3rd-pickup-whaaaat (https://reverb.com/item/36353649-alembic-super-epic-4-string-bass-w-led-s-3rd-pickup-whaaaat)

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Now on Reverb: An Epic Whose Mother Had an Affair With a Stratocaster!
Post by: hammer on October 17, 2020, 10:25:10 AM: Interesting, but does a third PU really justify putting the price of a non thru-neck Alembic into Series I range of pricing.
Title: Re: Now on Reverb: An Epic Whose Mother Had an Affair With a Stratocaster!
Post by: adriaan on October 17, 2020, 01:47:39 PM: It appears to be the same seller who used to trade as SGW Audio.
Title: Re: Now on Reverb: An Epic Whose Mother Had an Affair With a Stratocaster!
Post by: dannobasso on October 17, 2020, 02:06:46 PM: I can tell you that a 3rd pickup makes a world of difference on an Alembic bass. I have a custom 10 string with 2 fanboys and an axe. The axe has its own vol and tone. The fanboys has a Europa circuit . I believe Trip has one equipped with 3 pups as well.
Title: Re: Now on Reverb: An Epic Whose Mother Had an Affair With a Stratocaster!
Post by: edwardofhuncote on October 17, 2020, 02:45:37 PM: Not interested, but curious... could a 3-pickup configuration be set up for a pan function rather than this way? I seem to remember a thread... maybe it was an Excel bass somebody did this to, or wanted to. ::) (it was over my head at the time...)
Title: Re: Now on Reverb: An Epic Whose Mother Had an Affair With a Stratocaster!
Post by: adriaan on October 17, 2020, 03:01:57 PM: Quote from: edwardofhuncote on October 17, 2020, 02:45:37 PM
Not interested, but curious... could a 3-pickup configuration be set up for a pan function rather than this way? I seem to remember a thread... maybe it was an Excel bass somebody did this to, or wanted to. ::) (it was over my head at the time...)
You may be thinking of Dave Houck's Essence, which had a middle pickup added.
Title: Re: Now on Reverb: An Epic Whose Mother Had an Affair With a Stratocaster!
Post by: edwardofhuncote on October 18, 2020, 10:54:13 AM: I've played Dave's Essence with the added 3rd pickup, but I seem to recall it had a toggle switch to select which set were in sequence.

Flip's Custom Elan, "Blackened" is probably what I'm thinking about... that was some fairly complicated switching and panning. Either his, or one of Rami's basses maybe... I just can't remember. :P

Theoretically though... could it be done? A pan sweep between three pickups?
Title: Re: Now on Reverb: An Epic Whose Mother Had an Affair With a Stratocaster!
Post by: rv_bass on October 18, 2020, 11:11:07 AM: “Theoretically though... could it be done? A pan sweep between three pickups?”

Now that would be cool!

With a master volume, and filters and Qs for each pickup :)
Title: Re: Now on Reverb: An Epic Whose Mother Had an Affair With a Stratocaster!
Post by: jazzyvee on October 19, 2020, 12:25:43 AM: I would imagine it would be possible if you were just blending the middle pickup with one of the outer pickups as you operate the blend. But having a system where you could say, have the neck pickup only on full and as you move the blend knob towards the bridge, the neck pickup level fades down gradually and both the middle and bridge enter the signal in some kind of proportion relative to the knob position so in effect all three are on all the time but in various proportions over the sweep. And switching system to switch in each type. My mind boggles with the kind of options you could have if it could be done.