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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: jerico on October 26, 2024, 06:28:25 AM
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Hi all - I noticed last night that on my Further the off/on/bright toggle for the next pickup doesn't seem to sound any different when set to "bright" (all the way down). That is, it sounds the same as when "on". I opened up the back and adjusted the trim pot - turned fully in both directions - but I can't hear a difference (though I hear a stark difference for the other 2 pickups). Probably tech time, but I am not aware of one close to me (SE PA near the Delaware border) that I'd trust with this instrument, so figured I'd ask here first.
Thanks all!
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I would exercise the switch a bunch.
(we say that a lot, but it works...)
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Thank you. I did try a few flicks but maybe I need to try a lot more. I’ll give it a go and report back!
EDIT: It worked! I didn't think it would! I gave it solid 30 seconds of toggling. Great stuff.
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I bought my series II from a guy who had it (and 2 others) built and hadn't played them for at least 7 years, at least not much. The DS-5R had never been used and the stereo/mono switch wouldn't shift to mono, regardless of the switch position. Mica told me about the "exercising regimen" so I tried it 25, then 50, then 100 cycles with no success. Deciding I had nothing to lose, every day when I walked by the rack, I'd flip the switch mono to stereo and back, 100 times. Took a couple of minutes each cycle.
On the 12th cycle of this (yes, 1200 times), the switch began to work as designed and has done so ever since (13 years). Don't give up when exercising a switch!
I still preventively exercise it every 6 months or so, since now it's in a stereo rack setup with two F-1Xs and a SF-2.