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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: serialnumber12 on August 17, 2010, 04:42:44 AM

Title: No Sound.....
Post by: serialnumber12 on August 17, 2010, 04:42:44 AM

she was working fine, then batteries died so i said ok i'll just go with power supply form now on & when i plug it in still nothing so i take it to my guy who repairs guitars / amps he tested everything & says he cant figure this thing out either!....what do you think it could be?(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/84467.jpg)

Title: No Sound.....
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on August 17, 2010, 07:43:38 AM

It is too old.  Give it to me, I'll take it off your hands

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Post by: jazzyvee on August 17, 2010, 08:01:13 PM

Hi Keavin, I hopey, Mica chips in and can give you some pointers to get no12 her voice back. Maybe  it just needs a trip back to base for surgery. Let's I hope it's nothing serious and can be fixed as it would be a shame to  have to retire such a beauty. However, if you decide to retire  her, I have a perfect retirement home in England where she would be very welcome with no charge either. :-)
 
Jazzyvee

Title: No Sound.....
Post by: ojo on August 18, 2010, 07:27:22 AM

I've had issues with grounding when messing around with the electronics . . . at least that's what I think it is. All I know is that if the parts touch the shielded cavity the wrong way, I get no sound.

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Post by: serialnumber12 on August 18, 2010, 08:20:11 AM

Thanks i'll have that checked out!

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Post by: adriaan on August 18, 2010, 08:24:01 AM

Did you try again with batteries?

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Post by: serialnumber12 on August 18, 2010, 10:40:31 AM

yep.

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Post by: slicknickhaas on December 27, 2010, 10:09:20 PM

WOW! Its great to see how these old alembic's worked. Is this bass Quadraphonic?!

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Post by: ajdover on December 27, 2010, 11:57:11 PM

Keavin,
 
    I can tell you from experience that if something touches the shielded cavity you will in fact have that issue.  I had it with my Europa when I owned it - the circuit board touched the cavity, and no sound.  My solution was to take a bit of a matchbook cover and put it under the circuit board - voila, problem solved.  You may want to try that.
 
Alan