Alembic Guitars Club
Alembic products => Dreaming... for now => Topic started by: Bradley Young on March 07, 2005, 10:10:25 PM
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Warning for the humor impaired: I'm not really all that serious about most of the following, and I have a bit of a dry sense of humor.
Do y'all think that I could get something like the following put in my bass?
http://www.lsdiodes.com/THC3/5mmwhite.htm (http://www.lsdiodes.com/THC3/5mmwhite.htm)
That's 22-24 candela.
I know that Luxeon makes a high current LED that produces like 75 candela. If you used that in a dark room, it'd cause flash blindness. That'd be just about right (but I don't know where they'll put the heat sink).
Like a Ron Popeil bass-o-light-o-matic. But wait, that's not all!
The other thought I had was to have dual- or tri-color leds. Then you could change the color manually (some sort of selector) or have it on a timer (blinking red/green or red/green/amber).
Or flash at high speed, and induce seizures in all your friends.
That'd be a little tiny bit over the top.
I was thinking about throbbing LEDs, like: http://www.cpemma.co.uk/throbber.html (http://www.cpemma.co.uk/throbber.html) . That'd be like the throbbing power LED on Macs. That I'm actually half serious about; it'd be cool.
How about LEDs that sequentially dim/light like an aircraft runway?
How about http://www.glowire.com/ (http://www.glowire.com/) Glowire (electroluminescent wire). Etch the outline of your instrument.
Finally, one (fully) serious thought. How about a red/green LED that is green when battery voltage is within acceptable limits, but turns red otherwise. The Nintendo Gameboy does this, and it's pretty cool. Put it right next to the jack.
I'd love to hear your thoughts, even if it's just to tell me I'm nuts (although I'd welcome things I *don't* already know, too!).
I don't think I'd actually do any of these to my current bass (maybe the red/green battery thing, if it didn't push my bass into the second September of 2007), maybe I'll push the envelope a little further next time (shh... don't tell my wife).
Brad
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A company called LSD???
Selling a product called THC???
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Nice catch, Dave.
By the way, these LED posts bring to mind a story that the LED on early Distillates would drain the battery in no time, so I'm not sure if Brad's idea would be feasible.
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Dave:
My kind of company!
Bill, tgo
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Yeah, I know that installing the car battery might be a little difficult.
Look on the bright side, though-- it'll add sustain!
You'd have to power it from a transformer. I don't think batteries would last very long.
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How about dual color front led's with a voltage sensitivity pot, powered by a rackmount power supply. They would change color when you strike a note. Warning...not for the 64th note crowd.
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This thread is funny. My brother and I came very close to mounting a tube preamp in a bass once (a 6-string I built and used extensively for a couple of years), using a powered-through-the-cable setup similar to the Alembic. The secondary goal was to have a visible tube on the face of the instrument. The primary goal was to, well, have a tube on the face of the instrument. Pretty much every goal for the project was to have a tube on the face of the instrument. Then we got distracted and dropped the project - for now...
John
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A Dutch builder has done just that, a Jazz with a build-in tube preamp and XLR. Cool!
http://www.bas-extravaganza.nl/Bassen.htm (http://www.bas-extravaganza.nl/Bassen.htm)
Wilfred
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Looked at the site. Can't talk about sound or playbility but the basses do look cool. The 2 string basses make me want to upgrade my wash tub and broom stick bass (LOL).
Keith
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Hi Wilfred,
those are some really interesting looking basses, I can't read the Dutch tho, some of the words I can make out, some of them look a bit like Ritter basses, the one with the 12ax7 tube says Rooster and Barbequen in the description......LOL is that like barbecued chicken ?
;o)
Bruce
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Here's a translation, courtesy of Alta Vista's Babelfish (there might still be a few bugs in the system):
A jazz bass? What orgineel zul, however, think you. Of course is there also with this bass what to the hand.... Welnu, what thought you of 12AX7 a tube in the preamplifier? This zit goodly behind the roostertje verscholen. The high tension is provided by means of the XLR by a loose feeding. Electronica exist from an element choice switch, gain, high, in the middle of and low. In this case active/passief-schakelaar cannot be lacking. This bass is also suitable on grating after an action at barbequen. A multipurpose failing barge therefore.
I actually had Babelfish translate the whole page (there are definately some bugs in the system LOL) There are also some very strange artistic instruments. I'm still learning a standard four string (my typical performance has a clam-count between 2 at a good show to 10 on a night when I shoulda stayed home).
Mike
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Loose feeding!
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Hi Bruce and Mike, this is my best shot:
Another Jazz-bass? How original you may think. Off course there's something unusual with this one also. What do you think of a 12AX7 tube in the preamp? This is nicely hidden behind the grating. The high voltage is provided via the XLR by an external power supply. Electronics are a pickup selector switch, gain, high, mid and low. In this case a passive/active switch can't be missed. This bass can also be used to barbecue on after a gig. A real multi purpose 'tubester'.
I love the Babelfish translation though!
Wilfred
(Message edited by the_mule on April 02, 2005)
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This Babelfish stuff is pretty good. It's funnier than anything I could think up.
Rich
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Yes, fellow clubmembers, when it comes to preamp tone I'm a failing barge. LOL
Mike
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So it doesn't have anything to do with roosters? I guess the barbecue comment suggests that the unusual smell you notice midway through the first set is your hand being cooked.
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I think Loose Feeding and Failing Barge are both interesting band names.