Author Topic: Bass active electronics (Read 202 times)

barryr1 · « **on:** October 10, 2008, 07:22:13 AM »

Would this work with Alembic strat pickups (2 only). I'm not an electronics wizz so this may be a really stupid question).
thanks

Barry
http://cgi.ebay.com/Alembic-Bass-active-electronics_W0QQitemZ180297581180QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180297581180&_trkparms=72%3A1424%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

lbpesq · « **Reply #1 on:** October 10, 2008, 07:40:36 AM »

Barry:

I believe these should work. The listing, however, is not quite accurate. What the seller describes as a Q Tone Control appears to actually be a low pass filter. The set doesn't have a Q switch, though one can be added fairly inexpensively.

Bill, tgo

adriaan · « **Reply #2 on:** October 10, 2008, 08:12:55 AM »

The electronics appear to have come out of a Persuader, and like the current Essence model, that did not have a Q switch. This means that the Q boost is actually always on.

When you add the Q switch, you win the option to turn off the Q boost. From another thread, I understand a kit for adding the Q switch costs about $65.

adriaan · « **Reply #3 on:** October 10, 2008, 08:16:03 AM »

Ah yes - the filter is the same for guitars or basses, so it should work fine with two Strat-shaped Activators.

barryr1 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 10, 2008, 09:14:57 AM »

Great Info

Thanks Guys.

br

LMiwa · « **Reply #5 on:** October 10, 2008, 09:34:29 AM »

Are you sure that the filter is the same for guitars and basses? I thought I read somewhere that the cutoff frequency range was higher for guitars than for basses.

mica · « **Reply #6 on:** October 10, 2008, 10:51:58 AM »

The filter range is the same on Series I and II basses and guitars. The Activators do have a higher filter frequency range for the guitar filter, but there's no reason you can't use an Activator bass filter on a guitar.

My dad has been wondering lately if we shouldn't make all the filters bass filter range.

barryr1 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 10, 2008, 11:33:26 AM »

Thanks Mica

Am I able to buy just the wiring harness with filters and controls from Alembic or do I have to buy the entire set. I have two alembic strat style pickups that I want to use. If so how much.

thanks

br

adriaan · « **Reply #8 on:** October 10, 2008, 01:16:33 PM »

Hm. I was just wondering with the filter on my bass - as soon as you start to turn the filter away from fully open, the sound starts to get somewhat dull. So if the maximum cut-off frequency was higher, would that give a still brighter sound? Or simply more finger noise and stuff?

Another thought would be to have an adjustable drop-off rate - though I believe this might interfere with the signature filter bump.

keith_h · « **Reply #9 on:** October 11, 2008, 06:51:31 AM »

There was a discussion on this a couple of years ago. It might even be in Must Reads or FAQ's. As I recall 6K is well beyond the usable frequency for a standard bass so increasing the cutoff frequency would not add anything but noise.

I found it.

Keith

barryr1 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 22, 2008, 11:34:43 AM »

How does the preamp harness that comes with the alembic strat pickups differ from a stratoblaster? I still have the 2 strat pickups with no juice