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« Reply #60 on: January 11, 2008, 07:26:04 AM »
Terry. My next custom (NEXT! hah! I wish) will be a triple O 5 string in blue buckeye burl, bookmatched to centre with wood truss rod and p'up covers. Maybe even matching THGs. Chrome or nickel plated hardware and possibly blue Laser Leds inlayed into the MoP ovals. I'll probably also go for the inlayed logo with rays. What i'll not be doing is going for any fancy electronic gadgets. I'd probably stick with the signature electronics package as I can't think of anything additional I'd need and it hasn't taken long to get used to what knob positions make which tones.
 
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« Reply #61 on: January 11, 2008, 01:24:10 PM »
fc_spoiler wrote this:
 
  > Would be awesome if they can fit the  
  > cabs in there also  
 
Hey, that's not as silly as you probably meant it:
 
http://www.edn.com/blog/980000298/post/50019805.html
 
or, directly from the horse's mouth:
 
http://www.nxtsound.com/index.php?id=technologies
 
Somehow, they managed to be both overly technical and vague at the same time, which isn't easy to do!
 
Without wading through all that gobblygook, what NXT does is create physical drivers that attach to surfaces to turn them into speakers.  So, yes, with the proper engineering, you could put an NXT module IN your next Alembic and be the first guy on the block with a figured cocobolo speaker!  Now, you wouldn't be able to rock the arena with this, but who knows how loud you could get it before it turns into a Sustainiac?
 
There was an interesting Japanese geek toy a couple of years ago that worked on a similar principle - it was a small physical driver that you would stick on a sheet of glass or table top and it use thing you stuck it to to move air.  
 
First guy who orders one of these will certainly get to be a Custom of the Month!
 
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« Reply #62 on: January 12, 2008, 06:30:31 AM »
Hey what about alembic infra red bass pickups?

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« Reply #63 on: January 14, 2008, 12:53:46 AM »
jacko..oh the wish list if we had the money available(lottery win!!)
I would have a load built..every different but based around the classic series shape, loads of wood laminates for the body wings but definitely ebony neck laminates to pull out that fundemental, series electronics with vari-Q, leds on the side and front, inlaid logo and my idea of control position markers in diamonds or leds to which the chosen led setting lights up when you move it to that position.  Oh I wish those days..would..come back once more(brilliant bass line!!!)

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« Reply #64 on: March 02, 2008, 11:41:33 PM »
thanks for the links David...love that impossible stuff that takes a little longer to catch on.

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« Reply #65 on: March 02, 2008, 11:46:43 PM »
thanks for the links David...love that impossible stuff that takes a little longer to catch on.
 
I have a mid 80's ENGL amp that is analog and is writable... though not midi.
 Their engineers were definitely pushing the envelope off the desk.

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« Reply #66 on: March 04, 2008, 10:36:16 AM »
I remember an amp from 1979 or so that I believe was called the OMEC. The front just had a big keypad on it and all the parameters were controlled by it. It seemed that it didn't have memory for settings, so each time you powered it up, you had reprogram your presets. It resided at The Boston Musician on Beacon St outside of Kenmore Sq. One of the guys who worked there recounted auditioning for a gig and brought it along. They were so impressed by his rapid programming abilities that they hired him on the spot.
 
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« Reply #67 on: March 08, 2008, 07:08:59 AM »
I like the concept but I think that since sound and tonal qualities vary according to the venue, it would only be practical in studio settings. Still a good idea though

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« Reply #68 on: March 29, 2008, 08:40:18 AM »
March 08 Featured Custom is exactly what I had in mind.
 
Tone Locking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I WANT THIS NEW BASS!!!!!! BAAAAAD ASSSSSSS!!!!
ALEMBIC, YOU DID IT AGAIN!

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« Reply #69 on: April 09, 2008, 12:52:55 PM »

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« Reply #70 on: April 09, 2008, 12:55:04 PM »