1973 Serial Number 30

[Michael Delacerda (dela217)]

Here is a very nice bass made back in 1973.  It features a nice walnut top with lots of flame.  It also has a oak core with a neck made of mostly purpleheart with maple laminates.  Check it out!
 

[Tracey Gholson (fretted4)]

Killer pickup covers, can alembic still make those?

[Googe Endeveronte (goooge)]

Tracey-
go to the alembic basses and guitars section of this board -in that folder there are 2 threads-
1) color of pickups
2) caramel pickups covers
your answers (straight from Mica) await you
(they cant make the caramel pickups anymore-and these are pickup covers-the pickups are casted into the epoxy itself)

[keavin]

hey mike,does all of your old alembics have the same set-up as #49,(no filters?).or did alembic just did that to just a few of them?,,,,by the way one hellof a collection!

[dela217]

Keavin - Number 16 is the only one I have that has no filters.  And I have seen others like this too.  I have had the chance to play number 17, and it had no filters either.  I would think that there are not too many with this set up.  

[effclef]

Michael, this keeps me thinking about my custom idea of a bass with Series pickups and preamps only, no filters or controls.
 
Maybe next year!
 
EffClef

[keavin]

Hey mike, next to stanley clarke you must have the most alembics,,,or do you have #1,(?)

[OJ Dorson]

Here is a very nice bass made back in 1973.  It features a nice walnut top with lots of flame.  It also has a oak core with a neck made of mostly purpleheart with maple laminates.  Check it out!
 

Michael - I learned about this bass from your hurricane thread... It's really beautiful and I admire you for working to restore it. In the meantime, would you mind sharing what's going on with the electronics layout on this model? I see what I imagine are two volumes, two filters, two Q switches, and two LEDs? Is that right? What do the LEDs indicate?

[mica]

It's the same layout as the Series I electronics, but the trimpots for the gain of each pickup is mounted through the front  of the bass.

[OJ Dorson]

It's the same layout as the Series I electronics, but the trimpots for the gain of each pickup is mounted through the front  of the bass.

Oh - so those are trimpots... I get it.

Thank you, Mica!