Author Topic: Series II 1979 guitar pickup (Read 612 times)

mica · « **Reply #15 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:15:01 AM »

Hi Paolo,

I've sent an answer to your email from November 20th with ordering details.

1dallek1 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 26, 2007, 05:33:26 PM »

hi we're sort of related i have 79-1405. off the subject but when you wear the guitar with a strap standing up do you have to hold the neck up? mine does a dive if i don't support it, i moved the straplock to the tip of the horn and it helps a bit, also do you have the led's?
dallek

paolopop · « **Reply #17 on:** November 27, 2007, 01:51:07 AM »

Hi my cousin! ;-)
Actually the guitar is a little umbalenced.
Just a little.
Mine has the upper horn longer than the other (sorry, it is not visible in the picture) and the straplock was already on the tip of the horn.
Maybe your guitar has a symmetrical design?
I use a large rough leather strap and this seems to hepl.

paolopop · « **Reply #18 on:** November 27, 2007, 02:04:14 AM »

Hi my cousin! ;-)
Actually the guitar is a little umbalenced.
Just a little.
Mine has the upper horn longer than the other (sorry, it is not visible in the picture) and the straplock was already on the tip of the horn.
Maybe your guitar has a symmetrical design?
I use a large rough leather strap and this seems to hepl.

1dallek1 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 29, 2007, 08:09:12 PM »

hi this one has the brite switches, and the LED Markers on the side of the neck, i added an on off switch for the LED's, also this is no longer the stock stereo output. i installed an effects loop driven by a cae jangletone gain buffer like the Jerry Garcia Guitars. the 1/4 jack is the input-output for the efects loop and the 5 pin is the power and mono output , it goes to the power supply then out to the amp, , it sounds pretty good

jacko · « **Reply #20 on:** November 30, 2007, 04:26:29 AM »

nice sticker!

Graeme

keavin · « **Reply #21 on:** November 30, 2007, 05:38:34 AM »

with those CVQ's on this one why the bright switches?....the single coils are 'naturally' clean & bright.

icecreamman · « **Reply #22 on:** March 02, 2008, 10:56:50 AM »

Interesting. I just picked up a '79 Series I guitar and was just considering putting in an effects loop w/ a CAE CB2. How did the CAE mod affect the alembics pickup tone? Did you do any hum-cancelling mods?

edwin · « **Reply #23 on:** March 02, 2008, 10:44:15 PM »

Why would you need the CAE CB2? The pickups are already preamped. You just need to take the signal from the right part of the circuit. The only think I would add is a master volume.

Edwin

freefuzz · « **Reply #24 on:** March 03, 2008, 02:48:55 AM »

paolopop, i trust you've already checked the plug between pickup and preamp? most of the problems i've had with alembic instruments lie here.
but i have been able to repair the pickup of an electrum by carefully dremeling (with dental equipment) the pickup (following the cable) until you reach the place the coil is soldered to said cable leading to the preamp connection. i imagine the problem lies here. the coil doesn't often break. a comparably inexpensive fix, you will see.

coffeegod · « **Reply #25 on:** March 23, 2009, 01:04:30 PM »

I owned that very guitar in the early 90's.
Loved it. It had the thickest frettboard of any Alembic I have owned.
Sold it as I was getting tight for money and 4 ALembics was a bit much to sustain.

coffeegod · « **Reply #26 on:** March 23, 2009, 01:11:39 PM »

It seems fitting that the Colombus Guitar...(1492) ends up in Italy.