Mid control on an Alembic?

[tmoney61092]

i was just reading throught this thread( http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/37635.html?1239222976 ) and began to think about wanting to have a Mid quick switch like the bass/treble ones. so my question is, will Alembic make these? and are there any other Alembics with this option?
 
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[mica]

Well, the short answer is yes.  
 
But then you'll need to do some research to find out what you mean by mid so that when we build it the switch will function in the mid range area you are interested in. We'd have to figure out how much to charge of course.  
 
There are no mid controls on any Alembic basses or guitars as a standard feature.

[mario_farufyno]

I use balancing between PUs to get all the Mids I may need, eventualy I use the Q switch to boost more narrow bandwidth on any mid frequency.  
 
Never wanted to narrow cut Mids on my Basses if not the boomy sound around 400~500Hz, but this only happens with other brands. My Alembic never sounded muffled.
 
If you want to boost or cut mids with a broader bandwidth like in the smile eq (no mids, all bass and treble) or sad eq (no bass and treble, all mids), you can always use bass and treble boost/cut switches only. Remember that adding lows and highs means having little mids at final sum, as cuting them means having proeminent mids.
 
There are several ways to get desired Mids in an Alembic (altought not as quickly as a flick of a switch).

[mario_farufyno]

The question Mica pointed out is while Mids around 200Hz adds body or thickness, but when they get around 400Hz it tends to muffles your tone. Then, above 600Hz, it may thin your sound or enhance articulation. While 1.5KHz is usualy good to open your tone in finger style, it may be not that good for Slapping. Slapper tends to cut mids around 800Hz~1KHz, but some boosts at 2.5KHz or even higher.
 
So, there is no such thing as Mids. There are Mids and Mids, thats why the Low Pass Filter and  Switch can be so helpfull and versatile (not to mention the continuous variable filter).
 
You have to be very shure about wich frequency (and bandwidth) you need to control to ask for designing such circuit.