Finally an Alembic owner! Comments and a few questions

[cosmic]

THanks for the info guys. I did read about how to adjust the pickups and toyed with them a little to get an even response across the strings. It seems to be working pretty good. I am sure as time goes by I will keep messing around with them and tweaking a few things here and there.
 
So far I have not found too much use of the q switch - a little to harsh for me.
 
I love the low pass filter. I switch between a pick and my fingers. I adjust the filter according to which one I am using. It seems to makes it very easy to keep a consistent tone between the bright pick and the darker fingers.

[adriaan]

Ditto on the Q switch for me. I got it converted to a three position toggle with 0/3/6 dB settings instead of the standard 0/8 dB. With the filter wide open, finger-style playing, on a rig with a tweeter, the 3 dB setting adds a little sparkle that you certainly notice, and 6 dB just means more sparkle, without the harshness from 8 dB.
 
I never have the LPF anywhere but fully open, seems like the drop-off rate is too strong for me.
 
You can dismount the cicuit board and the wiring harness, and send it to the mothership for modification. While they're at it, you could also have them replace the pu selector with a pan pot - it will unlock a wide range of tone options that the pu selector is keeping away from you.

[mario_farufyno]

Oh, I'd like to do that mod, too.  
Can't we do this by ourselves?
Can you say how much it was?
 
Sorry hijacking this thread, Joey...

[adriaan]

Mario - it's been a few years, so costs may have gone up. It can't have been much more than 100 USD for parts and labour, add some for the postage.
 
Then if you forget to clear with customs the package that you send out, customs could well charge import duties on the replacement value mentioned on the package on its way back to you.

[mario_farufyno]

Thanks Adriaan!