Author Topic: Help me stop this! (Read 381 times)

hieronymous · « **Reply #15 on:** October 20, 2007, 05:29:11 PM »

Umm... He's NOT doing it to a Series II, he's doing it to a Persuader.

glocke · « **Reply #16 on:** October 21, 2007, 05:48:42 AM »

oh...my bad...

terryc · « **Reply #17 on:** October 22, 2007, 03:23:47 AM »

The man an absolute idiot..'smoother & deeper' what on earth is he listening to, maybe he should go for an audiometry test to see if he has noise induced hearing loss because as I work in the occupational health profession it does make a difference.
And that comment on 'royal tone'..does he mean the way royalty speak.
I thought all low Z pick ups were based on Ron's design or am I missing something..sorry I don't give anyone a break when I see statements like that.
Why doesn't he get bass & treble pre amps to install??

adriaan · « **Reply #18 on:** October 22, 2007, 03:38:34 AM »

One person's pure is another person's deep, another person's scooped, another person's warm, another person's funky, another person's dirty, another person's gritty, and so inevitably another person's distorted.

adriaan · « **Reply #19 on:** October 22, 2007, 03:40:51 AM »

And vice versa.

adriaan · « **Reply #20 on:** October 22, 2007, 03:57:30 AM »

Plus the original poster states that he is a session player, has been using a Series bass for years, as well as other Alembics, and now needs something that produces the Bartolini sound, but with the feel of an Alembic. The last bit is why his only option is to replace the electronics on an Alembic.

His actual question remains somewhat unanswered - Barts are supposed to be designed for a 16 radius, Alembics for 12, and does that produce a problem. (No problem, as suggested by Eugene a few posts up from this one.)

(Message edited by adriaan on October 22, 2007)

lbpesq · « **Reply #21 on:** October 22, 2007, 06:46:00 AM »

Tom:

Jerry did use Dimarzios rather than Alembic pickups.

Bill, tgo

lidon2001 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 22, 2007, 07:20:55 AM »

Yes, Bill, that's the point I'm trying to make. A bit of sarcasm in my comments. While it is debatable that Alembic electronics are superior, I'm sure they are not right for every situation, and people should be encouraged to experiment. Alembic makes their electronics modular and easy to remove for that reason. I have some SD humbuckers ready to go for Pele, I just am slow to get the pickup rings made, and I am playing more bass. I suggest fellow member Dr. Levine trys this himself, and see if that will not get him closer to the sound he wants out of his Alembics. It might take a year or two for me to do the same to Pele and give a report.

(Message edited by lidon2001 on October 22, 2007)

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #23 on:** October 22, 2007, 07:50:18 AM »

Yeah, Jerry swapped his stock p/ups out for DiMarzios - he also said once in an interview that he had to switch a lot, because they wore out; said he'd kill a set of Strat p/ups in about a month, IIRC. Ah, the wonders of lysergically enhanced perception!

Peter

glocke · « **Reply #24 on:** October 22, 2007, 11:01:39 AM »

said he'd kill a set of Strat p/ups in about a month, IIRC.

geez...how much playing, and under what conditions does it take to wear out pickups in that time frame...

terryc · « **Reply #25 on:** October 22, 2007, 03:58:21 PM »

destroy a set of p/ups in a month..I think this 'show biz' bull, unless you are sticking screw drivers in them and purposely destroying them but not in a normal gig situation..that is interview fodder.
get real...even the cheapest p/ups last longer than a month
Oh yes my Honda CBR1000RR is quicker than a motogp bike...

hydrargyrum · « **Reply #26 on:** October 23, 2007, 07:29:56 AM »

I agree that normal use seems highly unlikely to ever damage a pickup, but I wonder what effect storing a guitar in an area with a strong magnetic field could produce (say close to a speaker magnet). I have certainly had television screens go wonky when my amp was within a couple of feet from them. I am pretty cautious about not leaving my guitars near anything that would generate a field, but I am probably just being needlessly paranoid.

81distillate · « **Reply #27 on:** January 23, 2008, 09:11:47 PM »

Im a little late to this conversation, but I think that he should probably use an outboard preamp, rather than changing his alembic. Once its changed, he probably will wish he had THAT sound. However, I agree that without experimentation, we wouldnt have arrived in the 70's with the Alembic tone that most players on here know and love. The ideal that Alembic tone is universally the best tone is merely an opinion. The search for greatness within one's self and his/her instrument is a goal we should all subscribe to without reservation.

georgie_boy · « **Reply #28 on:** January 24, 2008, 09:59:01 AM »

He's in need of Psychiatric help the poor chap.
Let's think ourselves lucky that we do not suffer from the aforementioned affliction

u14steelgtr · « **Reply #29 on:** January 24, 2008, 11:17:12 AM »

Back in October I sent Robert an off-List reply.

I have not gotten the impression that Robert is foolish or uninformed. Quite the contrary in fact. He has been playing numerous basses including some Series models for a long time. He is looking for a different sound but does not want to give up the instruments which he finds the most comfortable.

Some people are satisfied with 1 gun, 1 car, or one bass. Other people want to experiment and try new things. I drive different instruments on different days and at different times.

The one piece of advice that I have offered to people (for as long as I can recall) that are thinking about getting another instrument is this: play every instrument that you have a chance to play from the best known to one of a kind obscure instruments. The more points of reference you have the more you will know about what you like and do not like.

Robert knows enough about what he likes and the sound he wants to know that a different set up pickups will get him closer to the sound he seeks but that the playing characteristics of an instrument he already owns will be most comfortable to him.

-E