Question to Alembic Bass Players only...

[richbass939]

Very interesting videos and thread.  One thing I like about the little kid's playing is that he can groove too.  
Sometimes you see people who can solo amazingly with one technique or another.  Then the band comes in, it's time to get in the pocket, and the bass falls short.  This kid is great as a soloist and in grooving with the band.  Very mature player even if you don't consider his age.
Rich

[toma_hawk01]

Does anyone care to share their pickup settings?
 
Or is this an invasion of privacy,  
of your most acclaimed methods, due to  
weather conditions, moisture content,  
atmospheric pressures, and so many variation for a simple ruler or measuring tape to capture?  
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on August 27, 2010)

[sonicus]

I would tend to agree with what bigredbass (J O E Y )  writes in his post #1480.    It has to play easy , stay in tune and be quiet  I need these specs in what ever string type& gauge and set-up parameters as well.
 
(Message edited by sonicus on August 27, 2010)

[mario_farufyno]

Hey, Austin, thanks for the hint. This Moffett is very inspiring!

[darkstar01]

no problem Mario. I'm not a big fan of his own music, but I dig his playing with McCoy. his dad was Charles Moffett, who played drums with Ornette ( hence the name Charnett, Charles+ornette). also a great player.  
okay I'm done hijacking now. and too answer your question, hal, I don't pay much attention to the height on my pick ups. I just notice if it's bothering me, which it hasn't on any alembic I've owned.

[keavin]

Does anyone care to share their pickup settings?  
 
Or is this an invasion of privacy,  
of your most acclaimed methods, due to  
weather conditions, moisture content,  
atmospheric pressures, and so many variation for a simple ruler or measuring tape to capture?  
 
......aparently no one gives a shyt....so for Petes sake stop crying!

[toma_hawk01]

A primordial gas from a million years, which finally caught winds to be smelled by the fastest turtle and slowest hare.
 
One persons trash, is another persons treasure.
 
Education is too expensive, ignorance cost even greater.
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-
 
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on August 29, 2010)

[ajdover]

Huh?

[hb3]

Long ago...in the days of the Funkapuss...

[dfung60]

I hate to point this out, but are you sure you were using a metric rule instead of an engineer's ruler when you measured the distance?  A typical .105 E string is 2.7mm in diameter; even a super light E is .080 is 2mm (that would be an A-string for me).  The gap looks to be at least 3x the string diameter, which means you're talking about a 6-8mm gap at the bridge pickup.  That would be between 0.25-0.33, just about what other people have been saying and which would be a typical setup which this looks to be.  There's no way the cap nuts on the saddle adjusters are 2mm in size either.
 
An engineering rule is marked off in 1/10th of an inch, so each mark is about 2.5mm.  
 
I would think that 2mm clearance would be in the ballpark if were fretting at the 24th fret.  
 
David Fung

[toma_hawk01]

I re-adjusted my pickups heights, with string left constant.  
 
4 mm = bridge millimeters (space) between my E string, and pickup surfaces.
 
4 mm = neck millimeters (space) between my E string, and pickup surfaces.
 
17 mm = bridge saddle height (from the base...).
 
2 mm = E string diameter.  
 
If any of these numbers change, it might be time to adjust or replace something...  
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-
 
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on August 29, 2010)

[slammin]

P/J Persuader
 
Bridge J=approx 1/4 from strings (that's as high as the screws will let me go)
 
Neck PJ=almost flush with body
 
(Message edited by slammin on August 30, 2010)

[jacko]

I re-adjusted my pickups heights, with string left constant.  
 
4 mm = bridge millimeters (space) between my E string, and pickup surfaces.  
 
....etc, etc....
 
And do these measurements make the bass sound better? Play better?  Just wondering as I've not adjusted my pickup heights since the basses arrived and they sound absolutely perfect to me.
 
Graeme

[toma_hawk01]

Lucky you.
 
From the very start, I had to make adjustments with my pickups, because the pickup screws had a repeated tenancy, of loosening prematurely. At which point, I'd started looking for my own sweet-spot.
 
So in the end, I found the perfect adjustment, and as solution a of stronger thread grip holding my pickups, plumbers tape was used.  
 
Now, that I have this information recorded, I can compare the changes over a given frequency of time (through the end of time...) .
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on August 30, 2010)

[toma_hawk01]

As a result,
 
4mm = Pickup exposed protruding height from the body cavity.
4mm = Gap between Pickup and under the E string.
 
That's my sweet setting.  
 
Now my fingers could curl even deeper pops and Grip the hips and move!  
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AISa-zCbb4
- Tom Brown
 
 
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-