Hey folks,
I did it! Thanks so much for the links, guidance and encouragement.
I was wary of messing with Alembic's proprietary hardware, but I see now that it's designed with the goal of empowering the player to dial in their preferences. Nice to experience a set-up as an ongoing process based on my own feedback, rather than a drop-off, pick-up event.
I downloaded the Peterson iStrobosoft app, lined up my tools and went to work. After getting everything to baseline as per Joey's Post, I gave it another few days to settle in and tweaked accordingly. I found my preference was to lower the action a tad more than Joey's numbers, while leaving enough air to dig in and avoid fret clack.
All in all, a positive experience. Thanks again.
A simple set-up it is not terribly difficult to do yourself and a good skill to cultivate. There is an excellent thread about this pinned in the "Must Reads" section of the club, Joey's Post On Setting Up Your Bass. As long as you make small incremental changes you can't really mess things up. One advantage to doing it yourself is that you can make a change, let the instrument sit overnight and and adjust more if needed. If you can't quite get it right yourself or simply do not feel comfortable trying you could call Mica to see if there is a time you can bring the bass in for a quick set-up and tour of the factory.
