Now Here's A Really Unusual Stars Guitars Bass

[elwoodblue]

Oh boy 


 It will be a joy to see what y'all come up with.
 Nimbus has nice lines.

[sonicus]

Yes , this is fun I had some ideas that we discussed that seemed possible .

[edwardofhuncote]

Good for you, Wolf - this looks like a great project!

[keith_h]

Are your going to keep that wire tie on the E string?

[David Houck]

Interesting project; will watch for updates.

[sonicus]

Keith , no tie-wrap wire tie for my use is needed , LOL .  The first thing that I did was a cleaning and a Lemon Oil fingerboard treatment . The strings on it were extremely old  ( decades ) . I replaced them with some brand new Pyramid Gold Flat-wound strings that I had on hand . After I replaced the strings and set the intonation and did a truss rod adjustment ,  I waited for this new setup  and adjustment to acclimate for a few days at which time after I played it for a few days and then decided to go forward with decisions and redesign and restoration with Alembic . I am very grateful for the time that Mica and the Alembic staff have enabled and are doing .

[sonicus]

Thanks Dave & Gregory as well for your interest . I will continue to comment and update as possible .

[tbrannon]

super excited to see this unfold. what is the plan for the electronics?

[sonicus]

The electronics will be simple Activator electronics . We are making use of the existing holes on the top. The controls
will be Volume/ Volume / ----- Filter/Filter----- Master Volume . One output off,  standby switch and one power supply LED indicator light. There will be a 5PIN connector as well to make use of the large hole  and a 1/4" mono TS jack . Simple . The pickups will be what just happened to  seem to fit exactly by coincidence  in the channel in the center without further routing . Those will be pickups that are what Alembic originally designed to be bridge position pickups for a Rickenbacker bass .

[sonicus]

A brass plate is being fitted over the center cavity that will house the Alembic pickups . I will be excited to be able to post future updates as I follow the process .

[edwardofhuncote]

Glad to hear of progress made upon Nimbus. 


Curious to see how the 5-pin will interface with activator electronics. I have often wondered if that would work, or could be made to.

[sonicus]

I was told that the 5pin can be facilitated to work fine with this circuit .    I look forward to updates as well .  Nimbus shall be swell ! 

[sonicus]

As I promised I wrote that I would post an update to this completed project . I would like to thank the many individuals at Alembic who were responsible for realizing my modification requests . I am really elated and jubilant about the results . My thanks to Mica , Ron , Susan , Mary for their advise and taking on this project . I extend my thanks to James  and my gratitude for his artful craftsmanship with attention to detail . As well I am sincerely grateful for any other involvement .
 

[sonicus]

I will post more photos as well as posting in the Show Case section on this site under ;
Instruments Modified by Alembic 

[pauldo]

Oooh!