Author Topic: Getting fired up for my new excel! (Read 148 times)

bumhucker · « **on:** August 07, 2006, 09:20:08 AM »

i'm all revved up!
i have a short scale excel on order right now--
vermilion top
ash body
ebony board w/oval markers
fatboy in the bridge
mxy in the neck-
2 purpleheart neck lams
30.75 scale
chambered body
both body contours
cone peghead
standard excel electronics

it's my dream bass-based on my experiences with starfires, pbasses, jbasses, stingrays, an essence, a spoiler, an epic and others--taking what i liked from each.

one thing that i thought might be cool for a future bass would be master volume, blend, bass, treble and a filter with q switch with a separate switch that would toggle between the bass-treble and the filter w/Q so you could use one or the other. i wonder if it could be done???

crgaston · « **Reply #1 on:** August 07, 2006, 10:12:53 AM »

Sounds like it should float like a butterfly and sting like a, well... maybe John Henry with 2 ten pound hammers! Congrats!

Regarding the electronics...
It could be done, but why would you want to? With both of them in the same chain, you could either set the B/T controls flat and just use the filter, or roll the filter all the way open and just use the B/T controls. Plus you could combine the two, which would probably be the most useful. This has been done several times before and is called the East-meets-West package.

May your custom move rapidly through production...

Charles

bumhucker · « **Reply #2 on:** August 07, 2006, 11:12:55 AM »

yeah-i realized just after posting that it would be the same as the emw--the only advantage would be having 2 separate settings to switch between quickly. i almost did the emw but i figured i'd find a superilter instead and have the ability to use it with my other basses.

rami · « **Reply #3 on:** August 08, 2006, 04:19:45 PM »

A chambered body short scale Excel?

It sounds like quite a custom. It may not have that signature Excel punch in the gut sound though.
Sounds killer though.

bumhucker · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2006, 09:52:27 AM »

yeah-i can't wait to hear what it sounds like.

David Houck · « **Reply #5 on:** August 09, 2006, 04:04:17 PM »

Sounds great! The Vermilion on Ash will look nice!

bumhucker · « **Reply #6 on:** August 10, 2006, 11:06:46 AM »

yeah that's why i went with it--that pic on the excel page is just so nice...
BTW
Dave - are you an Alembic employee or just the most Alembic-savvy guy on Earth?

rami · « **Reply #7 on:** August 10, 2006, 11:54:17 AM »

Isn't that a great pic? I actually own that Bass. I found it brand new hanging on the wall at Steve's Music Store in downtown Montreal last year. I only realized it was the one on the Excel page later. It's a killer fretless. I think I'm the world's biggest Excel nut - and proud of it!

Rami

bumhucker · « **Reply #8 on:** August 10, 2006, 12:09:49 PM »

lucky! i like excels because they look like bugs to me. like a beetle.

David Houck · « **Reply #9 on:** August 10, 2006, 02:35:11 PM »

Chris; no, I'm not an employee, I'm just another member. And no, I'm not the most savvy; there are a lot of guys on this board that know a lot more about stuff than I do; I just tend to post a lot.