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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #240 on: May 09, 2013, 02:46:05 PM »
Wolf: Alembic & Mesa, always a good choice! :-)
 
Mario: It's an old Morley Power wah fuzz (from 1975)  
Original for guitar I think, but with an extreme wide sweep.  
I only use it for wah/fuzz sounds (with a Big Muff), see here
I never tried it with normal bass sounds though...
I'll see if I can try it in the next couple of days, I'm sure you won't miss highs with this pedal :-)
 
If you want one of these old ones and don't need the fuzz, best would be to get the Power Wah  (PWO)
They are a lot cheaper, have the same Wah sound and you can switch between Wah/volume pedal mode.
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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #241 on: May 09, 2013, 03:44:27 PM »
I have one of those:
 

 
You are correct - the sweep is very wide and smooth and the fuzz is vicious. Sounds WAAYYYYY better for bass than guitar, IMO.
 
I'd use it more, but it sucks tone when in bypass mode - any suggestions?
 
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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #242 on: May 09, 2013, 03:57:49 PM »
George ,  
              Thanks ! That's my bubinga series I medium scale 81-1940 .
 Flip, Yes ! I have the old Mesa  Road Ready   cabs with 10 EV's . I have one more 2x10 that's not in the picture.

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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #243 on: May 09, 2013, 04:16:45 PM »
I use an RMC wah by Geoffrey Teese.  Love it.  You can see all of his wahs here.
 
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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #244 on: May 09, 2013, 06:17:34 PM »
I have the exact same Mesa 2x10 as Sonicus  Also have a 2x15 EV Diesel. What I have not... is a couple guys to help me move it around  As I heard Diana Ross once say...  This mother 's heavyyyyyyy.

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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #245 on: May 10, 2013, 12:09:29 AM »
Jazzyvee, that is a gorgeous guitar! The wood looks like it is on fire!
 
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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #246 on: May 10, 2013, 10:40:52 AM »
I never noticed that effect before but I can see what you mean. Maybe it represents the dragon emerging from the fire. :-)
Certainly no fire coming from my fingertips :-)
 
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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #247 on: May 10, 2013, 12:20:11 PM »
I used to own a Morley Power Wah. Not only did it have a good fuzz but it was a good volume pedal. I regret selling it to a lead guitarist I used to play with.  
 
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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #248 on: May 10, 2013, 12:46:14 PM »
It does look like the dragon is coming out of the fire! Maybe it's Smaug coming out of The Lonely Mountain!
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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #249 on: May 10, 2013, 06:05:50 PM »
Wild! Thanks, Flip, it is always great to know fuzzes that work good with active electronics, too. Have to check those Morley, probably the Power Wha, and the McCoy Bill is using (RMC3 looks really interesting).
 
Flip, I also have this tonekilling issue on the Dunlop, so I pass it trough a Boss LS-2 line selector as a main bypass.
 
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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #250 on: May 11, 2013, 01:41:30 PM »
Series I Europa on it's first full gig.

 
 
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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #251 on: May 11, 2013, 03:37:06 PM »
Great shot Jazzyvee!
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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #252 on: May 11, 2013, 06:51:47 PM »
So, how's the Series working out for you on stage? Sure looks good!

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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #253 on: May 12, 2013, 03:33:13 AM »
I've only done one full 2 hour gig with it so far so it's still a work in progress as I still need to be able to move the controls instinctively from one type of sound to another and know it's there before starting to play as it's not easy to tweak between notes on a busy bass line.  
 
It really does look great, I love it.  I actually play it more at home than I do my SII bass.
We are doing some big festivals this year, Camp Bestival and, The Isle of Wight Bestival so I may take one of the series basses there. 10's of thousands turn up at the Bestival I'm told..... Cool
 
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Re: Post a pic playing your Alembic!
« Reply #254 on: May 18, 2013, 12:36:42 PM »
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