Author Topic: First Alembic - a Spoiler, please tell me about the controls (Read 317 times)

clarkybass · « **on:** April 11, 2010, 08:30:33 AM »

Hi all, I am going to be taking ownership later this week of my first Alembic - an 86 Spoiler with quilt maple top. I will be honest and say I was attracted to this because Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted played this model and I am a huge Metallica fan. However I have been a long time passive Fender Precision user. So the controls on the Spoiler are a mystery to me. Could anyone explain them please (I did do a web search but came out not much wider - I saw mention of a Q-switch but didn't really find a good explanation of what this does). All help much appreciated!

keith_h · « **Reply #1 on:** April 11, 2010, 09:19:51 AM »

Congratulations on your first Alembic. Like many of us here you might find that one is not enough. :-)

Here is a link to the Spoiler Electronics description. You might also want to take a little time and review Joey's setup post. There are many other things in the FAQ and Must Reads if you wish to look.

Keith

artswork99 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 11, 2010, 09:59:07 AM »

Hi Mark and welcome to the forum. Congrats on your Spoiler. Enjoy and Play it Healthy! Art

clarkybass · « **Reply #3 on:** April 11, 2010, 10:16:24 AM »

Thank you guys. The link you provided is just what I needed!

pauldo · « **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2010, 04:51:49 PM »

Mark -
We like pictures.
When you get your bass take several pictures of it and post in the Showcase section.

Welcome to the club! :-)

clarkybass · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2010, 03:18:44 PM »

The pics I have from the seller are just over 300kb - I tried to load them on this site but the limit appears to be 150kb and I'm not savvy enough to know how to reduce the memory size of a picture :-( And my camera is even worse, every photo it takes is >1Mb! Any ideas for a techno-idiot like myself on how to do this, gents?

speicky · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2010, 03:38:14 PM »

(At least) One of the board's moderators, Art (artswork99), is a brilliant expert (not only) of resizing images ... I wonder why he did not chime in yet He will, within the next minutes, probably...

If not, I may give it a try, just send the pics to my email (click on my underlined nickname on the left), and I shall resize and display them for you

greetings from Germany, Christian

artswork99 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2010, 04:20:44 PM »

Thanks Christian

Mark, Feel free to send the pictures to the email address in my profile and I will gladly resize and post them here for you. Best, Art

clarkybass · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2010, 11:58:46 AM »

Thanks Art (and Christian). I will mail them to you (Art) now and set up a post for you to put them in. Cheers Clarky

clarkybass · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2010, 12:01:03 PM »

Maybe I have done it - let me try

clarkybass · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2010, 12:04:17 PM »

OK, didn't work so sent you pics Art

artswork99 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 13, 2010, 12:06:45 PM »

No problem. Send me large resolution pictures and I will resize them. I am getting ready for a meeting now and have rehearsal this evening, therefore I may be out of touch until later tonight. Regards, Art

artswork99 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 13, 2010, 12:14:51 PM »

See Showcase Thread for pictures

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