Essence Electronics Question

[essencetimestwo]

I have noticed that on the tone control of my Essence basses that ther is a little blue trim pot. Can anybody tell me what this does and where it should be set? Thanks!

[wayne]

As with everything Alembic - set it where it sounds best to your ears.
 
The little blue trim pot is a gain setting for the preamp.  Clockwise increases the gain, couter, well ... counters.
 
There should be one for each pickup.  As has been noted in the past, you can set the pickup height (remember the springless adjustment method) to acheive the best tone for each pickup, then use the little blue trim pots to balance the output between pickups.
 
That's a quick answer, but I hope it helps.
 
C-Ya..............wayne

[David Houck]

Wayne; Essence electronics have only one trim pot.  So the only thing the trim pot on an Essence does is control the amount of signal going to the amp.
 
Simon; as Wayne said, the trim pot is a gain control for the preamp.  This is of course useful if you have more than one bass and you would like to send the same signal level out with each bass.  Mica has stated in past postings that the trim pot has no effect on tone.  Others have reported hearing a difference in tone.  This perceived difference may be from the amp rather than the bass.  I think it is the case that with some amps,  if the trim pot on the bass is turned all the way up it will send too much signal to the amp and overdrive its preamp.  Joey Wilson has written on this in a couple of posts to this group.  I have also read that this can be a problem with some wireless systems.
 
Dave

[mica]

Essence, Epic, Orion, Excel, and Persuader basses have one trimpot for overall gain. It's very hard to only listen for a change in gain, and it is possible to iverdrive the amp, which will of course affect the tone.  
 
There is no factory spec for the gain trimpots, it's something we fully expect each player will  adjust to their tastes. Many people will use it to match the output of another bass.