Distillate Electronics in a Epic?

[fretted4]

Well finally, I got my first Alembic, a flamed maple Epic 4 string. Just curious, would it be possible to update this bass with Distillate electronics? How much would that cost?  Thanks

[mica]

You're looking at major surgery there. The first obstacle is to sort out what to do with the existing hole pattern. The Epic usually has volume - pan - bass - treble controls. Mapping the Distillate's volume - filter - pickup selector switch - Q switch - bass c/b switch - treble c/b switch gets tricky.  
 
The holes you have drilled are for mounting pots. We can make the job slightly easier by using Europa electronics (with a pan pot instead of a pickup selector switch), that solves one hole. The volume and filter will mount fine. Then there is the remaining hole and 3 switches to match up.  
 
You could mount the Q switch in the last hole with a large washer or fill and then redrill the hole. Then locate a convenient spot to drill the bass and treble switches.  
 
We'll certainly need to enlarge the backplate routing and fit a new backplate. I think the complete job would cost about $900-1000. We'd use your existing pickups and you'll have a spare set of Epic electronics to use in another project.