Thanks, Mike! Yes, it IS indeed good to be KING!
I sure would've liked to have the snazzy peghead Omega and bevel... it looks awesome.
But... while the Europa electronics are a really nice, versatile package... my experience with my custom Europa (and it's individual tone controls for each pickup) has taught me that individual filters and Qs for each pickup dramaticly increase the sonic potential of the instrument.
The thing is, I just expect there to be bass and treble controls on a bass... I just do. If I had to choose between a stock Signature package and a stock Europa package, I'd rather get the Europa package, because even though it only has one filter and Q, it DOES have the bass & treble switches.
But as time went by, I began to think I'd really like to have both, and that maybe I could -if the price was right. And the price they quoted me wasn't too much more than the peghead Omega and bevel.
Now it's a compromise, not as versatile as the setup on my Europa... but it's still an awesome setup that combines the best of both worlds. And it's still a relatively simple setup -which also has it's charm.
Each pickup essentially has just one tone control -the filter- and a 3-position Q switch to modify the sound... 0/6/9 dbs -just like the Series I setup. Simple, yet extremely versatile. The balance control blends the sound/output of the two pickups... and then I have a master bass and a master treble control to quickly and easily adjust these overall frequencies should I desire.
The fact is... this setup should completely rock, and be exceedingly awesome!
Of course, I'm counting on the bass to just sound awesome PERIOD -regardless of electronics. It is, of course, (obviously) an Alembic... and I've heard so many people rave about how awesome Coco Bolo sounds -especially with the Mahogany body- that I'm counting on it to just have an exceedingly awesome killer natural sound -especially with my ultra-cool neck, what with the 5 different woods... the Ebony, Maple, Vermillion, Purpleheart, and Mahogany. I'm banking on this having a mind-blowing rich and complex killer sound from the carefully thought-out combo of 6 killer tone woods.
Wow! I just thought of something to scare the superstitious people! This is the 666 bass!!! 6 strings, 6 woods, and now 6 knobs!
Heh, heh, heh, I love it!
Yeah, I'm pretty excited! It's pretty far along at this point... the Coco Bolo bookmatched pairs have been glued up, the pinstrips are on the body core halves, and I imagine they'll have those glued on any day and be ready to carve the front and back shortly after.
Then the question will be how long it stays in spray... Mica tells me Coco Bolo is unpredictible... it could take just a week or two, or it might be in spray for a month or two -there's just no way to know until they do it.
I'm guessing the electronic are simple enough that there probably won't be much of a wait at that point -so hopefully it won't be too long.
But it doesn't matter, because when it's ready, when it's done, when it comes... it's gonna be a world class mind-blowing, jaw-dropping, drool-inducing bass!!!
