My new short scale

[jazzyvee]

Those knobs are the CVQ. I seem to recall Afrobeatfool has them on his short scale Series II bass also.  
 
Jazzyvee

[afrobeat_fool]

That is correct. I like them Very much, thank you. I think of them like this.... Instead of having a 3 way toggle switch between high and low pass filter, you have a continuous turn of the dial so you have ALL the filter without having to find the sweet spot on each setting. Great for on the fly adjustment on stage!
 
 
Nick

[growlypants]

...errr, what-the-heck ever!!  That's still one fine looking bass!!

[mario_farufyno]

Oh, it ended very elegant, fine!

[klinkepeter]

Ur both right jazzyvee and afrobet fool, that?s what the knobs are all about. Meanwhile i can say, the bass is the best sounding Alembic i have ( i?ve got 4), the only one problem is, lights on stage or everywhere else create sometimes a lot of noise, i have to get this fixed, it is really disturbing, thanks god in the studio it is ok.

[that_sustain]

I especially like the headstock.  I gotta get me a shortie one fine day.

[jazzyvee]

There is an RF Interference Upgrade you can get from alembic to fix that noise problem.
 
Jazzyvee

[cozmik_cowboy]

But first, make sure you're plugged into a different circuit than the lights (not just a different outlet, a different circuit).  Stage lighting usually = rheostats, and rheostats = noise.
 
Peter

[klinkepeter]

Thx for all advises, Peter i know about that, especially in theaters it is sometimes heavy because they have all the plugs in one circuit, then i use my custom made alembic with EMW electronics, that one is crystal clear. Once a while, when i come back to california i?ll do the upgrade, even it might change the sound a little bit, what it probably does as Jimmy Johnson told me about his 5 string. Meanwhile i have a first version of the music video we did in LA summer last year, it?s not the final cut but it is very funny, check it out....!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ed37zTNWQ4