Author Topic: Chalie's Distillate (Read 1449 times)

charles_holmes · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2009, 09:17:14 PM »

Ok Pauldo,
I'm still new to the photo download thing. (I'm showing my age huh?) I'll try this download thing again..here goes

charles_holmes · « **Reply #16 on:** April 12, 2009, 09:23:43 PM »

Yea!! Here's a few more..(I think)

peoplechipper · « **Reply #17 on:** April 12, 2009, 10:40:55 PM »

Charles, nice rig!! and nice bass too!!! the shop I work at has a QSC 2402 ( I think?) is that close enough for you?
I also am curious about Bag End, as I've never encountered one myself (they must be allergic to Canadians...)I currently use a Gallien-Krueger 4x10 and a Verlage 15 w/ a Fane in it; as my old drummer said, my rig is '60's,70's, and '80's all in one...the head is an Acoustic 370...man, that is a pretty bass... Tony

chalie_holmes · « **Reply #18 on:** April 13, 2009, 08:06:09 AM »

Hey Tony here is a photo of my pre- amps and power amp...
My power amp is a 2450.

pauldo · « **Reply #19 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:46:15 AM »

SWEEEEEEEET!!!!

Enzo · « **Reply #20 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:31:08 AM »

Charlie, that's one the nicest one I ever seen !

chalie_holmes · « **Reply #21 on:** April 13, 2009, 12:54:27 PM »

Thank you so much Enzo!
What Kind of Axe are you performing on?

Enzo · « **Reply #22 on:** April 13, 2009, 08:26:11 PM »

Something that doesn't look like yours at all !

...and it might go for sale pretty soon !

David Houck · « **Reply #23 on:** April 17, 2009, 08:54:57 PM »

Charlie; your signal path is very interesting!

basser · « **Reply #24 on:** April 18, 2009, 06:38:39 AM »

A very very nice bass(and equipments too!).

Didn't know that Series electronics could fit into Distillate.

It would be great to know how your bass sounds different with a Series 1 since they both have the same electronics but different body construction (hollow body for Series).

charles_holmes · « **Reply #25 on:** April 19, 2009, 07:53:16 PM »

Hey Dave,
I'm not a computer guy. What does signal path mean?

charles_holmes · « **Reply #26 on:** April 19, 2009, 08:02:15 PM »

Thank you very much Andrew!
My axe sounds great. Alembic is the greatest maker of basses on the planet period. The mothership connection can put series in any bass that our/your heart(s) desire.But I really do need a compressor to even the sound of the notes. If any body out there knows of a compressor to reccomend please let me know.

David Houck · « **Reply #27 on:** April 20, 2009, 07:31:16 AM »

The signal path is the path that the signal takes from the pickups to the speakers. In your case, it looks like you have the neck pickup going from the DS-5 to the SF-2, which appears to be running in parallel mono mode with the dry signal maxed and mixed with a good sized amount of low pass filter set fairly low with lots of Q. The second filter appears to be off. The bridge pickup goes directly to the F-1X, where the treble is maxed with the bright switch on, and the mid is cut significantly. I don't know what happens after that; my guess would be that SF-2 is going to one channel of the QSC, and the F-1X is going to the other.

David Houck · « **Reply #28 on:** April 20, 2009, 07:36:51 AM »

Andrew; the body was probably made deeper when the bass was built to fit the Series electronics.

chalie_holmes · « **Reply #29 on:** April 20, 2009, 10:03:17 AM »

Hey Dave!
Ok, now I understand you.Yes I do have the bridge pickup connected to the F-1X with the treble maxed and the bright switch on also I have the High Frequency maxed out too that will pierce the hardest diamond. For some reason the picture that you saw I have the filter down on the right channel and I always have that up like the left side. In addition, I use a Y cord in the back of the Superfilter to use both sides to dial in really low thunderous earthshaking lows. With the two frequencies blended (or 3 if you count the other SF channel)the tones are utterly aurally satiating! I thank the genius of Mr. Wickersham and his family along with Stanley Clarke's playing this magnificent bass to help me find my voice! And thank you once again Dave in helping me find the build history of my axe. If I write to Mica (3rd time due to my stupitidy in not starting the question with the serial number)do you think that she would send the build papers to me? Thanks Dave!!!
P.S.
7,929 posts by you?!....Excellent!!!