Members 82Daion Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 I figured that some of you might like to see the guts of the Series I, so here they are. The full cavity: The pickups aren't hooked up in this pic-the three wires loose from the circuit board handle that. We'll get to those later. The PCB attached to the control cover is the preamp card. The two pots at the top of the pic are the volume controls. The two double pots control the filters. The two green squares with attached resistors between the pots are the Q-switches. The stereo jack (for battery operation) and 5-pin jack are at the bottom and top right, respectively. The underside of the preamp card. The top of the preamp card, showing the IC's and the trimpots that adjust the output of the bass and adjust the humcancelling circuit. Finally, the pickup connectors. These are miniature coaxial cables, which are a characteristic feature of these early Alembics-they use Molex connectors nowadays. The connectors look like this. Now, the power supply: Pretty straightforward-you plug the 5-pin cable from the bass into the appropriate jack, and then can use the bass/mono output for normal rigs, or send an out from the treble jack to run things in stereo. The guts. Hard to believe Alembic charges $600 for a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 4, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 4, 2007 That is just so sweet. Incredibly complicated, but incredibly refined. Great pictures too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted September 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 That is just so sweet. Incredibly complicated, but incredibly refined. Great pictures too. Thanks! I'd love to see a schematic of this, but that's not something that the company passes out at random, for obvious reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 4, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 4, 2007 It's really a work of art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members willsellout Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Alembic= Best customer service ever, most amazing preamp (the Q knob is sick as hell), horribly overpriced. If you can find an older one for cheap jump on it. The newer ones have had some wood issues. I had a spoiler for a while..great bass...awesome preamp. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted September 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Now I just need to plug it in again and make sure I didn't screw anything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted September 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Alembic= Best customer service ever, most amazing preamp (the Q knob is sick as hell), horribly overpriced. If you can find an older one for cheap jump on it. The newer ones have had some wood issues.I had a spoiler for a while..great bass...awesome preamp. Dan I agree on the horribly overpriced bit, but I haven't heard about any wood issues. As for your advice, that's exactly what I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 4, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 4, 2007 With the color coordinated connectors it would be hard to mess anything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members willsellout Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 I agree on the horribly overpriced bit, but I haven't heard about any wood issues. As for your advice, that's exactly what I did. Yeah from what I gather they don't always let their wood sit and stabilize enough. They are a small production company so you don't hear a whole lot about it but they have had some neck twist issues..this is why I say an older one preferable 10 or so years. But damned if they don't have something with the preamp and like I said, their customer service is the best I've experienced. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 i'd LOVE to spend about 2 days with that preamp,a pen and paper, and a meter...... thanks for the pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted September 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Yeah from what I gather they don't always let their wood sit and stabilize enough. They are a small production company so you don't hear a whole lot about it but they have had some neck twist issues..this is why I say an older one preferable 10 or so years. But damned if they don't have something with the preamp and like I said, their customer service is the best I've experienced. Dan Their customer service is awesome. What other company still supports the instruments they made 30 years ago? I've heard of some stability issues with some Dragon Wing models, but nothing regarding warping-the necks in that case just seem to want to move more due to climate change, but that may be exacerbated by the extreme setup preferences of their owners. From what I gather, Alembic does not use inferior wood in its instruments, and has offered to correct (for free) all issues in the above cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted September 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 With the color coordinated connectors it would be hard to mess anything up. And I didn't. I forgot to add that the small rectangular plate on the back covers the battery compartment, and that the electronics cavity is not routed-the body wings are in fact hollow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted September 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 i'd LOVE to spend about 2 days with that preamp,a pen and paper, and a meter...... thanks for the pics I'd love to see what you could come up with. However, the bass is kind of useless without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Mow Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Ummm.. Dude.. did you photograph the board on your ass cheeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted September 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Ummm.. Dude.. did you photograph the board on your ass cheeks? It was only a matter of time. that's my knee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Mow Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Its either hairy boobs or yer arse!! eww... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassred Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 I was wondering about that too, did you have your leg folded or something... sweet pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 4, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 4, 2007 You guys are funny looking at some dude's leg when there is a perfectly hot circuit board to be drooling over. Here, distract yourself with this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rippin' Robin Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Dude, if you're gonna wear a skirt at least shave your legs!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterhinkydink Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Thanks! I'd love to see a schematic of this, but that's not something that the company passes out at random, for obvious reasons. It'll cost you a ten'r. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rummy Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Looks very hi-fi with a lot of {censored} happening in there. Try not to get any hair in the cavity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted September 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 It'll cost you a ten'r. Thank you for finding that-I suppose I should have looked harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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