| Author | Message | ||
| teo
Junior Username: teo Post Number: 20 Registered: 3-2010 |
hi, i sent an email to alembic but i get no answer so i ask here. I need to upgrade my serie 2, i'm from france, i would be happy to know how much it's cost and how is it possible to do it from another country (shipping and custom thing). maybe someone can tell his experience about this, it's would be great. thank you | ||
| teo
Junior Username: teo Post Number: 21 Registered: 3-2010 |
please i need some info, i want to send my bass to you as fast as possible | ||
| tmoney61092
Senior Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 777 Registered: 9-2008 |
What are you wanting to upgrade it to? The series 2 electronics are the top of the line unless you're wanting to add bass and treble controls as well. ~Taylor | ||
| pierreyves
Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 1028 Registered: 11-2006 |
Hello Francis, je t'ai envoyé un mail. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10561 Registered: 5-2002 |
Teo; it is my understanding that Mica and most of the folks at the shop have been hit by a bad cold. I will try to get word to her about your email. | ||
| teo
Junior Username: teo Post Number: 22 Registered: 3-2010 |
it 's an old serie bass i get some trouble with high frequencies noise. | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2150 Registered: 10-2003 |
Possibly *THE* upgrade to address noise/interference issues? It's entirely possible that Mica's email filters got your message. It is often easiest to simply call Alembic. John | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7626 Registered: 6-2000 |
We will need to have the bass here to perform the electronic upgrade. Before you ship it, you need to arrange through a freight forwarder for a formal temporary export. On this end, they will handle it as a temporary import. This is extremely important because you will have to pay duty/tax/vat or whatever your country's customs office charges for importing new goods when it is returned to you. Once you have all the documentation completed, you can pack it well and send it to our offices. Please send an email to the address in my profile to let me know it is coming. You should insure it for what you feel the value is up to the retail replacement cost in case it is damaged or stolen in transit. The electronics upgrade now starts with new pickups. These are identical to the original pickups, but they are precisely matched to eachother. Then it goes into the large coil that my dad calls "the meanest place in the world for guitars" and he makes it quiet in there. Then it's ready to play anywhere else, including I daresay Toronto, which seems to be the meanest city in the world to single coil pickups. There is no change in tone, and there is no added functionality. You just get your original sound, without high frequency or directional noise and with 40dB minimum noise reduction. It is quieter now in 2012 that if we could go back in time and hear it when it was new. It's that big of a difference. All this takes time and money. Generally, I like to know a month or two before you send the bass in to us. Then it may take a month or two to complete, depending on how difficult it is. It's possible it might be done sooner, but it's important to allow a realistic amount of time so that we can get the job done right. The price is 2-tiered: $750 if it's somewhat simple, $1500 maximum if it's hard. You pay $750 deposit when we get started and there's only a balance due if the job was difficult. If we notice that there is any other work needed to be done on your bass, we'll report it to you and you can decide if you want it done or not. | ||
| teo
Junior Username: teo Post Number: 23 Registered: 3-2010 |
thank you very much so i'm going to ship my bass soon i guess. | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2151 Registered: 10-2003 |
"the meanest place in the world for guitars" - http://scarysharkface.smugmug.com/photos/i-xJMCHzn/0/L/i-xJMCHzn-L.jpg John (Message edited by 811952 on February 15, 2012) | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10565 Registered: 5-2002 |
Nice picture John! | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1775 Registered: 11-2004 |
I always wondered what the coil looked like, I think I requested a pic ages ago on the forum but now I know. I imagined it to be like a huge toroidal transformer coil, it's much smaller than I thought. Great pic with The Wizard pondering over the bass in the coil | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2152 Registered: 10-2003 |
Thanks. I am privileged to have gained brief access to the inner sanctum.  John | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2316 Registered: 5-2009 |
That IS a cool pic indeed! Is the Bass that is being tested in a "FLUX LOOP "or variation of such ? I wonder how high a measurement and exposure Mr. Wickersham use's to test? I do say this is ultimately FASCINATING to me . !!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_flux Small flux loops are used for Magnetic recorder testing and have been a common topic on the" Ampex List" that I participate in. I love this kind of stuff_____ http://www.manquen.net/audio/docs/Magnetic%20Recorder%20Testing%20with%20a%20Flux%20Loop%20w%20pictures.htm | ||
| hb3
Senior Member Username: hb3 Post Number: 696 Registered: 2-2005 |
I [heart] brilliant hippies. |
