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Albert Amato (spliffy)
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Username: spliffy

Post Number: 6
Registered: 3-2003
Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 7:49 am:   Edit Post

Hey guys, last night I played my Distillate live for the first time (it needs some work), the horrible thing was that I was picking up these radio waves through the combo amp the club had. This has never happened to me and I was wondering if it has to do with the bass or what? It was annoying everyone, and it did throw me off my concentration!
Any help would be greatly welcome.
Thanks.
Mica Wickersham (mica)
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Username: mica

Post Number: 814
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 8:49 am:   Edit Post

Please check the electronics compartment - is there a large cyllindrical dull grey bead the pickup wires pass through? If not, email me (mica@alembic.com) your shipping address and I'll send the shielding bead to you.
Albert Amato (spliffy)
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Username: spliffy

Post Number: 7
Registered: 3-2003
Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 11:20 am:   Edit Post

Thanks Mica (you are truely worth your weight in gold), I will check tonight when I get home.

Albert
Rami Sourour (rami)
Intermediate Member
Username: rami

Post Number: 162
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 4:09 pm:   Edit Post

You know, I never thought of that!

"The General" - My Birdseye Maple Rogue also has a nasty tendancy to pick up radio signals. I checked it's control cavity and it has one sheilding bead for each pickup and the cavity itself is SUPER well shielded - so MY problem is not with the Bass. How could ANY Alembic be less than perfect?

My only other solution is to use a high quality cable such as my MONSTER cables that are very well shielded. They seem to help quite a lot with the problem. That's where you'll see the difference between a good cable and a cheap one.

Rami
Mark DuFresne (markus)
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Username: markus

Post Number: 25
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, April 04, 2003 - 3:13 pm:   Edit Post

Just in case you didn't check...

The output on my Distillate doesn't change as the battery depletes. The only indication that I get that the battery needs replacement is more hum and RF noise.

Mark
J B Faires (keebler)
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Username: keebler

Post Number: 9
Registered: 2-2003
Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 12:02 pm:   Edit Post

Rami is right about the Monster cables, they really deliver your signal in a most clean and precise way! You wouldn't think that a cable could make much of a difference in your sound, but try the Monsters and you'll never buy a cheap one again (especially if you play an Alembic-you wouldn't want anything detracting from the sound of your bass, would you?) They also make cables specific to guitar and keyboard so make sure you get the bass ones.

JB

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