| Author | Message | ||
| keith_h
Moderator Username: keith_h Post Number: 1572 Registered: 2-2005 |
The latest featured custom has been decided and announced. Please follow the link to see this beautiful instrument for yourself. We are all sure you will find many bleeding edge features you will wish to include in your own future projects. | ||
| gregduboc
Advanced Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 392 Registered: 11-2008 |
Holy S*&#!!!! What electronics/controls are in that thing???? Could someone please tell me what the third knob down on the right next to that switch does? Greg ps. I hate April fools day.... (Message edited by gregduboc on April 01, 2010) | ||
| pierreyves
Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 569 Registered: 11-2006 |
we are .... the april 01 !!!!!!! Lol.... | ||
| chrisalembic
Intermediate Member Username: chrisalembic Post Number: 112 Registered: 3-2009 |
no knobby peghead on this one?? | ||
| gregduboc
Advanced Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 393 Registered: 11-2008 |
Because I'm sure many of you will count it, I'll save you some time: 30 Knobs (including the one hidden on the back of the headstock), 16 Switches and 1 Pickup Selector. And here I am, still adjusting to the 4 knobs, 2 switches on my Signature Deluxe... Greg | ||
| pierreyves
Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 570 Registered: 11-2006 |
wake up folks, I forgot my fish....  | ||
| chrisalembic
Intermediate Member Username: chrisalembic Post Number: 113 Registered: 3-2009 |
"knob on wood"!! | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1096 Registered: 5-2006 |
I love the Balance control, must have one on my Elan  | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1028 Registered: 6-2002 |
I think that's the damping factor for the fourth superfilter...oh wait you said third from the top, hmmmm...I have no idea, maybe a master volume for the lead guitar? | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2448 Registered: 6-2002 |
Greg - the third knob down on the right next to that switch flips the 3rd harmonic's disparity, for a fuller overdrive tone. | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 809 Registered: 5-2009 |
Fascinating , I sincerely request a control function diagram . ( seriously ) Sonic Regards! | ||
| gregduboc
Advanced Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 394 Registered: 11-2008 |
But would it be better if another knob controlled the master volume on the superfilter so to allow the signal from the pickup to clear the path for the treble boost? Greg | ||
| chrisalembic
Intermediate Member Username: chrisalembic Post Number: 114 Registered: 3-2009 |
would be nice if all these knobs were master volumes for the other band members... especially guitar players :-P | ||
| gregduboc
Advanced Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 395 Registered: 11-2008 |
Forget my last post, I just realized that thats exactly what the 5th knob down above the second one on the left does... Greg | ||
| tmoney61092
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 353 Registered: 9-2008 |
oh my...... wooooooooow..... holy $h!+..... and whatever terms of shock you can use!!!!! ~Taylor | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6684 Registered: 6-2000 |
 1- master master volume 2- master volume #1 3- master volume #2 4- bass pickup volume 5- bass pickup filter 6- bass pickup CVQ 7- treble pickup volume 8- treble pickup filter 9- treble pickup CVQ 10- nut pickup volume 11- bridge pickup volume 12- primary bass cut/boost 13- primary mid cut/boost 14- primary treble cut/boost 15- singer mute 16- drummer tempo 17- coolness factor 18- G string primary volume 19- D string primary volume 20- A string primary volume 21- E string primary volume 22- B string primary volume 23- direct gain 24- increase hair growth rate 25- G string octave volume 26- D string octave volume 27- A string octave volume 28- E string octave volume 29- B string octave volume 30- LED color select 31- LED flash rate 32- blinding LEDs on/off 33- Reassign other switches switch 34- Spotlight on bassist switch 35- Waiter/waitress call switch 36- assign G string upper/lower octave 37- assign D string upper/lower octave 38- assign A string upper/lower octave 39- assign E string upper/lower octave 40- assign B string upper/lower octave 41- master volume #1 assigner 42- master volume #2 assigner 43- engage all controls to "go to 11" 44- master LED on/off 45- stereo/mono 46- pickup selector (on upper horn) 47- balance control (on rear of peghead) | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1029 Registered: 6-2002 |
LOL !! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9212 Registered: 5-2002 |
Beautiful Featured Custom!!! Congrats to the folks in Knobbersham-by-the-sea! And great layout as usual Mica! | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 810 Registered: 5-2009 |
Thank you Mica! Now , I feel less confused. it all make sense to me now . lol______ | ||
| krystoof
Member Username: krystoof Post Number: 80 Registered: 1-2009 |
I love knob 24 function!!! If you have two seconds, check my picture in my profile... You guys at Alembic are really cool! :-) You made my day!!! Xtof | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9213 Registered: 5-2002 |
Christophe; don't forget that you can use knob 24 in conjunction with switch 43. | ||
| gregduboc
Advanced Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 396 Registered: 11-2008 |
# 35 is the one I need on my future custom.... LOL Greg | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 811 Registered: 5-2009 |
Another beautiful creation handed down from a cloud with a big hand . Awesome. There is clearly some serious Alchemy going on ! I love it __________ | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 502 Registered: 1-2008 |
Could we get a Photoshop rendering of this with the Mona Lisa??? | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1898 Registered: 6-2002 |
Mica, you could you have forgotten to include the Instant Flanger that Stanley used on his alembic for the Romantic Warrior Album? I have to confess I did look up the town on google before I realised it was an april fools joke but then, April fool finishes for us here in the UK at Midday. Jazzyvee | ||
| bassfingers
Advanced Member Username: bassfingers Post Number: 283 Registered: 11-2005 |
I've often needed a 'Reassign other switches switch',will this be available seperately? :o) | ||
| bassfingers
Advanced Member Username: bassfingers Post Number: 284 Registered: 11-2005 |
And only ONE output jack??,what's with that????. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6685 Registered: 6-2000 |
Actually, the output connector is our extended duty tip ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring spare spare spare spare spare sleeve. The spares are to handle an external footpedal that reassigns the knobs randomly for improvisation. | ||
| bassfingers
Advanced Member Username: bassfingers Post Number: 285 Registered: 11-2005 |
I like what I'm hearing!. | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 812 Registered: 5-2009 |
Oh yes, that's right , that is the pedal that has midi interfaced bio-metric sensors via one of the new Alembic fiber optic interconnects. That's most definitely a feature I will try to opt for when we discuss my New Custom. along with the biometriclly controlled sliding pick up design. Yes !!!!!! | ||
| crgaston
Senior Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 582 Registered: 11-2005 |
Mica, thank you...we had a good laugh here at the house with all the knob functions. You guys are the best! | ||
| ajdover
Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 811 Registered: 11-2003 |
Damn ... and here I thought it would be my custom Series II ... ;-) Good one, guys. Alan | ||
| dannobasso
Senior Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 1228 Registered: 3-2004 |
Yeah, but does it come in black? | ||
| sjhoffma
Intermediate Member Username: sjhoffma Post Number: 138 Registered: 5-2008 |
how many of those knobs are functional? what does the hair growth knob do? Obviously some have to work, are some pure novelty, or do they perform | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6686 Registered: 6-2000 |
Yes, with a slightly different control layout:  | ||
| sjhoffma
Intermediate Member Username: sjhoffma Post Number: 139 Registered: 5-2008 |
Ive defiantly had an Alembic make my hair grow before. | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1390 Registered: 6-2002 |
Ahh.... the simple bass! Although I was hoping for a 12 volt accessory outlet, so I could light my cigarettes without calling on a waitress, and perhaps a semaphore signaling circuit to tell the soundman to adjust the bass in the mix. Mike | ||
| crobbins
Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 569 Registered: 6-2004 |
Lol. April fools....... | ||
| afrobeat_fool
Intermediate Member Username: afrobeat_fool Post Number: 175 Registered: 7-2009 |
For me 15 is a must. But if George Carlin was ordering this I think He would want a lot of 1 and 3, as for the rest of the 7 things you can't play on the radio, I'm guessing 24, 17,32, 35, and the ever popular, 33. Just cause' it sound cool. Nick | ||
| pierreyves
Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 571 Registered: 11-2006 |
48/ nespresso 49/ reverse all functions from 1-47 50/ close the house's main door | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1899 Registered: 6-2002 |
I really think that bass was made for BBC Top Gear's tame racing driver "The Stig".. Some say he is able to smell the change in the magnetic field of a series bass after a string has been plucked and tell you what the laminates are in the body, and that he can thumb slap the flight of the bumblebee in Bminor on a 4 string bass without hammering on whilst stammering the lyrics of my generation by the Who..!!! It's for The STIG!!!! Jazzyvee (Message edited by jazzyvee on April 02, 2010) (Message edited by jazzyvee on April 02, 2010) | ||
| dannobasso
Senior Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 1229 Registered: 3-2004 |
Looks killer in black. Is there a Siruis receiver in there too so you can play along? | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2451 Registered: 6-2002 |
The Stig is also known for his eclectic soundscape preferences during his test runs - language courses, sounds of nature, early 1970s disco. Any suggestions? | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4365 Registered: 7-2004 |
Another wonderful feature of this instrument. Each knob is fully adjustable to "11"!!!! Bill, tgo | ||
| tom_z
Senior Member Username: tom_z Post Number: 614 Registered: 7-2004 |
Gotta love the Ultralight Upgrade option for the April custom! LOL! http://www.alembic.com/info/justajoke.html (Message edited by tom_z on April 02, 2010) | ||
| hydrargyrum
Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 776 Registered: 3-2004 |
Do you think I could get one with a kill switch? I'm not seeing a kill switch. I'm also not seeing the "suck" knob we previously described in the club. I'll be needing that, so I can turn it down. Why won't anyone ever come up with electronics that fully meet my needs!!!! | ||
| benson_murrensun
Advanced Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 249 Registered: 5-2007 |
Where's the turbo boost gauge???? Huh??? Trying to keep the product to a price point? (Message edited by Benson_Murrensun on April 02, 2010) | ||
| dfung60
Senior Member Username: dfung60 Post Number: 406 Registered: 5-2002 |
Awesome! And one year from now, I hope to see the first "Series 3" where you can control a full spectrum of tones from classic to modern with just one "God" knob! Cheers, David Fung | ||
| mario_farufyno
Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 429 Registered: 9-2008 |
Wow, I could use one of those buttons: 15- singer mute 16- drummer tempo 17- coolness factor | ||
| xlrogue6
Intermediate Member Username: xlrogue6 Post Number: 161 Registered: 8-2002 |
Oh, come on--no "Talent" knob? Just for that, I'm not ordering one. | ||
| hifiguy
Advanced Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 211 Registered: 10-2006 |
It DOES go to 20, doesn't it, Nigel? Bloody shame if it doesn't. ROTFLMAO!! | ||
| lmiwa
Advanced Member Username: lmiwa Post Number: 298 Registered: 2-2008 |
xlrogue6 - I'm thinking a "talent boost" switch - used for playing notes other than 1/4/5 on beats other than 1 and 3. Loch | ||
| grok
Junior Username: grok Post Number: 24 Registered: 12-2004 |
How about a master-tuner knob -- lets me tune my bandmates' guitars.... | ||
| tobiaslc
New Username: tobiaslc Post Number: 1 Registered: 7-2010 |
haha, awesome! but what i'd like to know is which ones actually work and what they do? Also, what's the price of this baby? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9423 Registered: 5-2002 |
Hi Tobias; welcome to the board! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2008 Registered: 6-2002 |
Actually the black bass in this picture sure looks like this months custom of the month, but doctored to make the April Fools joke. jazzyvee |
