| Author | Message | ||
| 72rick
Junior Username: 72rick Post Number: 25 Registered: 12-2006 |
Hey, I would like to verify just what the controls are on my Rickenbacker Activator System. Thank you Garret  | ||
| keith_h
Moderator Username: keith_h Post Number: 1605 Registered: 2-2005 |
They look like Alembic Activator parts to me. Keith | ||
| 72rick
Junior Username: 72rick Post Number: 26 Registered: 12-2006 |
Hi Keith, If that's supposed to be a joke, I don't get it! If you don't know, that's ok. I need to know what function each "Alembic Activator part" serves, not who manufactured them. Thanks! Garret | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1111 Registered: 5-2006 |
Looks like two Filters, Volume and Pan (or maybe two Volume controls?) | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 756 Registered: 1-2005 |
My guess would be Volume, Pan, and filter for each pickup too. | ||
| 72rick
Junior Username: 72rick Post Number: 27 Registered: 12-2006 |
Thank you very much you guys! That's just what I thought too, I just wanted to be sure. One of the two smaller modules does have a "Center Notch Position", so I expected that was a Pan-Pot! The Volume is definitely a volume. I really just wanted to be sure that I did actually have two Filter Circuits. Thanks again. Garret | ||
| ajdover
Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 823 Registered: 11-2003 |
I'm sure you'll like the electronics, Garret. Very similar to the Signature electronics that I have in my Dragon's Wing and Stanley Clarke Sig Standard - perhaps (other than Series II electronics) my favorite electronics set up on Alembics. Enjoy! Alan | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 757 Registered: 1-2005 |
you might want to email Mica to be sure, but I'm pretty sure that's what I remember the controls as being. definitely an advantage of the Ric set vs. the Jazz set, which I think is only vol-pan-filter - having separate filter controls is great! with my Stanley Clarke I've been setting the filter low on the neck pickup and pretty open on the bridge pickup and blending to taste... | ||
| keith_h
Moderator Username: keith_h Post Number: 1609 Registered: 2-2005 |
Garret, It was not meant to be a joke (if I had you would have seen a smiley). I thought you had questions about authenticity and what the type of electronics. Not an uncommon request on the Club. Keith | ||
| 72rick
Junior Username: 72rick Post Number: 30 Registered: 12-2006 |
Hey all, I emailed Mica and she confirmed what "ajdover" said about them being similar to Signature electronics. Mica said the difference is the lack of Q Switches. She also said it appeared that at least part of the system was from 1987. What I know is that my '72 Rick sounds awesome! BTW: Keith, it's all good! |
