| Author | Message | ||
| shae
New Username: shae Post Number: 3 Registered: 10-2007 |
Hello, I just purchased this Persuader, 86P3842. 2 jazz pickups and a crown headstock? Any information you have on it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks | ||
| artswork99
Advanced Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 242 Registered: 7-2007 |
Hi Shae, This is not the build information but it's a thread where it was for sale in 2003. A piece of its history. http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/6858.html Congratulations on your new acquisition. Post pictures! Play it healthy! | ||
| shae
New Username: shae Post Number: 4 Registered: 10-2007 |
Okay, not only is the crown headstock and jazz activators throwing me for a loop. Controls are volume/pan/q. Blows my Fender Precision w/ P/AE-1 activators out of the water. Picture attached. Please gotta know more of the history.  | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 5791 Registered: 5-2002 |
That would be volume/pan/filter. The Q switch is separate from the low pass filter. Volume/Pan/Filter is the standard Essence package. It's a bit unusual to see that particular package in '86; perhaps the controls were subsequently updated to the Essence package. The two J pickups are not unusual for a Persuader. | ||
| shae
New Username: shae Post Number: 6 Registered: 10-2007 |
Dave, What about the crown headstock on a Persuader? Shae | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 5792 Registered: 5-2002 |
It may have been a custom order. There is a lot of variation in Persuaders, especially pickup types and body shapes. We'll see what Mica's serial number search turns up. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 5389 Registered: 6-2000 |
Hi Shae, Here's what I found in the instrument file: 86P3842 PMB4 Persuader bass top: Walnut body: Mahogany through body neck: 3-piece Maple, 32" medium scale fingerboard: Ebony with pearloid oval inlays pickups: 2 Alembic JZ controls: volume x2, filter, mono output birthday: January 7, 1986 originally made for: Sound City The original owner was in Louisiana. It was registered to a second owner in TX in 2004. There's no record of the electronics change to a volume/pan arrangement. If you post a picture of the interior, I can confirm with you what controls are mounted on the bass now. The Persuader model was typically a Spoiler body shape like yours with our Activator pickups and electronics systems installed. So you'll find them with a variety of pickup configurations, commonly with JZ, PJ, or double P setups. The Crown headstock would have been specified by the store who purchased the bass. A stock Persuader would have a cone peghead shape. |
