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Author Message dackstarr New Username: dackstarr Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Friday, August 27, 2010 - 3:34 pm:    Hi, When ya have some time please run the number on my newly aquired 82 Spoiler. Thanks!! dackstarr New Username: dackstarr Post Number: 2 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 7:59 pm:    Hi here is a pic and a link to my new axe...I'm wondering what the added electronics are. A little different then most Spoilers I've seen. http://www.sheltonsguitars.com/2010/6-1-10/alembic-spoiler-6-1-10.html dackstarr New Username: dackstarr Post Number: 3 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 8:04 pm:    closeup longhorncat Advanced Member Username: longhorncat Post Number: 377 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Monday, August 30, 2010 - 1:48 pm:    You got the Spoiler that was on eBay for the last couple weeks! The seller wasn't very helpful when I asked about the additional switches. They certainly weren't put there by Alembic. Also, the pickup screw are installed wrong. Still it looks like a great bass and a good way to get started with Alembics. mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6922 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Monday, August 30, 2010 - 3:53 pm:    If you can post a picture of what's in the electronics cavity, I can at least tell you if the extra things were added by us. At first glance, I'm doubtful, since the switches and the mounting hardware all differ from what we normally use. dackstarr New Username: dackstarr Post Number: 5 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 10:03 am:    Thanks ya'll for ur attentiveness. Here r some pics of the cavity and the alleged infiltrators The big pot alien by sound is an on/off type of filter when switched on and turned up, the higher ends are manifested. The small toggle 3 pole two way switch seems to be a type of boost. The pot is wired to the switch and the northern brown module whereas the toggle is wired to the north and south brown modules. Red lining on the fun meter p.s. the pot is not rusted as it appears in the lower pic. mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7278 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 4:02 pm:    Here's what I found in the instrument file: body: Solid Koa neck: 3-piece Maple scale: 32" medium fingerboard: Ebony inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals pickups: AXY controls: "Spoiler" volume, 4-position pickup selector, filter, 2-position Q-switch, mono output originally made for: Swissvale Music birthday: November 24, 1982 That's all there is in the file. The extra switches are not ones that we put in, but the rest of the electronics seems pretty typical for its age. The Q-switch would have originally been located where the added pot is now from the looks of things. Since the serial number is only stamped on the end of the fingerboard, I'd ask that you also take a Sharpie and scribe it either under one of the pickups or on one of those expansive plains under the backplate so it's not lost in the future, even innocently refretting. Thanks!