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inthelows
Junior
Username: inthelows

Post Number: 42
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 11:12 pm:   Edit Post

Is that series 1 electronics.
Also says preamp.
This start price a bit high or no?
NLP
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series_iii
Intermediate Member
Username: series_iii

Post Number: 118
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 6:44 am:   Edit Post

interesting electronics setup. no hum canceller? i'd almost go for tht but the opening bid is a little high imho. if i didn't already own a spyder i'd consider doing something pretty foolish ;-)
lothartu
Intermediate Member
Username: lothartu

Post Number: 189
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 8:08 am:   Edit Post

Looking at the shot of the back it looks like a square upper plate for series electronics but it only has 2 screw holes in the plate instead of 4. If those 2 screws are for gain then I would assume that it's series electronics with no hum canceler since the 2 missing screws in the backplate would have been for adjusting the phase of each pickup in relation to the hum canceler. No hum canceler, then no need for those 2 screws.

I don't think that I've ever seen a series electronics setup with no hum canceler though. I can't imagine why a person would not want to have the hum canceler.

- Jim

(Message edited by lothartu on November 15, 2006)
adriaan
Senior Member
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 1129
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 8:36 am:   Edit Post

Perhaps they are AXY humcancelling pickups, and they are paired with the Series preamp, which is of higher quality than the regular preamps? Then you wouldn't need the trimpots for adding the humcanceller signal to the single coil signal.
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 4539
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 10:00 am:   Edit Post

Sometime within the last year or so, there was a post of a picture of a series instrument with no hum canceller. If I recall correctly, Mica posted at the time that there had indeed been a very few series instruments that were made with no hum canceller.
bsee
Senior Member
Username: bsee

Post Number: 1388
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 7:54 am:   Edit Post

I can't tell from the photos, but it almost looks like it could be SII electronics. There appears to be a master volume, and I can't tell if the Q "switches" are switches or small knobs from these photos. Anyone else have an opinion?
cozmik_cowboy
Junior
Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 18
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:24 am:   Edit Post

After "supersizing" the 2 body-front closeups, it seems pretty clear on my screen that they're knobs. I seem to recall seeing a post where Mica said older Alembics had the HX inside the body instead of surface-mounted, and that they would still that if you wanted - maybe that's the case here?

Peter
adriaan
Senior Member
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 1132
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:34 am:   Edit Post

If there was a separate humcanceller, then you would expect to see four holes for the trim pots in the backplate, not just two.

The "older" Alembics with hidden humcancellers were built in the early years - check out the Showcase section, for Series instruments with serial numbers below 500 - IIRC, there are one or two of those listed.
series_iii
Intermediate Member
Username: series_iii

Post Number: 120
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:42 am:   Edit Post

i dunno but i'm feeling the itch for another exploiter...
keavin
Senior Member
Username: keavin

Post Number: 952
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 11:04 am:   Edit Post

this bass is pretty much like mine electronically seriesII electronics with a hidden hum cancellertwo pick-ups mounted the body(hum canceller)
phylo
Junior
Username: phylo

Post Number: 49
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 11:16 am:   Edit Post

Is that a cell phone with a built in vintage alembic?
lothartu
Intermediate Member
Username: lothartu

Post Number: 190
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 11:30 am:   Edit Post

It's so he can practice playing along with his favorite ring tones. :-)
keavin
Senior Member
Username: keavin

Post Number: 953
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 1:00 pm:   Edit Post

actually it's a calculator,it's covering up my social security number.
inthelows
Junior
Username: inthelows

Post Number: 46
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 6:03 pm:   Edit Post

Very slick keavin. You had me there for a moment. I was going ask if you installed a new kind of wireless gizmo under the hood :-),
NLP
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 3776
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 6:12 pm:   Edit Post

Without the hum balance controls on the backplate, my guess is that this is Series electronics with AXY pickups. I know there's at least 5 of them out there with that arrangement.
jacko
Senior Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 896
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 7:27 am:   Edit Post

That's a pretty cool idea Keavin. One more way to beat the thief.

Graeme
lothartu
Intermediate Member
Username: lothartu

Post Number: 191
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 7:56 am:   Edit Post

Good idea Keavin. I think I might just add my SS# to my bass tonight.

- Jim
keavin
Senior Member
Username: keavin

Post Number: 955
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 9:03 am:   Edit Post

what's good about that is if it is ever lost or stolen your personal info is ENGRAVED into the inside of your guitar (phone number/contact info etc...)& only you and the police will know this.
lothartu
Intermediate Member
Username: lothartu

Post Number: 193
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 11:58 am:   Edit Post

I'm thinking that the control cavity might be a little cramped so I think I'm going to put it right under one of the pickups. That's a nice flat easy to get to part of the bass and I don't have to worry about bumping any of the internal wiring.

- Jim
bassicinstincts
Junior
Username: bassicinstincts

Post Number: 44
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Monday, November 20, 2006 - 2:43 pm:   Edit Post

I seem to remember Mica saying this setup is known as the Series I.5 aka Series with a hidden humcanceller.

I also remember her saying they can't do it as an option any more, which suits me just fine. The more bits on show, the happier I am!!

My dream bass would have the Series II with a treble cut/boost and bass cut/boost knobs for each pickup, Laser LEDS with knob dimmer, and red+green side LEDS.

With an on/off knob.

Ben R
bassicinstincts
Junior
Username: bassicinstincts

Post Number: 45
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Monday, November 20, 2006 - 2:47 pm:   Edit Post

Ah, just spotted Mica's post above!

Did look weird with 2 holes in that square plate!

Good news is with my new job, I should be in the market for my 1st Alembic in the next 6 months!!

Ben R
series_iii
Intermediate Member
Username: series_iii

Post Number: 124
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 10:41 am:   Edit Post

looks like this one got away. good thing - i'm fixin' to buy a house and i really should hang onto my cash.

still it was a cool bass - almost the holy grail for me (long scale 4-string exploiter w/ series II electronics)
dwmark
Intermediate Member
Username: dwmark

Post Number: 123
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 11:15 am:   Edit Post

Not so fast. Unless I'm missing something, it closed with no bids.

I contacted the seller early on and told him I thought that he was more than $2K too high. He said he had an offer at $5500 and would hold on to the bass if he couldn't get what he wanted.

dw
series_iii
Intermediate Member
Username: series_iii

Post Number: 125
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 11:27 am:   Edit Post

^^^^

hahahaha. he told me he had an offer of $6k and for me to go....away
series_iii
Intermediate Member
Username: series_iii

Post Number: 127
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 7:29 am:   Edit Post

it's baaaack!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALEMBIC-Exploiter-Bass-Guitar-W-Case-Tube-Pre-Amp_W0QQitemZ200050649147QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
series_iii
Intermediate Member
Username: series_iii

Post Number: 132
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 10:34 pm:   Edit Post

sure glad this one ended. it was calling my name but it was way over priced and i'm getting ready to buy a house. elsewise i mighta gone for it (had it been listed at say...$4k :-) ).

be interesting to see if it gets relisted. the seller has a pretty good rep and used alembic prices are going up but he's smoking crack if he thinks he's gonna get $6500 for that bass.
dela217
Senior Member
Username: dela217

Post Number: 726
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 - 6:08 pm:   Edit Post

Well, it's back again. Look closely at the F2B, it is a real early one. It is fitted with the front lamp instead of the LED. The LED started at serial number 144.

Michael

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