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brainiac
Junior Username: brainiac
Post Number: 26 Registered: 8-2005
| Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 11:19 am: | |
What does the name "Distillate" refer to? TIA |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 5133 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 12:07 pm: | |
A distillate is the end product after distillation in an alembic. The Distillate bass was the first bass we made that didn't have single coil pickups, so mom felt it was sort of a distillation of the original concepts. |
bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee
Post Number: 1884 Registered: 3-2004
| Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 1:06 pm: | |
Was that the answer you were looking for, or did you want to know what features of an instrument go with the name? If the latter, info on the electronics is here: http://alembic.com/club/messages/16271/24726.html?1138816475 Other than the electronics, the body tends to be a bit thinner than most other Alembics and the necks had purpleheart stringers as a standard feature unlike the Spoiler and Persuader fours of that era which had only maple in the neck. |