| Author | Message | ||
| grok
Member Username: grok Post Number: 56 Registered: 12-2004 |
At least it looks like a series 1 to me. http://cgi.ebay.com/Mint-condition-Alembic-Mark-King-Sig-Deluxe-bass_W0QQitemZ250661983903QQcategoryZ4713QQcmdZViewItem#ht_500wt_1154 | ||
| room037
Advanced Member Username: room037 Post Number: 326 Registered: 9-2003 |
MK sig. with 5 pin power supply by DS-5, that I think. Eiji | ||
| tmoney61092
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 388 Registered: 9-2008 |
series 1's have pickup selectors and a humcancellor ~Taylor | ||
| grok
Member Username: grok Post Number: 57 Registered: 12-2004 |
oops. sorry. | ||
| tmoney61092
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 389 Registered: 9-2008 |
haha it's fine, i was thinking the same thing for a second ~Taylor | ||
| pierreyves
Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 628 Registered: 11-2006 |
3 pin connector  | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 581 Registered: 1-2008 |
I saw that this AM... what's with the 3 pin connector? | ||
| poor_nigel
Member Username: poor_nigel Post Number: 98 Registered: 11-2009 |
Seems like a Series I by the price asked for it. Looking at the back electronics plate, it is an LED battery plate, as no holes for pickup adjustment. You guyz have good eyes to see things like only three pins and stuff. That connector is a hole that cannot be refilled, so it lowers the value, IMO. A shame someone did not trade up for a Series I, and decided to drill a hole in a perfectly good MK to make it look like one, instead. Silly Wabbit! | ||
| tmoney61092
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 390 Registered: 9-2008 |
whats the point of the 3 pin connector? any ideas? ~Taylor | ||
| room037
Advanced Member Username: room037 Post Number: 327 Registered: 9-2003 |
Sig. circuit needs only 3 pins. 1: sinals, 2: + 9 V, 3: ground If the down voltage regulater (+18 to +9 V) is inside the body, the bass is useful for the series instrument rigs with custom 3pin - 5pin cable. Or the bass is connected directly to the mixer without DI. Eiji | ||
| tmoney61092
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 391 Registered: 9-2008 |
thanks for the explanation Eiji! ~Taylor | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2010 Registered: 6-2002 |
I guess it could also be a bass that is prepared internally for series upgrade in the future and the buyer making use of the socket to power the bass in the short term. Sometimes the humcanceller is within the body and not visible on the surface. Jazzyvee | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2528 Registered: 6-2002 |
Alembic have built a number of Series instruments with AXY pickups (on special order). These would not need a humcanceller, let alone the adjustment screws in the back, but I presume the preamps would still need the higher voltage. | ||
| dshade43
Junior Username: dshade43 Post Number: 26 Registered: 2-2010 |
I'm trying to figure out how you can lay a pristine axe like that on a slate patio without putting a scratch on it! | ||
| enzo
Advanced Member Username: enzo Post Number: 228 Registered: 4-2009 |
Those are tiles, I've seen worse than that, on rough brick! | ||
| serialnumber12
Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 768 Registered: 12-2004 |
what about concrete!!!  | ||
| slammin
Junior Username: slammin Post Number: 50 Registered: 10-2009 |
LOL! | ||
| dwmark
Advanced Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 275 Registered: 1-2005 |
I've handled Number 12. I'm betting against the concrete. dw |
