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fretted4
Junior
Username: fretted4

Post Number: 44
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 1:18 am:   Edit Post

Well finally, I got my first Alembic, a flamed maple Epic 4 string. Just curious, would it be possible to update this bass with Distillate electronics? How much would that cost? Thanks
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 1084
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 1:52 pm:   Edit Post

You're looking at major surgery there. The first obstacle is to sort out what to do with the existing hole pattern. The Epic usually has volume - pan - bass - treble controls. Mapping the Distillate's volume - filter - pickup selector switch - Q switch - bass c/b switch - treble c/b switch gets tricky.

The holes you have drilled are for mounting pots. We can make the job slightly easier by using Europa electronics (with a pan pot instead of a pickup selector switch), that solves one hole. The volume and filter will mount fine. Then there is the remaining hole and 3 switches to match up.

You could mount the Q switch in the last hole with a large washer or fill and then redrill the hole. Then locate a convenient spot to drill the bass and treble switches.

We'll certainly need to enlarge the backplate routing and fit a new backplate. I think the complete job would cost about $900-1000. We'd use your existing pickups and you'll have a spare set of Epic electronics to use in another project.

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