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crgaston
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Username: crgaston

Post Number: 77
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:06 pm:   Edit Post

Does anyone have any idea exactly what all those knobs do on Phil Lesh's "Big Brown" bass (aka "The Godfather")?
keavin
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Username: keavin

Post Number: 670
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:36 pm:   Edit Post

I know some of those knobs were some 'super filters' and it is a quadrophonic stereo bass & it has some super sonic low freq's that could rumble your balls!!!....the god father & his knobs
keavin
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Username: keavin

Post Number: 671
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:37 pm:   Edit Post

I know some of those knobs were some 'super filters' and it is a quadrophonic stereo bass & it has some super sonic low freq's that could rumble your balls!!!....
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3204
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:40 pm:   Edit Post

I can't recall if that topic has been discussed before. My guess is that it's a couple of superfilters, similar to an SF-2, with maybe a pickup selector and some other routing choices. But I'm just guessing.
serialnumber12
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Username: serialnumber12

Post Number: 363
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:41 pm:   Edit Post

It's one of the first "SUPER ALEMBICS"!.....
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 974
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 8:23 pm:   Edit Post

Wasn't Lesh's quad bass the Alembic with the pots arranged around 2 or three star shapes, rather than the moded Guild Starfire, above?

Bill, tgo
grateful
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Username: grateful

Post Number: 125
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 7:52 am:   Edit Post

Hey Bill,

They are/were (the Osage Orange is no more) both quad basses. Phil says in his book he never figured out what all the knobs did on the Godfather.

Mark, ago
crgaston
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Username: crgaston

Post Number: 78
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 8:23 am:   Edit Post

What happened to the Osage Orange?
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3214
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 8:26 am:   Edit Post

Charles; I believe it's been mentioned in other threads that the bass became a test bed.

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