Big Brown Knobs?

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Author Message crgaston Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 77 Registered: 11-2005 Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:06 pm:    Does anyone have any idea exactly what all those knobs do on Phil Lesh's "Big Brown" bass (aka "The Godfather")? keavin Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 670 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:36 pm:    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!!!.... keavin Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 671 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:37 pm:    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 Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3204 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:40 pm:    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 Advanced Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 363 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:41 pm:    It's one of the first "SUPER ALEMBICS"!..... lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 974 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 8:23 pm:    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 Intermediate Member Username: grateful Post Number: 125 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 7:52 am:    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 Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 78 Registered: 11-2005 Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 8:23 am:    What happened to the Osage Orange? davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3214 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 8:26 am:    Charles; I believe it's been mentioned in other threads that the bass became a test bed.