Recent content by StephenR

I have never tried flats on my Modulus Quantum five-string but put a set of Pyramid Gold flats on my 2003 composite-necked GGi5. There is a certain quality to the high-end of the EMG pickups which I always disliked and couldn't EQ out which has now almost disappeared with the flats. I am...

That's a really pretty bass Geoff! Is there anything particularly experimental about it or was the experiment getting used to a wider neck?

Your six-string is pretty unique but I was always surprised that given your "inside connection" you never got a second one, maybe with a wider neck. Over the years I have developed a preference for wider five-string necks. The widest one I have is the composite wood/graphite neck on my Cocobolo...

Thanks Geoff! I guess I could contact Gotoh and ask them if the GB350 would be a direct replacement for the GB7 tuners. Diagram seems to indicate the GB350 have a 11mm wide shaft and the hole for the screw is 11.5mm from the center of the shaft, will measure the distance to the screw hole on...

Question for @GeoffGould or anyone else who knows the answer... I have one of the 1988 neck-through body 3-pickup Quantum Five-strings that pre-dated the TBX models. One of the Gotoh machine heads is shot, I would like to either replace just that one or the whole set. Does anyone know the model...

CMYK color space = Cyan Magenta Yellow Black (K).

Good advice in this thread. Glad you seem willing to take it to heart! I have been using rack-mounted preamps and power amps since the early 80s and never found it necessary to run an amp in bridged mode. Part of my reluctance has been reading about experienced players who blew speakers doing...

Alembics have never been cheap but the prices are certainly getting way up there these days. I believe there is a price increase coming very soon, too, unless the price list you saw was recently updated. I got both of my Series basses used but my understanding is that the dealer you buy from...

Suggest that if you are going to drill a hole in your bass to install a Q-switch that you order a 3-position switch instead of the two-position which simply turns the 8dB baked-in boost off. Unless you have a second Alembic with a filter and Q-switch you have no idea what the built in boost...

The pickups in tsarter's bass aren't single coil. The only Alembic single coil pickups are the ones used in instruments with Series electronics. The rest of the Alembic line uses Activator pickups and electronics, the pickups are stacked hum-cancelling pickups, not humbuckers. All their pickups...

What kind of upgrade did you have in mind? The activator electronics they use in all models except the Series and Distillate basses can be "upgraded" to reject some of the modern forms of electrical interference if you have an older bass. Q-switches can easily be added to basses with a filter...

Something affordable to buy and move being a key factor in why I knew I would never own a Meyer rig and ended up with Barefaced cabinets. Thanks Alex!

That is the picture I saw of the Meyer bass rigs that were at NAMM. The rack and the "smaller" configuration on the right belong to John Prock. He had a smaller rack set up at Monterey Music but otherwise the same rig I got to play through. I think he is able to roll the platform the speakers...

I went to meet John and played through his Meyer rig, which he had set up at Monterey Music, when my wife and I were down there about a year and a half ago. Super nice guy and knowledgeable about all things Alembic and Meyer. I think he demos his bass rig for them but also uses it when he gigs...

I don't know about the other manufacturers you mention but Susan Wickersham told me back in the late 80s Alembic does not do endorsement deals for anyone. That came up in the context of talking about Phil Lesh. Stanley paid for all of his Alembic basses and gear. They have taken extremely good...