Have anyone experience this? (Lace AlumaP)

[GuzBaas]

I can say that was a "happy" Lace Aluma P user, I have had them for like 2 years. Since Im a "casual" bass player I have experienced that somedays my bass sounds great other days it sounds tiny.

In the search for that nice warm fat P bass tone I have done anything that you can imagine: changed strings, bought pedals, overdrives, changed amps, cabinets, went active, passive, varitone, etc...

Since this is muy only bass and I think is gorgeous I did not want to sell it. Im a sentimental kind of guy.

Today I noticed in one of those random and unprofessional sessions (at my free time) that the LACE ALUMA P is BROKEN.. some kind of false contact inside make it sound less powerful (less botom end, lower volume, strings with less volume than others). Some days it sounds full and powerful and some days it sounds cheap.

Some wire inside have driven my "search for the holy tone"

In that search I have spent hundreds of dollars and innumerables discussions with my girlfriend,,,

RIGHT NOW I FEEL DISAPPOINTED and maybe a little depressed...

(I want to give special thanks to Line6man who have answered all my pointless questions.. THANK YOU)



Is there something I can do, or I'll just have to buy another pickup?

 

[markanini]

That's a sad story. Why don't you contact Lace?

 

[GuzBaas]

That's a sad story. Why don't you contact Lace?

I dont have the receipt, and I live outside the US

Maybe I should contact them anyway... and see what happens..

Im a little dissapointed with them.

 

[GuzBaas]

Im sending a mail to Lace... lets see what they say.

 

[Shoewreck]

So, faulty Alumitones don't stop working, but just sound worse?

 

[GuzBaas]

So, faulty Alumitones don't stop working, but just sound worse?

Thats what happened to me.. if I push the pickup with my thump it sounds as (I think) it suppose...

Is a weird deffect, you can play for years without noting the issue, just feeling that your bass is missing punch and attitude.

Now Im stuck with a 160 dollars looking new defective pickup...

I sent a mail to Lace yesterday, I'll wait for their answer and see what they have to say, maybe this is a known issue...

 

[markanini]

Don't feel bad about it, these things happen. I once forgot that one of my pots was 500k when it should have been 250k, I kept wondering why the tone was so overbearingly bright... Now, I've heard stories about Alumitones being fragile but then Lace customer support is said to be helpful. EMG and Bill Lawrence cast their pickups in epoxy which sound like an excellent idea after hearing about you experience.

 

[GuzBaas]

Don't feel bad about it, these things happen. I once forgot that one of my pots was 500k when it should have been 250k, I kept wondering why the tone was so overbearingly bright... Now, I've heard stories about Alumitones being fragile but then Lace customer support is said to be helpful. EMG and Bill Lawrence cast their pickups in epoxy which sound like an excellent idea after hearing about you experience.

Lace contacted me yesterday... day wanted some details, lets see what they can do...

And yeap the Lace Aluma P seems to be a little bit fragile

 

[GuzBaas]

I losing hope

Lace, Inc. is failing me.

 

[silvertones]

Take the thing apart and see if you can fix it. Awire that is broken should be easy enough to fix.