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Title: Search Alembic bass preamp
Post by: Nikolay on February 04, 2005, 04:12:44 AM
Hi guys I search Alembic build in bass preamp-eq
Alembic have verry good sound. They use bartolini pickups and active preamp build in their basses.
Anyone have their scheme ????
Thanks
Title: Search Alembic bass preamp
Post by: d@vide on February 04, 2005, 08:28:53 AM
find it at geofex.com
Title: Search Alembic bass preamp
Post by: d@vide on February 04, 2005, 08:38:18 AM
sorry Nikolay
at geofex there is a  bass tube preamp FB2
not the one inside the bass...  :oops:
Title: Search Alembic bass preamp
Post by: Nikolay on February 04, 2005, 12:51:33 PM
Yes I know this scheme but I search this who is in guitar. :)
Title: Re: Search Alembic bass preamp
Post by: DavidRavenMoon on March 15, 2007, 08:52:10 PM
Quote from: Nikolay on February 04, 2005, 04:12:44 AM
Hi guys I search Alembic build in bass preamp-eq
Alembic have verry good sound. They use bartolini pickups and active preamp build in their basses.
Anyone have their scheme ????
Thanks

Alembic does not use bartolini pickups! They use Alembic low impedance pickups.  Alembics were the first "active" basses.  Rick Turner designed the Alembic pickups.
Title: Re: Search Alembic bass preamp
Post by: Ace on March 15, 2007, 09:08:47 PM
Nikolay,
Perhaps someone on the Alembic forum may have the schematic. Here's a link:
http://alembic.com/cgi-bin/alembic-club/discus.cgi?pg=topics

Take care,
  Tony
Title: Re: Search Alembic bass preamp
Post by: vanessa on March 15, 2007, 11:04:53 PM
I've seen the schematic. It's a standard Fender Black Face pre and tone section. There's way better preamp's for bass. Look into the Nation Semiconductor applications manual for the three band EQ (word is it's the same circuit copped for the 3 band Musicman Stingray). There's others out there, that's just a really easy one.
Title: Re: Search Alembic bass preamp
Post by: Bernardduur on March 16, 2007, 03:45:43 AM
I once played around with one as a friend wanted it boxed up.......

I was so NOT impressed with it.......

I have some pics if you'd like; it was a pretty small PCB crowded with stuff. The people at Alembic were not at all helpfull!