My Schematic : Any ideas ?

[Steve_Karl]

Hi,

Here's how my current ( been in use for 20 yrs. my avitar ) strat is wired with an Alembic STR/AE-3 system.
I'm about to install a second (exact duplicate) Alembic str/ae-3 ( spare that I bought about 10 yrs ago ) into my new warmoth build, and would like your opinions or ideas if you have any. The NEW cavity is totally shielded with copper tape. The old was / is painted with "iffy" nickle shielding paint.

The ferrite beads are in there to cure wireless reception problems I was having. Alembic tech. sent them to me a long time ago.
All of the extra grounding and 3 runs through the ferrite bead, after the switches, leading towards the main board,
was used to cure some noise problems and to get better volume balance between the pickups.

Any input or ideas are welcome.
Thanks:

 

[Dan025]

Hi,

Here's how my current ( been in use for 20 yrs. my avitar ) strat is wired with an Alembic STR/AE-3 system.
I'm about to install a second (exact duplicate) Alembic str/ae-3 ( spare that I bought about 10 yrs ago ) into my new warmoth build, and would like your opinions or ideas if you have any. The NEW cavity is totally shielded with copper tape. The old was / is painted with "iffy" nickle shielding paint.

The ferrite beads are in there to cure wireless reception problems I was having. Alembic tech. sent them to me a long time ago.
All of the extra grounding and 3 runs through the ferrite bead, after the switches, leading towards the main board,
was used to cure some noise problems and to get better volume balance between the pickups.

Any input or ideas are welcome.
Thanks:

i dont really see a question there. if it's working for you i dont see a reason to change anything. unless there is something you want it to do that it doesn't do now.

 

[Steve_Karl]

Possibly a way to use the extra poles on the switches for something?
I was also just hoping anyone would point out any useless grounds.

 

[Dan025]

with an on/off/on you can do a phase reversal. you can do the same with on/on/on but wired differently

you can use a normal selector,

really you can do any number of things if you want to add or change switches.

capacitors can be switched in to fatten up the pickups before the active stuff. in my opinion it will sound different than adding or subtracting treble after a buffer.

 

[Steve_Karl]

with an on/off/on you can do a phase reversal. you can do the same with on/on/on but wired differently

you can use a normal selector,

really you can do any number of things if you want to add or change switches.

capacitors can be switched in to fatten up the pickups before the active stuff. in my opinion it will sound different than adding or subtracting treble after a buffer.

Ahhhh .... now this is some interesting stuff.
I can't get into adding switches but swapping out for on/off/on would be easy.

What is a "normal selector" ?

 

[Dan025]

like strat style, ya know what most guitar players are used too.

i dont think you want/need series wireing. also you can use capacitors to shift the phase but not completely reverse it but it will cut bass depending on the input impedance of the preamp and the size of the cap, people use it in 2 pickup guitars to get a stratty "quack" which you don't need being you have 3 pickups, so i don't know if you'll prefer that to fully out of phase or not.

using a cap to cut highs does more than just cut highs, LRC networks dont just have roll off frequencies, they also have resonant peaks and phase shifts. these things give coloration to the sound, active electronics have coloration just less of it, although there are many more components and each has it's own coloration the overall effect is less than passive because they isolate different components with amplification, it keeps these effects minimal or out of the audible range.
but people still love the old way and adding a capacitor to shunt the pickup before the pre-amp can give some of that character that people feel is missing with active electronics. the boost from the resonant peak gives sweetness, or warmth or fattness depending on where it falls which depends on the inductance of the pickup and the size of the capacitor.

 

[Steve_Karl]

OK ... yea. I'm generally getting it now and find the cap thing quite interesting.
Thanks for talking.

 

[BigBeard]

Sorry I really have nothing techy to offer on your setup.......

But I will say I'm glad to see some Alembic electronics going into a warmoth.

I love the Wickersham family's work.  I'd love an Alembic, but I just simply can't afford a guitar that is more expensive than my Harley!!!