BEWARE!!!
Brother Franks Bass Collection site is very DANGEROUS to visit for people suffering from GAS.
Believe me ...I know!
 
Paul TBO

Nice collection!
 
Bill, tgo

Some very unique basses.
 
Olie,TBGDO

I love it, not one crappy Ibeenhad in the bunch!

Nice collection, Frank! Yet another thing to add to the jealousy list for me, LOL!

What basmansam said - The versatone amplifier has alot to with the sound that he gets. Slightly overdriven to extremely overdriven.
 
Isn't the SWR InterStellar Overdrive preamp supposed to be built to reproduce that?

hey is it possible to combine the darkstar pickups with alembic filters for the ultimate casady tone!

Hmmm. maybe a new offering - the SE-1 : Alembic  Starfire Electronics plate, offered with a free Dremel tool?

Stiil haven't managed to write up some FPR info, but came across this guy's accounts on the web, which should tide y'all over fer a bit!
 
 
http://users.mcleodusa.net/r/raines/furpeacetravelogue.htm

...and free guitar strings for life!!
 
But seriously - as I understand it, and according to Rick Turner, the link between the Hagstrom Duosonic single coils and later Alembic pu's was continued experimentation by Ron and Rick on the Casady and Phil basses.  First, the Haggies were modified with heavier mags, then ultimately they wound more and more sophisticated pu's of their own (meaning the Duosonics were no longer necessary).
 
Bill