2014 Alembic Further in Pale Moon Ebony with LEDs on Ebay

jazzyvee · June 04, 2015, 09:09:39 AM

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2014-Alembic-Further-in-Pale-Moon-Ebony-with-LEDs-SUPER-CLEAN-/261909803565?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cfb0a722d

flpete1uw · June 05, 2015, 02:35:57 PM

Yeah, I saw this as well. Beautiful guitar, can't explain the need for 4 9v batteries?

adriaan · June 05, 2015, 02:47:49 PM

For the side LEDs!

flpete1uw · June 05, 2015, 07:58:21 PM

Adrian,
I kind of figured the LED's were part of it. So 1 for the electronics 3 LED's? 27v? It just seams like I'm missing something, or I'm just missing something obvious.
Pete

keith_h · June 06, 2015, 07:48:35 AM

It would be 5 batteries. Four for the LED's and one for the electronics. The fifth one is in the narrow cavity above the electronics.

Keith

flpete1uw · June 06, 2015, 08:26:22 AM

Well I'm still only counting 4 (1 on its own and 3 in a row in the other cavity) as shown. But the bottom line is the electronics only need the 1. The LED's are hungry little critters aren't they? Probably due to intensity adjustments.
Thanks guys!
Pete

lbpesq · June 06, 2015, 08:27:23 AM

This one appears to have 4 batteries total, 3 in one compartment for the LEDs and the 4th in a separate compartment for the electronics. My Further has 4 for the LEDs plus a 5th for the electronics. 'Tis a puzzlement.

Bill, tgo

(Message edited by Lbpesq on June 06, 2015)

jalevinemd · June 06, 2015, 08:50:07 AM

Either way...that's a pretty amazing BIN price considering all this guitar has going for it.

StephenR · June 06, 2015, 09:32:51 AM

Not sure but I think that depending on the color of LED some draw more current than others.

jazzyvee · June 06, 2015, 09:48:38 AM

Forgive my ignorance on LED's but wouldn't it be simpler to use a white LED and just get the casings to be a different colour then you could use one battery configuration for everything. I presume there is some technical reason why this is not done.

keith_h · June 06, 2015, 10:56:05 AM

I didn't see the batteries towards the bottom of the listing and just went by the apparent size of the cover. LEDs have gotten better as far as power requirements so that might be why this one has fewer batteries.

LEDs derive their color from the material they are made from for the standard red, green, blue and some of the in between colors. To make white or some of the off colors requires the use of more than one color LED, phosphors or both. This makes the basic color LEDs the most cost effective.

Keith