Clean, clear electronics allow your musical ideas to translate from thought into reality. With the Spectrum's low-pass filter, you can find warm, broad sounds right through to strong, bright sounds. A small turn of the tone knob has a wild effect. This is not the guitar you buy, turn the tone control full up and leave it there. We think you might as well not have any tone control at all, since you let someone else make all the sonic decisions for you. The flexibility inherent in the Alembic electronic design philosophy means that you are in control of, and responsible for your own tone.

A bit about the Spectrum's neck: over twenty-five years of guitar building teaches you a thing or two about neck construction. The selection of woods is absolutely critical when building a guitar's neck. We've tried scores of woods in combination and found that hard, clear rock maple is the most reliable wood for the better portion of the neck. The sound is consistent from neck to neck and maple is very stable. For added rigidity, we reinforce the Spectrum's neck with two laminates of purpleheart. You could make a neck mostly from purpleheart, but talk about heavy.

In baritone scales, the Spectrum commands attention. We've had bassists call us, quaking in their boots that their job is on the line ever since the rhythm guitarist got a baritone Alembic. While that is obviously not our goal (hey, we like selling basses, too!), it does show what a vital role a well-placed baritone can play.