A pre-amp cable??

[NikNik]

By Alembic! Never knew this was a thing.

[itsat34]

Yup!

Crispens up the sound...and reassuringly expensive! 😄

[skidder652003]

seriously?....

[Bunion]

It was designed originally for old passive alembics so they don’t need to be modified to active but I’m reliably told they work well with any bass. 
Are they expensive? Maybe, but look at the cost of a Hazlab preamp for a Spector or better still imagine if Wal put a preamp in a cable, I couldn’t see them being far off that price and I’m sure people would snap them up 

[NikNik]

I'd be worried about damage. It seems to have a dent in it.

[jazzyvee]

Those cables are for use with passive instruments so no use on alembics which are all active unless modded post build.  A link to alembic's info on it. 

 

https://alembic.stores.yahoo.net/activecable.html

Edited March 10, 2022 by jazzyvee

[NikNik]

I'd have the instinctive notion to hack into it.

[prowla]

So, a £20 cable with a £xxx battery-powered preamp in a wooden block included.