Not an Alembic - but she's real :-)...

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Author Message lorand New Username: lorand Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 11:10 pm:    Hi dear Alembics, what do you think of this bass from the 80s? She looks very close to an Alembic and sounds really similar ("HiFi") to my MK. Detail from the engraved plate between the pickups: "Handmade by" "W. Kist" "05" "Limited Serie" Wolfgang Kist was a german luthier who worked at Hoyer. No more informations found on google :-( She was made in February 1980, that's carved on the backside of the headstock. More details on her, you couldn't guess by viewing the pictures: - Medium scale (32") - Passive - 2 volume- and 2 tone controls - 2 microswitches (singlecoil/humbucker or out-of-phase, I don't know?) - 3-way pickup selector - 5 kg weight The knobs of the controls are made of metal (enduring shame to Alembic :-) She's in excellent condition (nearly but not exactly "mint") and not for sale, but I'd like to know what you think of her and what she's worth in your opinion. Thank you very much for your comments in advance, Roland BTW: Sorry, but as I'm a new here, I just hope uploading the 11 pictures will happen. If I started this thread in the wrong category, Admins should *please* feel free to move it to the correct category. But please tell me! Thanks, Roland (Message edited by davehouck on June 07, 2007) lorand New Username: lorand Post Number: 2 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 11:19 pm:    Oh sh** happens while uploading the pictures! I tried to upload 11 different pictures! Sorry! Roland bracheen Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1222 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 3:14 am:    Very nice Roland. The variety of quality and interesting basses and guitars I've seen since coming into this club is mind boggling. Who would have thought? How about pictures of your Mark King? Sam inthelows Advanced Member Username: inthelows Post Number: 375 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 6:58 pm:    Hows the sound with the Bart's? NLP lorand New Username: lorand Post Number: 3 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 10:42 pm:    Her sound is very clean with endless sustain. Regards, Roland Here's a picture of my MK Standard (1992).