| Author | Message | ||
| davwir
New Username: davwir Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2002 |
I picked up this Exploiter recently, and I love it.. But i cant figure out what wood the top is made out of.. Some kind of figured mahogany? Any educated guessers out there? http://www.wirthwhilemusic.com/Alembic.jpg | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4045 Registered: 7-2004 |
I can't be sure if it's the picture, but if it has those translucent qualities in the flesh, I'd guess that was Koa. Bill, tgo | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1600 Registered: 6-2002 |
To get the definitive answer from Mica, the best thing to do is to post the serial number in the serial number section of the forum http://alembic.com/club/messages/394/22072.html?1250021432 It may take a while as there are usually quite a lot of requests but that's the best way to be sure. All the best with it Jazzyvee | ||
| chrisalembic
Member Username: chrisalembic Post Number: 58 Registered: 3-2009 |
My guess would be Bubinga, due to the colour and figuring. | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1242 Registered: 6-2002 |
my guess = +1 for Koa It looks alot like my '81 Distillate. Mike | ||
| pas
Intermediate Member Username: pas Post Number: 200 Registered: 3-2003 |
Bubinga - without a doubt. | ||
| kungfusheriff
Senior Member Username: kungfusheriff Post Number: 863 Registered: 8-2003 |
Bubinga. I have two koa Alembics, and yours looks nothing like mine. | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 636 Registered: 1-2005 |
Nice score! | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 988 Registered: 11-2004 |
Bubinga..look at mine in showcase(Mark King 93) or LED thread I put on here | ||
| honninscrave
New Username: honninscrave Post Number: 8 Registered: 3-2009 |
+1 on Bubinga. I have a 1985 Exploiter and yours is pretty much a dead-ringer. You can check the picture included with my profile for confirmation. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6306 Registered: 6-2000 |
Bubinga is my opinion too. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8554 Registered: 5-2002 |
My vote is for Bubinga. Very nice! Congrats!! | ||
| davwir
New Username: davwir Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2002 |
Thank you ALL! I agree, on seeing other Bubinga instruments now, it looks the same | ||
| davwir
New Username: davwir Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2002 |
any suggestions on what to use to clean this or other satin type finishes? The compound and wax Id normally use on a lacquer finish doesnt really work well for this.. | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 802 Registered: 6-2002 |
I love this stuff... Alembic supreme polish | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8571 Registered: 5-2002 |
David; Mica's post on finish care can be found here. | ||
| dfung60
Advanced Member Username: dfung60 Post Number: 393 Registered: 5-2002 |
Hey, did you know your bass had an older brother? The family resemblance is striking!   I think mine is older than yours (serial is 83 2731), since I have the older flat top pickups. I had assumed that this top was rosewood, but I would probably also agree that it's bubinga because of the straight grain and big open pores. I believe Bubinga is a member of the rosewood family, so I'm not totally wrong. Yes, I need to get a new pointy pickup selector! And before anybody asks, that round thing in the corner of the picture is a special lens cap for my camera. The white dome is a special diffuser that lets me set the white balance without a neutral target. David Fung | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8578 Registered: 5-2002 |
Very nice bass!! | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 991 Registered: 11-2004 |
david..I guess you don't like too much boom from the neck pu as you have it tilted inward away from the E & A strings??? Nice bass!!!! | ||
| dfung60
Advanced Member Username: dfung60 Post Number: 394 Registered: 5-2002 |
I do have the neck pickup tilted unevenly and both pickups are relatively far from the strings (the bridge pickup is pretty much parallel). This makes for just the right tonal balance on this bass with both pickup volumes turned up. There's no knob tweaking that made for the right balance otherwise across the full frequency range. Relatively to my other Alembics, I think the low-end output of the bridge pickup is low rather than the neck pickup being unusually bassy. This works out well for playing with a pick too. I would normally pick in between the pickups, but with the Exploiter body shape, your arm tends to scoot more toward the neck. David Fung |
