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Author Message hieronymous Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 793 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 11:57 am:    Haven't done a thread like this in a while. Let's share pics of the headstocks of our beloved Alembics! I'll start with a two-fer: Knobby pegheads on my '75 doubleneck! OK, show 'em what ya got! toma_hawk01 Junior Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 31 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 1:42 pm:    If Alembic basses could talk... "Tommy, you see what I see..." "Yeah, Shorty, one big happy family of cool Alembics..." "Yeah, it's too cool bro..." (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on July 10, 2010) tbrannon Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1195 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 2:03 pm:    I see the tomahawk has received some preventive padding! Both of these basses have moved onto other homes, but here are the two I've had: rraymond Advanced Member Username: rraymond Post Number: 376 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 5:27 pm:    Proud to provide "Mica Supplied" shots. Mark King Deluxe with Fan headstock, and Excel. The Elan and Series 1 had to make due with my photographic and editing skills! (Message edited by rraymond on July 10, 2010) hieronymous Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 794 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 6:59 pm:    Awesome! Keep 'em coming! Here's the cone headstock from my first Alembic, a Spoiler Exploiter: mg1125 Junior Username: mg1125 Post Number: 28 Registered: 5-2010 Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 7:06 pm:    I thought showing my 1997 Essence [moderator's edit: format] (Message edited by davehouck on July 16, 2010) pace Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 579 Registered: 4-2004 Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 8:33 pm:    SWEEET! adriaan Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2531 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 2:02 am:    Here's my happy couple of cone heads ... room037 Advanced Member Username: room037 Post Number: 328 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 4:01 am:    Here are my 76' and 77' Fan head with 88' JJ sig. that I owned. Eiji room037 Advanced Member Username: room037 Post Number: 329 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 4:27 am:    And unusual two Cone heads Eiji crobbins Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 650 Registered: 6-2004 Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 12:30 pm:    tmoney61092 Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 392 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 1:27 pm:    Mike Pace, thats a pretty awesome neck recipe you have going on there! ~Taylor (Message edited by tmoney61092 on July 11, 2010) dfung60 Senior Member Username: dfung60 Post Number: 433 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 5:06 pm:    Here's my headstocks: Graphite Series 1, seen here recently in another thread: Series Exploiter with a nice cone: Series 8-String knobby: Series II 5-string: My bass is the one on the the Series II product page. This isn't the best headstock photo, but the back is pretty interesting: This instrument is 35" scale, but I think that somebody may have missed that early on on the work order. The scarf joint is really extended on this bass, way past the headstock and down into the fingerboard area which you can see on the back. When I first received this bass, the thinnest point of the neck was actually underneath the first fret area, sort of a negative volute that screamed "break neck here". We did a neck profile rework on this instrument after the first completion which included some additional veneer layers on the back of the headstock so the headstock didn't seem quite so precarious. There was never any negative effect on the sustain or tone before or after, but it did look pretty scary from the side. Nobody but Alembic could have done a fix like this. I requested that Alembic do this bass with ebony neck laminates; this bass is the origin of today's ebony neck lam option. David Fung lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4487 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 - 7:23 am:    Some of mine: Bill, tgo shae Junior Username: shae Post Number: 21 Registered: 10-2007 Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 - 11:45 am:    Here's the headstock from my 86 Persuader. (Message edited by shae on July 12, 2010) kenbass4 Advanced Member Username: kenbass4 Post Number: 372 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 - 12:38 pm:    Ok, here we go (Paul TBO, please forgive me...) jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2642 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 4:40 am:    mine.. Graeme byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 1263 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 11:03 pm:    jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2643 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 3:12 am:    Love that bevelled edge and the small omega Brad. Graeme serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 769 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 5:19 am:    30 Head stocks? jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2645 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 5:21 am:    That doesn't count keavin. We need close-ups :-) Graeme jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2023 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 11:21 am:    Keavin, everytime I see one of those pics I can't help wondering if I could get a strike with a ten pin bowling ball.. hahaha ;-) Jazzyvee pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 635 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:03 pm:    ok let's go: my first SC deluxe from 2004 my first and last MK5 (too heavy), sold my second SC deluxe from 2008 my MK4 deluxe my Koa series II, gold plated hardware...waaaw... pierreyves Senior Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 636 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:04 pm:    ooops, double post sorry! (Message edited by pierreyves on July 14, 2010) pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 482 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 4:32 pm:    84 Distillate - zebrawood - Hipshot on the E harald_rost Intermediate Member Username: harald_rost Post Number: 198 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 12:34 am:    1976 Series 1 Lacewood Top and back eligilam Advanced Member Username: eligilam Post Number: 274 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 10:30 am:    The winner is byoung! crgaston Senior Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 600 Registered: 11-2005 Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 8:01 pm:    Closeups... And while they're all awesome, Pace, Bill and Brad have got the front-runners, IMHO. (Message edited by crgaston on July 15, 2010) honninscrave Junior Username: honninscrave Post Number: 17 Registered: 3-2009 Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 8:38 pm:    My Exploiter's bubinga cone peghead.... fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1136 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Friday, July 16, 2010 - 9:06 am:    Remember Kurgan's advise: Don't lose your head :-) Her are my current 4: '83 Spoiler: '88 Spoiler: '90 Elan: '06 Custom: tbrannon Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1207 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Friday, July 16, 2010 - 9:34 am:    Charles' dragonfly always gets me and I love that inlayed shell on his logo davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9450 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, July 16, 2010 - 4:11 pm:    kilowatt Intermediate Member Username: kilowatt Post Number: 119 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 6:39 am:    Here is my Series II Regards, Pete jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2036 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 10:31 am:    Stanley Signature Deluxe Orion Guitar Europa5 Elan plus 4 Dragon Magic Series I Jazzyvee pace Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 585 Registered: 4-2004 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 1:29 pm:    Pete, good to see ya around these parts! Dave, is the headstock on your 6 thinner than the norm? I had them use a guitar-sized crown on mine. tmoney61092 Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 400 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 1:53 pm:    what does the fret x do, Jazzyvee? ~Taylor davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9456 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 2:02 pm:    Mike; I believe it's just the standard six string bass crown. kilowatt Intermediate Member Username: kilowatt Post Number: 120 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 2:05 pm:    Mike, I stop in every day or so to do a little reading, but there are so many people on this site that know more than I do. I would love to see everyone get together soon. I would really like to jam with you on that pedal steel. One of my favorite instruments! Hope all is well. Regards, Pete dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1449 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 3:49 pm:    Taylor, Jazzy has a FretFX aftermarket LED set on his Europa, That's the battery pack on the back of the headstock and the clear tube running to to the front contains the LEDs and attaches to the top of the neck. The LED array and the battery pack attach with an adhesive strip that doesn't mar the surface, but can't be shifted or transferred once it's attached. I've got them on two of my Alembics as well, and I love them (my third Alembic has the factory installed LEDs). Here's mine on my Epic (they were originally called "Hot Dotz"): and here's my Distillate: They're available in red, blue or green, are MUCH less costly than retrofitting, and use 1 or 2 AA rather than 4 9-volt batteries (depending on LED color selected). Here's a side shot of the Distillate: I don't have a headstock only shot of my fretless Epic, so here's me and my baby: Mike hieronymous Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 800 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 4:19 pm:    Mike, is that a knobby headstock on your fretless Epic, like on my doubleneck in the first pic in this thread? dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1452 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 5:19 pm:    Yes, it is Harry. Mike serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 771 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 5:52 pm:    tmoney61092 Senior Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 402 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 8:24 pm:    thanks, Mike! ~Taylor dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1453 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, July 19, 2010 - 6:30 am:    And thanks Kev, for the shot from last year's Chicago gathering. Mike mg1125 Junior Username: mg1125 Post Number: 41 Registered: 5-2010 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 4:51 pm:    This is my 1990 Spoiler headstock mc500 Junior Username: mc500 Post Number: 14 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 5:27 pm:    Guys, those look awesome. Here is my contribution. mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6830 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 9:55 am:    Wonderful! I can't seem to take a clear picture of a peghead on the shop floor. These all look great. edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 687 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 12:10 pm:    I can't wait to be able to show pictures of the headstock of my impending Series I! gregduboc Senior Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 441 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Friday, July 30, 2010 - 2:03 pm:    Stanley Clarke Deluxe: Distillate: Series I: Greg hieronymous Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 808 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Friday, July 30, 2010 - 2:19 pm:    Great! Thanks for reviving this thread with some nice shots! toma_hawk01 Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 110 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Friday, July 30, 2010 - 4:02 pm:    Greg pulls out the big guns with a Triple Double!!! Man, that bass warms me up all inside, every time I see it. Peace and Love, Hal- gregduboc Senior Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 443 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Friday, July 30, 2010 - 10:42 pm:    Thanks for the nice comments guys! Harry, I don't have a picture of my Exploiter's headstock too add to this thread, but it is basically the same as yours, so it would be sort of redundant. Hal, your compliments are always welcome! Greg dela217 Senior Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 1041 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 10:19 pm:    Here is the headstock of my 1972 Alembic. Please excuse the poor pic. I took this one with my phone. sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1186 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 10:57 pm:    Nice scalloped string nut ! longhorncat Advanced Member Username: longhorncat Post Number: 374 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Monday, August 02, 2010 - 8:53 pm:    : dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1477 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 8:32 am:    It's like the overhead shot of a water ballet! Mike mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 461 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 10:54 am:    Wow, Mike, that Epic Fretless's headstock is SO nice! dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1479 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 6:26 am:    Gracias, Mario. The maple face complements the knobby style. That bass was an Ebay find about 8 years ago. It's my main instrument in the Noah Gabriel Band. Mike gregduboc Senior Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 449 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 9:30 am:    Mike, I don't want to be a pain in the a**, but in Brazil we say "obrigado"! Greg ps. Awesome picture! dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1480 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 8:18 pm:    Obrigado Greg (sorry, I had high school Spanish many years ago and didn't know the right word in Portugese) (I hope I'm not making a complete fool of myself) Anyway, thanks for the compliment. Mike badaxe24 New Username: badaxe24 Post Number: 4 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 1:57 pm:    hieronymous Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 816 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 6:51 pm:    Finally, my Stanley Clarke Sig Standard 5-string: oddmetersam Member Username: oddmetersam Post Number: 84 Registered: 7-2008 Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 8:50 pm:    I thought I'd go for a slightly different angle on my headstock. She's a MK Sig Dlx.