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tmoney61092
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Username: tmoney61092

Post Number: 796
Registered: 9-2008
Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 9:54 am:   Edit Post

this is a beautiful bass

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fernandes-FAB-180-bass-guitar-Alembic-series-1-clone-copy-/280899456283?pt=Guitar&hash=item4166e98d1b#ht_642wt_932

~Taylor
sjhoffma
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Username: sjhoffma

Post Number: 241
Registered: 5-2008
Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 11:16 am:   Edit Post

Love the fact that he upgraded the pickups. Still no Series I, but for under 2 grand... why not? hah
darkstar01
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Username: darkstar01

Post Number: 420
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 4:29 pm:   Edit Post

if this wasn't on the opposite side of the country from me, I'd be all over it. pretty awesome.
yogalembic
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Username: yogalembic

Post Number: 70
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 8:15 am:   Edit Post

@ darkstar....out of curiosity---what does being on the other side of the country have to do with the purchase?
yogalembic
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Username: yogalembic

Post Number: 71
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 8:24 am:   Edit Post

This thing is amazing! I'm a newbie in regard to ownership of all things Alembic and, if I wasn't interested in (eventually) owning a Series I, I'd consider this thing.
bsee
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Username: bsee

Post Number: 2628
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 12:20 pm:   Edit Post

Odd pickup upgrade. If the internals of the bass mimic a Series I, then it's set up with the dummy. Alembic wouldn't use an AXY in that config, so I wonder how it all fits together. It obviously works since he was happy and Alembic likely knew the application when they sold him the pickups. Would this just be a little less open in tone than using proper Series pickups?
tbrannon
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1498
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 12:28 pm:   Edit Post

I can't make out much from the picture of the control cavity. So, AXY pickups with the original Kawai electronics? The listing didn't make that clear (at least to me).

Looks like a pretty cleanly built homebrew DS5!!

(Message edited by tbrannon on June 13, 2012)
bigredbass
Senior Member
Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 1878
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 12:41 pm:   Edit Post

It's just not right to look in the cavity and see foil . . . .

J o e y
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 7771
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 3:35 pm:   Edit Post

You can use AXY with Series electronics, you have to turn the hum balance controls off.
enzo
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Username: enzo

Post Number: 316
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 9:03 am:   Edit Post

Anybody bought this?

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