| Author | Message | ||
| elwoodblue
Junior Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 43 Registered: 6-2002 |
this is pretty...everything seeems to be in order; http://cgi.ebay.com/2001-ALEMBIC-MARK-KING-COCOBOLO-4-OMEGA-TAIL_W0QQitemZ7419837327QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 589 Registered: 6-2002 |
Yep, That's club member pmoran's "Mandarin" with THG knobs. He just got a Europa. I guess he's following the malthumb theory of Alembic ownership and trading up.  Mike (Message edited by dadabass2001 on June 02, 2006) | ||
| pmoran
Intermediate Member Username: pmoran Post Number: 155 Registered: 12-2004 |
hey, guys. yep, it's my cocobolo MK. i play metal/hard rock and the signature electronics along w/the weight of the bass quite frankly just too much bass for me. i've discovered the europa electronics and those 2 boost switches are perfect for my style music. the tapered neck is also a great feature. so, i'm selling the MK and i'm looking for a good, used series, cutting out the signature electronics option from the middle of my stable of basses. my surines cover that spectrum of sound. so, i'm not giving up on alembics. i'm just going the electronics dial-in sound of europa at one end and series at the other. that should pretty much provide me w/every option i need when deciding what i'm going to play to get a particular sound. i really hate giving up this cocobolo top, though. god, it's gorgeous in person! it's kind of like an experience i had when i was 14 and i caddied for dean martin in a golf tournament. he was messing around w/inger stevens, the actress and she was w/him the whole week. she rode in a cart w/his 4some. so, i'd stand holding dean's golf bag next to the cart and inger would talk to me w/the swedish accent she hid on tv and in the movies. it was intoxicating! i'm 52 and i can still remember exactly how she spoke, looked and smelled! i think some alembics are like incredibly beautiful women. they weave a spell and this damn bass is absolutely bewitching. the first time you actually see it, you're just stunned! | ||
| pmoran
Intermediate Member Username: pmoran Post Number: 156 Registered: 12-2004 |
it sold w/BIN to a guy in indiana. i'm going to miss this bass. say, mike, why do you call it a "mandarin"? just curious. | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 592 Registered: 6-2002 |
Patrick, That was what Paul TBO (palembic) nicknamed it in an earlier thread, based on the design in the coco bolo looking like a chinese face with a Fu Manchu moustache. Doing a search on the club reveals six prior threads about the bass. Mike | ||
| pmoran
Intermediate Member Username: pmoran Post Number: 157 Registered: 12-2004 |
wow, i didn't know it was famous. it's still here. the buyer paid w/an echeck and paypal says not to ship it until the echeck clears, which is june 7. i had already put it in the case to send it off. i'll have to take another look.............by gosh, you're right. it's kind of like the "man in the moon." i didn't know there were 6 threads on this bass. | ||
| olieoliver
Advanced Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 362 Registered: 2-2006 |
That guy in Indiana buying your MK just might have saved my marriage. I was real close to hit th BIN when he did. "WHEW" LOL |
