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tbrannon
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 266
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 5:11 pm:   Edit Post

This poor thing has seen a rough life- body looks to be in decent shape and the seller says all the guts are intact. Somebody went Franken-idiot on this.
Ouch
kungfusheriff
Senior Member
Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 574
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 9:15 pm:   Edit Post

Not as rough as my ex-'84 Spoiler but close. Who buys an Alembic and bypasses the electronics, let alone puts clown-nose knobs on the poor bass?
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 1917
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 9:35 pm:   Edit Post

I would imagine that the low impedance pickups, without a preamp, would put out a rather weak signal.

Bill, tgo
88persuader
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Username: 88persuader

Post Number: 243
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 9:57 pm:   Edit Post

It's a sin!!!! I'd buy it if it were a 5 string and send it back to Alembic for a re-build.
bassjigga
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Username: bassjigga

Post Number: 81
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 9:35 am:   Edit Post

The knobs are no big deal. That's an easy change. But why would anyone want to bypass the alembic pre? Especially when all you have to do is leave the filter wide open if you don't want the sound changed at all...
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1020
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 9:41 am:   Edit Post

I thought the same thing David. Unless he was having problems with the pre-amp or something.

The only other thing I could think of is "what a PUTZ."
inthelows
Advanced Member
Username: inthelows

Post Number: 217
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 10:46 am:   Edit Post

I emailed the seller to find out more info.
We'll see what happens.
NLP
tbrannon
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 270
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 11:06 am:   Edit Post

I emailed asking for pictures of the control cavity.

If they get emailed to me and not posted to the auction, I'll add them here.

BTW: If anybody else is thinking of bidding, I'm not interested in the bass- just curious.
inthelows
Advanced Member
Username: inthelows

Post Number: 220
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 7:06 pm:   Edit Post

Here's what I got..
"electronics are intact but have been disconnected.controls are orig.vol a little low because it is wired to output jack."
That was the email answer I received. No other pictures yet.
NLP
kungfusheriff
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Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 576
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 10:34 pm:   Edit Post

We call that "spin" in my line of work.
inthelows
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Username: inthelows

Post Number: 231
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2006 - 7:42 am:   Edit Post

"SPIN".. is that like willie go round in circles?
NLP
edwin
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Username: edwin

Post Number: 203
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2006 - 10:20 pm:   Edit Post

I have to say that I love Alembic electronics, but the real magic is in the wood. Electronics are fixable and if the wood is good, the bass is good. I am tempted here.....


Edwin
edwin
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Username: edwin

Post Number: 204
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2006 - 10:22 pm:   Edit Post

I have to say that I love Alembic electronics, but the real magic is in the wood. Electronics are fixable and if the wood is good, the bass is good. I am tempted here.....

Don't like the negative feedbacks, though.

Edwin
inthelows
Advanced Member
Username: inthelows

Post Number: 236
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Saturday, December 23, 2006 - 8:18 pm:   Edit Post

A lot of the neg's are for defective equipment not described as such in the eyes of the buyer.
I agree, if the wood is ok the electronics can be repaired/ replaced. At this time the price isn't too bad @ $700.
I would still love to know why anyone would gut the electronics.
NLP
hifiguy
Member
Username: hifiguy

Post Number: 59
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 4:11 pm:   Edit Post

Probably because the person in question is about as smart as a sack of hammers and has no taste. You can't improve on an Alembic unless you send it back to the Mothership for an upgrade.

In the words of the great philosopher B. Bunny, "What a maroon, what an im-bess-ile!"
eflat
New
Username: eflat

Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Friday, December 29, 2006 - 8:23 am:   Edit Post

It looks like it sold for just over 1k, what would it cost to have it gone over by the folks at Alembic? I didn't buy it, I am just curious. It is a beautiful bass and I was tempted...
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 4666
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 - 9:02 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Gary; welcome to the board! There really wasn't enough information to get a good idea about this bass. We don't know what condition the electronics were in; nor do we know what condition the finish was in. At a grand, this may have turned out to be a good deal; or it may have needed a refinish and new guts; or it may be somewhere in between. But I kinda see what you're getting at. This is the type bass where you might win the auction and ship it straight to Santa Rosa; have them look it over and call you up with the verdict. The nice thing about that is you can get some upgrades while you're there and end up with a really nice and personalized bass.

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