| Author | Message | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 467 Registered: 5-2006 |
Says "Best sounding custom Alembic ever made"...: Click here  | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4442 Registered: 6-2000 |
Um, no. | ||
| the_mule
Senior Member Username: the_mule Post Number: 612 Registered: 1-2004 |
Pickups and electronics seem to be genuine..? Wilfred | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 468 Registered: 5-2006 |
Here's another picture:  | ||
| bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 1544 Registered: 3-2004 |
After-hours special? | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1248 Registered: 2-2006 |
Maybe "after HAPPY-hour" special. Weird body shape. | ||
| 88persuader
Advanced Member Username: 88persuader Post Number: 301 Registered: 5-2004 |
Is it neck through construction? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4443 Registered: 6-2000 |
The pickups look like SC-1/AXY pickups and have the expected type of mounting. I can't tell if the electronics are Alembic, can't see 'em. The tailpiece and bridge don't look quite right to me. The logo isn't right. No comment on the body shape. Neck to body area of the neck is also not in our style. Serial number? I've never seen this instrument before, so I sorta doubt from the claimed age it's one that was made here. My guess is that some of the parts were used from a Series I bass that may have suffered some irrepairable damage. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Intermediate Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 130 Registered: 10-2006 |
Hey, Flip, can you do a crop-and-zoom on the headstock like you did the body? I can't figure out how to do it, and I'd like to see the logo if we could. Thanks. Peter | ||
| byoung
Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 601 Registered: 12-2004 |
Don't crop the headstock. I can't stand all those jiggery-pokery string ends.  Bradley | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4444 Registered: 6-2000 |
Zooming probably won't reveal much for the peghead. It looks like a Roman numeral 10 from here. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4953 Registered: 5-2002 |
"Helaas. Deze advertentie is verwijderd." | ||
| byoung
Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 602 Registered: 12-2004 |
Mica, What's really important is that it would magnify all those jangly bits. Aaaaaaaaaaugh! My eye! Bradley | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 469 Registered: 5-2006 |
I've emailed the seller yesterday and also asked for a serial number, no response yet... "My guess is that some of the parts were used from a Series I bass that may have suffered some irrepairable damage." I was thinking the same, the bridge could be genuine I guess? (hard to see) and the truss rod cover looks like an early '80s (though easy to replicate). I also thought I've seen a tailpiece like this here on the board somewhere... I don't think it's a modified "bird tail piece" The screws are too far apart. "Helaas. Deze advertentie is verwijderd." Unfortunately, the ad has been removed, for those who can't read Dutch ;-) I did report this bass and send the seller a link to this thread, maybe Mica also asked the seller to remove the ad? It's unlikely the bass was sold... It's only been on that site for a few hours. (Message edited by fc_spoiler on April 14, 2007) | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 471 Registered: 5-2006 |
It's relisted as "one of a kind bass" Click here I requested some pics of the electronics and hardware. It was sold to the seller as an Alembic, he never checked if it was genuine. |
