| Author | Message | ||
| white_cloud
Advanced Member Username: white_cloud Post Number: 318 Registered: 11-2007 |
Beautiful MK standard in quilted maple on ebay.co.uk (yes you got it, I still dont know how to post links!) This looks like another heartbreaker for me, quilted maple is my favourite top. Realistic price of BIN £2000. John. | ||
| speicky
Advanced Member Username: speicky Post Number: 261 Registered: 3-2005 |
here it is... very nice, John, a true heartbreaker, get it while you can ! Christian | ||
| speicky
Advanced Member Username: speicky Post Number: 262 Registered: 3-2005 |
ooh, and here is a link how to format link posts...  enjoy ! | ||
| karl
Intermediate Member Username: karl Post Number: 130 Registered: 7-2002 |
Yes, I was the first owner of this one, from 2001 to 2006, when I got a new car, found she wouldn't fit in it, so had to trade her in for an SC. Beautiful bass in every respect - was absolutely mint when I passed her on, and it looks like the subsequent owner has looked after her very well. Please somebody make sure she goes to a good home! :-) K. | ||
| white_cloud
Advanced Member Username: white_cloud Post Number: 323 Registered: 11-2007 |
Price has dropped to a buy it now of £1800! This one has come at the wrong time for me - I would have it a few months down the line! John. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 6291 Registered: 5-2002 |
And it has sold with BIN. | ||
| ulisalm
Junior Username: ulisalm Post Number: 20 Registered: 2-2005 |
Hi everybody, and here is the wonderful Mark King, arrived today from Great Britain! It looks and plays great, I really love it and there is a great Cocobolo Excel coming soon. I bought it on eBay USA some days ago and then, together with my 88 Persuader 5-String, we have a little Alembic family here in Hamburg. Bass regards to all you guys of the Alembic family Uli www.myspace.com/rudolfrock www.rudolfrock.com   (Message edited by davehouck on March 06, 2008) | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1109 Registered: 6-2002 |
What a fantastic collection of strings there. I notice you have a ritter. I love the look of them and have been curious as to how they sound. Unfortunately I've never seen one in the flesh nor heard one. Do you know any records that are made with a ritter so I can hear the sound? Jazzyvee | ||
| ulisalm
Junior Username: ulisalm Post Number: 21 Registered: 2-2005 |
Hi Jazzyvee, I got the Ritter only 2 month ago. It really sounds wonderful and plays great. I visited Jens Ritter twice, but I bought this 5-string on eBay in the USA. For our recordings I always use my old Fenders. But on our myspace site, you can hear one song called "Sitzen aufm Sofa" (Sitting on the Sofa), a german version of an old Kinks Song, played with a Fender Precision with a Jazz neck and an Alembic Pickup. That one really sounds great too! Regards from Hamburg Uli | ||
| artswork99
Advanced Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 299 Registered: 7-2007 |
Hi Uli, What a beautiful collection!!! Play them Healthy! Art | ||
| hankster
Intermediate Member Username: hankster Post Number: 165 Registered: 6-2004 |
Uli, is that an old Les Paul bass off in the left hand corner of the second picture? Rick | ||
| ulisalm
Junior Username: ulisalm Post Number: 22 Registered: 2-2005 |
Hi Art & Rick, I will take care of all my instruments, I love them all and my Alembics even much more! I collect for more then 30 years and own more than 200 basses, guitars and amps now, you can say, I`m a little bass crazy. The bass on the second photo is a Pearl from 1974, a copy of a Les Paul Bass. Nice, but you can`t compare it with a real Les Paul Bass. Bass regards from Hamburg Uli | ||
| ulisalm
Junior Username: ulisalm Post Number: 23 Registered: 2-2005 |
...and here come some pictures...    | ||
| artswork99
Advanced Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 304 Registered: 7-2007 |
Bass Heaven, that's for sure! | ||
| karl
Intermediate Member Username: karl Post Number: 131 Registered: 7-2002 |
Hi Uli, Congratulations! My old Alembic looks very happy there in your fine collection! I'm glad she's gone to a good home! And is that a Jaydee I see in there, just behind the Gibson six-string? All the best! Karl | ||
| white_cloud
Advanced Member Username: white_cloud Post Number: 328 Registered: 11-2007 |
Quite a selection of basses! How on earth do you decide wich one to play? By the time I had made that decision I would have ran out of my allocated time Well done with the purchase, good luck with it! John. | ||
| ulisalm
Junior Username: ulisalm Post Number: 24 Registered: 2-2005 |
Hi Karl, hi John, thanks for the good wishes! I played the MK at the weekend for several hours with different amps and speakers, its really one of my very best basses. I love the sound, it plays great and really love the typical Alembic look! The bass you ask for is a 84 JayDee. Very nice bass too, but I think, I will sell it and buy an Alembic Distillate, thats what I`m looking for since some month! All the best Uli | ||
| white_cloud
Advanced Member Username: white_cloud Post Number: 330 Registered: 11-2007 |
I think that Jaydee basses are largely Alembic inspired (fair enough!) basses of a reasonably good standard - but I have to agree, a Distillate would be better! I have wanted a Distillate forever but here in the UK they are like "hens teeth" so to speak! Good luck Uli, John. |
