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davehouck
Advanced Member
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 321
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 5:58 am:   Edit Post

A nice big piece of quilted maple.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2373333159&category=16222
bracheen
Intermediate Member
Username: bracheen

Post Number: 128
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 6:05 am:   Edit Post

Paul, I need that stocking, brother!
Wow!
senmen
Intermediate Member
Username: senmen

Post Number: 199
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 6:36 am:   Edit Post

Wow,
this is what I call Quilted!!!

Great
Oliver (Spyderman)
palembic
Senior Member
Username: palembic

Post Number: 899
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 8:14 am:   Edit Post

***sigh***
However ...I would only go for such a thing AFTER I got an acoustic one.
Do you know someone who actually played such a bass

Paul the bad one
goatfoot
Junior
Username: goatfoot

Post Number: 12
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 9:22 am:   Edit Post

That's a really nice bass. If I didn't just buy my BB I'd be really tempted to put in a bid. I wonder what the sale price will be or if it will even sell.

A Classico was the first Alembic I really wanted. I once emailed Mica about a demo model that they had on the site. But even the discounted price was too much then.

I've never heard one played or have known anyone who owned one. My bass teacher in DE was a big Alembic fan. He sold me my first Alembic and got me hooked on them. However, he preferred the sound of the NS-design EUB to the Classico.

No other EUB compares in beauty to the Classico. Well, maybe the A-bass EUB comes close (http://www.abasses.com/upright.html).

And I would consider getting an EUB before a doghouse. An EUB is much easier to play than an acoustic and much easier to adjust to from an electric. The action on an EUB is better and (in most cases - though not with the Classico) you don't need to play in "thumb position" on the upper part of the fretboard. In most cases, you need to amplify an acoustic to be heard anyway. And with an EUB you don't need to worry about feedback.

Kevin

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