| Author | Message | ||
| klinkepeter
Member Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 76 Registered: 2-2008 |
Hi folks, i got this one last week from a bassist in belgium, nice guy and a good player as well. He made me a great deal on it, this bass is from 1990 and is still in a great shape. There is only one issue at the upper horn, where a pre-owner screwed a whole for a strap (very dumb), he felt probably uncomfortable with the regular strap position of the short scale alembics. I have a luthier who will make it almost invisible. Anything else is just like new. It has red side dots. The neck is unbelievable to play,i never held a bass like this into my hands. The bass is still tuned A D G C (thatīs tenor, isnīt it?) and sounds 100% like Stanleys shorty. So finally i got 4 alembics (2 seriesI, 1 custom made and this one) and each sounds different, very unique but still always like an alembic. Here comes the pictures:  | ||
| klinkepeter
Member Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 77 Registered: 2-2008 |
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| klinkepeter
Member Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 78 Registered: 2-2008 |
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| klinkepeter
Member Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 79 Registered: 2-2008 |
this should have been the next pic.. (Message edited by klinkepeter on November 25, 2012) | ||
| klinkepeter
Member Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 80 Registered: 2-2008 |
here it is  | ||
| klinkepeter
Member Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 81 Registered: 2-2008 |
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| klinkepeter
Member Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 82 Registered: 2-2008 |
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| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2722 Registered: 5-2009 |
Erste klasse ! What a nice Series II ! Congratulations | ||
| artswork99
Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1809 Registered: 7-2007 |
Very nice! Congratulations Peter, Play it Healthy! Art | ||
| hammer
Advanced Member Username: hammer Post Number: 284 Registered: 9-2009 |
Beautiful bass that appears to be in great condition. Congratulations!! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10954 Registered: 5-2002 |
Very nice! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3311 Registered: 6-2002 |
Fantastic looking bass and congratulations on your purchase. Jazzyvee | ||
| charles_holmes
Advanced Member Username: charles_holmes Post Number: 231 Registered: 3-2009 |
Damn...das a nasty bass dere mon! | ||
| musashi
Intermediate Member Username: musashi Post Number: 176 Registered: 5-2004 |
We Really Like. | ||
| mario_farufyno
Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 869 Registered: 9-2008 |
those little knobs are? | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3317 Registered: 6-2002 |
Those knobs are the CVQ. I seem to recall Afrobeatfool has them on his short scale Series II bass also. Jazzyvee | ||
| afrobeat_fool
Senior Member Username: afrobeat_fool Post Number: 503 Registered: 7-2009 |
That is correct. I like them Very much, thank you. I think of them like this.... Instead of having a 3 way toggle switch between high and low pass filter, you have a continuous turn of the dial so you have ALL the filter without having to find the sweet spot on each setting. Great for on the fly adjustment on stage! Nick | ||
| growlypants
Junior Username: growlypants Post Number: 32 Registered: 3-2011 |
...errr, what-the-heck ever!! That's still one fine looking bass!! | ||
| mario_farufyno
Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 872 Registered: 9-2008 |
Oh, it ended very elegant, fine! | ||
| klinkepeter
Intermediate Member Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 101 Registered: 2-2008 |
Ur both right jazzyvee and afrobet fool, thatīs what the knobs are all about. Meanwhile i can say, the bass is the best sounding Alembic i have ( iīve got 4), the only one problem is, lights on stage or everywhere else create sometimes a lot of noise, i have to get this fixed, it is really disturbing, thanks god in the studio it is ok. | ||
| that_sustain
Intermediate Member Username: that_sustain Post Number: 107 Registered: 8-2012 |
I especially like the headstock. I gotta get me a shortie one fine day. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3339 Registered: 6-2002 |
There is an RF Interference Upgrade you can get from alembic to fix that noise problem. Jazzyvee | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1407 Registered: 10-2006 |
But first, make sure you're plugged into a different circuit than the lights (not just a different outlet, a different circuit). Stage lighting usually = rheostats, and rheostats = noise. Peter | ||
| klinkepeter
Intermediate Member Username: klinkepeter Post Number: 102 Registered: 2-2008 |
Thx for all advises, Peter i know about that, especially in theaters it is sometimes heavy because they have all the plugs in one circuit, then i use my custom made alembic with EMW electronics, that one is crystal clear. Once a while, when i come back to california iīll do the upgrade, even it might change the sound a little bit, what it probably does as Jimmy Johnson told me about his 5 string. Meanwhile i have a first version of the music video we did in LA summer last year, itīs not the final cut but it is very funny, check it out....! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ed37zTNWQ4 |
