Please stop my Alembic GAS !

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Author Message thebass Advanced Member Username: thebass Post Number: 205 Registered: 3-2003 Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 12:20 pm:    I guess you've all experienced this must-have-feeling when it comes to Alembic. Well here're somes pics from latest attempt to drive myself bankrupt. An 1990 medium scale Persuader with a P/J PU combination. This baby has an incredible fast neck and seems the perfect slap machine to me. After I bought this baby I lowered the string action down to 2mm without any buzz. I simply can't stop playing now and my MK has new girl friend :-) Will someone please stop me ;-) ? BTW: I'm not sure about the colour. Is this purple or burgundy or something else ? The seller wrote it reminds him on a good glass of wine. Well, I am sure the Persuader sounds better. olieoliver Advanced Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 297 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 12:28 pm:    Very Nice. Cool color too. I know wht you mean about the "Alemp-URGE" too. Caught it three times myself. olieoliver Advanced Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 298 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 1:01 pm:    I would much rather suffer from "Alemp-urge"; (the overwhelming urge to purchase an Alembic), than to suffer from "Alem-Purge"; (the need to sell an Alembic to pay bills, support a "habit"...) davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3749 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 1:28 pm:    Nice pics! The flame Maple shows through the color nicely, especially in the first picture; that's a really nice shot! bigredbass Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 770 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 6:03 pm:    That thing is drop dead mint to be '90! I love ALEMBICs in color, and with the P/J Activators in a mostly maple body, it's certainly gonna be a slappin' fool. Congratulations, I love basses that are SO unique: Just imagine you probably own the only purple Distillate in the world! J o e y thebass Advanced Member Username: thebass Post Number: 206 Registered: 3-2003 Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 11:07 pm:    Yes, the bass is in remarkable good condition, much better than you would expect from a 16 year old bass. Even the frets didn't show any sign of playing. BTW: the pics were made by the previous owner, a professional photographer. My own pics rather look like weird holiday shots :-) jazzboy621 Junior Username: jazzboy621 Post Number: 22 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2011 - 3:16 pm:    Another Beauty!!!! wishbass Member Username: wishbass Post Number: 96 Registered: 5-2011 Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 3:41 pm:    Beautiful bass!