For sale Alembic Smith Fodera, Roscoe, Conklin, Smith

DougD · Aug 1, 2017

I'll take the 7string roscoe

ivlucas · Aug 1, 2017

jeffthebassist · Aug 2, 2017

Thanks for all the interest.
All 3 BT6Gs and the Roscoe7 have been sold.

jeffthebassist · Aug 5, 2017

More pictures as requested, thanks for the PMs.

Ferniff · Aug 7, 2017

Not that I can afford any of these so consider this a bump post, but I'd like to know more about that Alembic. I never saw one like that before.

jeffthebassist · Aug 8, 2017

Thanks for asking and the bump, this is a unique bass. In September of 1981 I ordered a Smith IIG Artist model from Ken in New York at his place on 13th St. At that time Vinnie worked at Ken's shop in Brooklyn. After the bass was completed by Ken I sent it to Ron at Alembic. The electronics are the same that I had in my short scale Alembic, I think now they are called series one electronics.

DougD · Aug 8, 2017

I bet that Smith/alembic sounds fantastic..

jeffthebassist · Aug 8, 2017

DougD said:
I bet that Smith/alembic sounds fantastic..

It sure does.
That Roscoe sounds awesome too.

raal · Aug 8, 2017

mind blowing collection ... what year is the fretless smith, string spacing and wood combination? is she a full NT or NT + back laminate?

Basshappi · Aug 8, 2017

Holy Toledo!

DougD · Aug 9, 2017

DougD said:
I bet that Smith/alembic sounds fantastic..

I can't wait to bond with another Roscoe

jeffthebassist · Aug 9, 2017

raal said:
what year is the fretless smith

The walnut fretless BT6G is from 1990. It is a neck through and has Ken's standard string spacing. This bass has been sold, thank you

manueljauregui · Aug 9, 2017

hi, if you wouldn't mind me asking.....where is the roscoe 6 fretless neckthrough in the pics?.....can't seem to spot it

(Roscoe Fretless 6, Neck Thru $2200)

jeffthebassist · Aug 10, 2017

manueljauregui said:
.where is the roscoe 6 fretless neckthrough in the pics?

Thanks for asking. Here are some more pictures. Yes it is fretless, very cool. And note that it is neck- through, again very cool.

manueljauregui · Aug 10, 2017

oh my, never seen a neckthrough roscoe, and with Spetzel tuners, my favorite!......do you know the year it was made?....also, can't recognize the body type, which determines the model name, could you please specify?

manueljauregui · Aug 10, 2017

I said Spetzel but I meant Sperzel.....I haven't had any dinner yet, hence the projection of desire

jeffthebassist · Aug 10, 2017

I never have seen a neck-through Roscoe either. This is a unique bass unfortunately I do not know the year and model number.

Gard · Aug 11, 2017

manueljauregui said:
oh my, never seen a neckthrough roscoe, and with Spetzel tuners, my favorite!......do you know the year it was made?....also, can't recognize the body type, which determines the model name, could you please specify?

Hello, I'm here to help.

What you have here is an SKB 5006 model, it would have been made in about 1995-6, there are only about 6 of these in existence.

The full details are a bit sketchy, as records from before about 2000 or so are pretty much non-existent, but we have had a few come through for repairs and updates, and I seem to recall this one having been here sometime in the past 10 years or so. Good instruments, everyone has played and sounded fantastic - we just didn't build many because of the combination of difficulty and lack of market interest in them.

If there's anything else I can do to help with info on this, let me know and I'll be happy to do what I can.

jeffthebassist · Aug 11, 2017

Gard said:
Hello, I'm here to help.

Thank you Gard.

manueljauregui · Aug 11, 2017

Gard said:
Hello, I'm here to help.

What you have here is an SKB 5006 model, it would have been made in about 1995-6, there are only about 6 of these in existence.

The full details are a bit sketchy, as records from before about 2000 or so are pretty much non-existent, but we have had a few come through for repairs and updates, and I seem to recall this one having been here sometime in the past 10 years or so. Good instruments, everyone has played and sounded fantastic - we just didn't build many because of the combination of difficulty and lack of market interest in them.

If there's anything else I can do to help with info on this, let me know and I'll be happy to do what I can.

thank you so much!

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