Alembic defacement!!

[Tumeni Notes]

Unbelievable,

Look what someone did to their beautiful Alembic bass!!!!

They used a permanent marker!

You can find this bass on eBay.

 

[Craig_S]

Leave it to a "lefty".


I'm kidding, I'm kidding... Sheesh! Settle down!

 

[jazz3625tonic]

Some people have funny brains..... although I bet I could clean it up just fine. Might have a harder time getting the marks off the front of the body.

 

[semajniwdoog]

If someone had to make those marks to know where they are, they, by no means should be playing an Alembic. They deserve nothing better than a Squire!

 

[Ben Lesser]

Not really a big deal. Someone can probably scoop up a good buy and then clean it up.

 

[RavynWolf]

Holy action Batman!

 

[cnltb]

If they like it, why not?

 

[JehuJava]

Are those marks next to the factory marks? Ummm...ok?

 

[JasonNL]

I'd still play it. It's not that bad and maybe even knocks a couple of bucks of the price.

 

[David Jayne]

If someone had to make those marks to know where they are, they, by no means should be playing an Alembic. They deserve nothing better than a Squire!

The owner's probably too good for a Squier.

 

[John Bigboote]

Those dots look damn-near invisible. After cleaning off the marker, the next step (if it were mine) would be having a luthier put in nice, bright side markers. Or else use the old hole-punch and glow-in-the-dark-sticker trick...

-jb

 

[Horny Toad]

eBay LINK

 

[82Daion]

OH GOD TIE THEM TO A STAKE AND BURN THEM WITH RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION

Is it really that big a deal? It'll probably come off with some rubbing alcohol. It is a poly finish, after all.

 

[JTE]

Big deal. Geez, it's a chunk of wood and metal that's made to be a tool to make music. It's not the music itself. So what if the owner needed some position markers?

I'd be more inclined to be worried about more important things than whether someone put tiny dots on their bass neck.

jte

 

[Tumeni Notes]

Two quick comments:
1) The older Alembics did not use a poly finish.
2) Some people (like me) consider basses a work of art. Thus, although it still sounds the same, it is like defacing a Rembrandt.

 

[82Daion]

Two quick comments:
1) The older Alembics did not use a poly finish.
2) Some people (like me) consider basses a work of art. Thus, although it still sounds the same, it is like defacing a Rembrandt.

It's an Epic. They've had a poly finish on them since they were first built.

You can get Sharpie off this bass. You can't get Sharpie off a Rembrandt (at least, not anywhere near as easily). Compared to some of the bad decisions I've seen people make with "boutique" instruments, this ranks pretty low on the scale.

(former owner of a '75 Series I)

 

[Tumeni Notes]

I happen to have a right-handed 1998 Alembic Epic bass and it does not have a poly coating. They started putting them on basses later on.

Also, what does it matter what the level of damage is? The simply point I was making it that it was defaced (jeez). You could have easily used masking tape to get the same results.

 

[WoodyG3]

Some people (like me) consider basses a work of art. Thus, although it still sounds the same, it is like defacing a Rembrandt.

I love good woodwork, and I get the work of art thing, but comparing an Alembic to a Rembrandt might be a stretch. Still, I agree that it's pretty silly to take a magic marker to a nice bass. Why not use a little sticker or something that can easily be removed and that won't leave any damage?

 

[82Daion]

I happen to have a right-handed 1998 Alembic Epic bass and it does not have a poly coating. They started putting them on basses later on.

Also, what does it matter what the level of damage is? The simply point I was making it that it was defaced (jeez). You could have easily used masking tape to get the same results.

Ask Mica-all Epic basses have had a poly finish. The earliest ones had a coating that was formulated to simulate an oil finish, but it's still poly. Yours may have been custom-ordered with something else, but that doesn't apply to the entire model line.

Regardless, my point was that the bass in the auction, being a '98 and having been manufactured several years into the production run, isn't "early" and is likely to have a poly finish. With that in mind, it would be no big deal to remove the "defacement."

 

[dreadheadbass]

whats wrong with it? big deal its got some marker on it easy washed off looks like the dude used it to help mark his frets

how come people whine about this but go mad over a "relic" bass that dave from the garage has ruined with a band sander?