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Are there any Alembic owners here?

#41
I have an '85 (November 15) Spoiler. It's black. I love the spoiler in all black! I ordered it new and have been gigging with it since.

On an early gig there was a bar fight and a huge dude was knocked over right on top of the bass crushing the guitar stand, cracked the top where the jack is, headstock hit a cymbol taking a nice chunk out of it and a few dents in the back. All four strings were 1/2 step flat but still in tune with itself.

Alembic needed $900 to fix it so I had a local luthier do it for a fraction of that. It has served me well for 20+ years. Always cuts through, I always have always gotten possitive coments from other players and band members on the sound of the old girl. I think it plays better now than it did new.

I'll take some pics and post them. There is already one in the thread about high end basses doing regular gigs, but I'm in the picture too. Sorry.
 
#43
Beautiful Basses! Here's my 1979 Series II. It has the Modulus neck.
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Cheers,
Jim
 
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#45
Lessee here: I have an Epic 4 modded with a AXY in the middle and Two Orion fretlesses one in walnut with custom pickups and one in colo bolo with regular MXY pickup placing. Both have the Europa preamp. I also have an 8 string in Ocean Blue. You can see it as the April 2002 custom of the month at the Alembic site. I love mine to death and I'm always gassing for more. If one company can option you to death it those guys. I love 'em!
 
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#47
I have a LEFTY 1998 Orion, mahogany body, cocobolo top, 3-piece maple neck, ebony f/b, and the traditional pine cone head. Look at The Mule's second photo and put the cone head on it, then hold it up to a mirror - that one's mine. :smug:

It stays in tune better than any bass I have ever seen. Seriously. I play it, take a weekend off, play a dive or two with a "cheaper" bass, then pick up the Alembic after three or four weeks and it is still in perfect tune. Really a piece of work. I feel like the Mule - they will either bury me with it, or I will make some left-handed kid VERY happy when I die.
:)
 
#50
I just picked up a 6 string Epic with the sweetest burl walnut top I've ever seen. Seems a bit heavy, but it sustains forever, has super low action and those Alembic pickups are amazing. We all owe the Wickershams a lot of thanks for what they have done for the bass community in regard to electronics. As soon as I get a picture I'll post it. Seriously, you've never seen a more beautiful top on a bass!
 
#52
iamlowsound said:
I hate Alembic, but only because they put cheep plastic knobs on their basses. I mean if I am going to be paying out the arse for a bass it should have nice knobs. Other than that they are great.

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They can make knobs out of anything you want. Literally. Also the plastic knobs they use have a brass nut that when tightened, clamps a collet around the knob shaft. It's better quality than the push on style knobs many makers use. Love to thee!
 

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