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HELP! Unknown made in usa (?) bass please identify
- Thread starter natas
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I really don't think it's either brand. Where did you see this? Without any info my guess is that it's someone's project.
Good call, faux Alembic. Is it just me or is the pickup a little crooked? The bridge looks a little off center as well.
OUCH! serialnumber pic upside-down, fakeissima logo, bridge off, pickup crooked, missing string, noname tuners and bridge, badly mounted strings...
Hate to be the gloomy gus, but the "USA" does not necessarily mean it was made in the good 'ol United States. The whole thing is a hot ass mess IMO.
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I would have liked it quite a bit had the builder gotten it straight. Agree, on the color, too, kind of a burgundy / wine.
As an Alembic superfan, I hope whoever built this bass that doesn't even deserve the term "knockoff" gets caught and is forced to halt production.
I think there's a reason the E string is missing, it looks like it would have been nearly off the fretboard if it was centered on the pickup pole. As it is it looks like the G string nearly runs off the board on the other side. This may be the worst copy of a great bass I've ever seen. I wouldn't take it for free!
This one is definitely off, no doubt about that! Let's hope the builder did better next time or gave up. Sad, it's nice wood, nice color, and he came kinda close (from a distance). Devil's in the details, as they say.
Very interesting...
I mailed Mica from Alembic about this bass and she thinks it can be a highly modified Epic.
Serial number checks out to be a short scale Epic sold in the Philippines, body would have been Mahogany with Birds eye Maple top...
So according to Mica it can be an original neck with replaced body (and electronics/hardware)
She wonders what happened to this poor guy...
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No TB members from the Metro Manila area to check this out? Could be a steal for about $250 if it has an Alembic neck.
Very interesting...
I mailed Mica from Alembic about this bass and she thinks it can be a highly modified Epic.
Serial number checks out to be a short scale Epic sold in the Philippines, body would have been Mahogany with Birds eye Maple top...
So according to Mica it can be an original neck with replaced body (and electronics/hardware)
She wonders what happened to this poor guy...
Oh, now that would just be sad.
But if so, yeah, the neck alone is worth the price. Toss the rest and start over, perhaps.
I think you're joking. Alembic wouldn't put the screw holes right on the glue seam, like on the back of that headstock.
