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Show me your Alembics
- Thread starter echo008
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tbrannon said:I'm not sure I could handle a Series I- My Rogue has Signature electronics (along with the Bass-Treble quick change switches) and I find that I am constantly tweaking tone- I'd drive myself crazy with a Series bass.
How's that graphite sound?
To be honest I really wish I had more direct control over bass and mids. The filters are great to pinpointing specific frequencies but I'd love to have one more on each pickup and with less preamp gain overall but but more boost/cut per filter
It would be knob-tastic!
Compared to a wood necked Series 1 I'd say there's more sub-lows and upper mid range. (Same comparison between my MM Stingray and Cutlass basses too.)
I love hooking the Series 1 up to my old 70's Burman valve heads and doing Led Zep or ELP tracks. A heeeeeeyooooooooooj sound comes out! Its like being beaten up by your eardrums.
Sweet basses. I'd love one of the carbon necked Alembics to add to my collection. Eventually.....Crazykiwi said:I used to own on almost identical apart from it having a cocobolo top. I sold it last year.
It was the heaviest bass I've ever played and had a really dark sound. Great for metal or hard rock as the sound was thunderous. But I'm not a metal or hard rock player
This is the one I now own, bought c/- Spirit of the West bass player Hugh in Canada. A graphite necked 79 Series 1. Its got loads of mojo and has an awesome neck and fret job. I love it! Just wish I knew more about who owned it before Hugh.
"This is the one I now own, bought c/- Spirit of the West bass player Hugh in Canada. A graphite necked 79 Series 1. Its got loads of mojo and has an awesome neck and fret job. I love it! Just wish I knew more about who owned it before Hugh."
Im not sure if you know this or not ....
You can post the serial number over at the Alembic Forum and someone will give you all the details on file about that specific bass.
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- Tom
Im not sure if you know this or not ....
You can post the serial number over at the Alembic Forum and someone will give you all the details on file about that specific bass.
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- Tom
echo008 said:
Hi Tom, yes I knew that and all they can tell me is what spec the bass is. Apparently they don't have a lot of info on the earlier basses. I think its a few serial numbers off Greg Lake's 8 string Scoprion.
Dharmabass said:
Definitely an exclusive bass. Only one of 50 supposedly made.
Apologies for going off topic TF, but shouldn't your Avatar read "Entwistle IS God"?Thunder_Fingers said:
Kink Rimson said:Apologies for going off topic TF, but shouldn't your Avatar read "Entwistle IS God"?
When i come to think of it yeah... even though he's dead, he still is god...
noone can tell me the height of a Spyder?
geshel said:
With all the mojo, she's got the character of a fallen movie star. Sort of past her heyday but the beauty and magnificence that made her once great is still there.
I should give christen her with a name like "Marlene" or something...
Well since this thread came back up, here are some pics I took myself of my new essence.
Detail of the laminates:
The back:
And the Europa inline head:
Detail of the laminates:
The back:
And the Europa inline head:
Beautiful quilt/birdseye maple- I love that headstock- the only thing I'd change about my Rogue would be to go from the cone peghead to the europa or Elan peghead.bassjigga said:Well since this thread came back up, here are some pics I took myself of my new essence.
Detail of the laminates:
The back:
And the Europa inline head:
Beautiful bass~ you comin' up for air yet?
CrazyKiwi, that graphite necked Series is amazing. Defintely shooting into my top 3 Alembic list!
tbrannon said:
Yeah the top is amazing. I dig the headstock too. Gives it a nice character. I'm not a big fan of the cone either. The Europa/Orion heads do look good on the Rogues too.
Yeah takin quick little breaths here and there. This thing is such a blast to play!
905 said:That. is. NICE!
I love the oval headstock design
How does it sound?
Saint: Post more pictures!
With the filter turned up all the way, it is very bright and twangy.
The Spoiler electonics are simple, but can do a groggy midrange tone,
or if the filter is rolled all the way down a boomy vintage sound. I
use thin strings, and it doesn't have a ton of bass, it could sound
thin through some amps without adding some bass at the amp's EQ,
though I usually run my amps close to "flat." With a tube amp is really
comes to life, very aggressive, snarling tone. The only recording I
have is a short song intro clip, the bass doesn't do much until the very
end.
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