Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: edwardofhuncote on January 13, 2015, 05:29:14 AM

Title: Alembic-equipped Bullshark
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 13, 2015, 05:29:14 AM

Here's an odd one:  
 
http://www.talkbass.com/threads/andreas-alembic-bull-shark-4-bass-aluminum-fretboard.1098958/ (http://www.talkbass.com/threads/andreas-alembic-bull-shark-4-bass-aluminum-fretboard.1098958/)
 
Not sure how these are wired... maybe like Epic/Orion?

Title: Alembic-equipped Bullshark
Post by: gearhed289 on January 13, 2015, 10:22:04 AM

That's been up for quite a while. Looks like he lowered the price by $300 recently.

Title: Alembic-equipped Bullshark
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 13, 2015, 11:50:15 AM

I sent the seller a message this morning, asking about what controls these have. I had read about the Bullshark Alembics, so I knew it was legit, but I don't recall ever reading what electronics were in them.
 
Inasmuch as my sense of style is a bit of a highwire act... even this is a radical departure from what usually appeals to my often weird tastes. That said, if it was a five-string, I'd buy it right now! (the notion of BEAD tuning is already floating to the top) =)

Title: Alembic-equipped Bullshark
Post by: wookie on January 13, 2015, 02:18:49 PM

I always wondered why aluminum wasn't used for fretless boards : / I heard that homemade aluminum bass on YouTube and I thought it'd rock if it only tapered like a real bass neck.....
Just sayin'.

Title: Alembic-equipped Bullshark
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 14, 2015, 10:15:27 AM

been wondering, how in the world did they put frets into an aluminum fingerboard? Better yet, how does one go about re-fretting a bass with an aluminum fingerboard?

Title: Alembic-equipped Bullshark
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 26, 2015, 08:40:21 AM

Seller posted pictures of the electronics. Looks like Volume/Pan/Filter x 2, like Signature without Q switches.

Title: Alembic-equipped Bullshark
Post by: FC Bass on January 26, 2015, 08:50:32 AM

That's the Orion/Epic/Excel setup, Volume, Pan, bass and treble ;-)

Title: Alembic-equipped Bullshark
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 26, 2015, 10:44:21 AM

Figured you'd know Flip! Thanks!

Title: Alembic-equipped Bullshark
Post by: pasewark on May 04, 2015, 10:50:53 PM

Aluminum fretless necks are pretty freakin' cool. John McVies Alembic is a aluminum fretless, otherwise known as continuously fretted
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/209071.jpg)

Title: Alembic-equipped Bullshark
Post by: edwardofhuncote on May 05, 2015, 10:00:07 AM

I have heard Rumours (sorry... I *had* to!) that the continuously fretted Alembic has a stainless steel fingerboard that had been specially treated. Never knew exactly what that meant...  
 
That's a great picture of that bass pasewark! I have a particular interest in borrowing a few lines from the build sheet on that one.  
 
I wonder if there's any record of how many Alembic-equipped Bullsharks there are?

Title: Alembic-equipped Bullshark
Post by: mica on May 06, 2015, 03:45:43 PM

We sold them 50 sets of electronics. So I'm guess less than or equal to 50.