Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: bassfingers on January 12, 2015, 08:48:21 AM

Title: For Sale In England.
Post by: bassfingers on January 12, 2015, 08:48:21 AM

A 32 scale Persuader.I was very tempted by this but,although I'm sure the East preamp is very good indeed,it ain't a stock Alembic.  
 
Youtube video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzoPkRo5JxM&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzoPkRo5JxM&feature=youtu.be)
 
http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Alembic_Pursuader_4.html
 
I will be looking for a medium scale in a couple of months,hopefully a Stanley Clarke Signature of similar vintage to my 20th Anniversary bass.This bass is a pretty keen price however and I thought it might be of interest.

Title: For Sale In England.
Post by: jazzyvee on January 12, 2015, 01:45:39 PM

I actually got John East, ( he's a really nice guy), to put two set of East ACG filters in my standard Europa bass a few years ago because they had the CVQ and I thought they would give me a poor man's Series II sound. I had low and high pass filters on each pickup. What I liked was the filter range was down to about 45hz so I could get a really good dub sound but I found the low mids were weak and so the bass didn't have the  low down punch to drive the sound that I was used to especially when playing reggae.  
 
I've now restored my bass back to original alembic spec and put the filters a non alembic bolt on bass and it sounds fine in there. Still not punchy but then it's not a gigging bass.
 
If I was looking for a persuader I wouldn't be put off by the non alembic innards, I'd try to get a discount and put the saving towards some original electronics from Mica.
 
(Message edited by jazzyvee on January 12, 2015)

Title: For Sale In England.
Post by: bassfingers on January 12, 2015, 01:57:49 PM

Great to have your input Jazzyvee as someone who has tried the East ACG filters.My heart is set on a Stanley Signature and I'm on course to be looking in the next 2-3 months but this bass would be a good buy for someone looking to get on the 'Alembic ladder' so to speak.

Title: For Sale In England.
Post by: newuser on January 14, 2015, 12:00:37 PM

Agree with Jazzyvee 100%! The ACG EQ-02 Preamp has 1 bass CVQ and 1 treble CVQ, but they are shared by BOTH pickups. I have 2 Modulus basses, 1 with a ACG EQ-02 Preamp & EMGs and the other has an ACG EQ-01 Preamp with Barts. The ACG EQ-01 Preamp has a bass CVQ for each PU and a treble CVQ that is shared. The bass with the ACG EQ-01 & Barts comes closest to working/sounding like my Series.