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Title: Alembic Custom Spoiler 5-String 32" Medium Scale Bass COCO BOLO
Post by: jazzyvee on March 11, 2013, 09:06:47 AM

I know there is a large contingent of spoiler lovers here. :-)
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alembic-Custom-Spoiler-5-String-32-Medium-Scale-Bass-COCO-BOLO-STUNNING-/121079616637?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c30e8547d (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alembic-Custom-Spoiler-5-String-32-Medium-Scale-Bass-COCO-BOLO-STUNNING-/121079616637?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c30e8547d)
 

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/152650.jpg)
 
 
Jazzyvee

Title: Alembic Custom Spoiler 5-String 32" Medium Scale Bass COCO BOLO
Post by: flpete1uw on March 11, 2013, 09:18:49 AM

Not a Spoiler its a Persuader

Title: Alembic Custom Spoiler 5-String 32" Medium Scale Bass COCO BOLO
Post by: that_sustain on March 24, 2013, 12:15:17 AM

I thought the Persuader's had Fender type pickups.
 
I'm starting to think my Distillate has a Coco top...especially after seeing the latest Stanley Clarke Signature for sale..as well as this one.  It might have a Cocobolo body too.. judging from what I've seen elsewhere in comparison.

Title: Alembic Custom Spoiler 5-String 32" Medium Scale Bass COCO BOLO
Post by: flpete1uw on March 24, 2013, 07:12:39 AM

Hi Dan,
  This is a good question for most Persuaders do have the P/J setup. From what I understand the Persuader was a way to ?Persuade? people of the value of the Alembic Activators not to mention making a nice Bass in the process. Everything Alembic is custom. I have a Persuader and the layout of this is Volume / Volume / Low pass. The Spoiler is Volume / Q Switch / Low Pass / rotary pickup selector switch. Also the SN# has a P in it meaning Persuader. (See attached)  For whatever its worth I added a Q to my Persuader made a big difference.
 
Hope this Helps
Pete  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/154473.jpg)

Title: Alembic Custom Spoiler 5-String 32" Medium Scale Bass COCO BOLO
Post by: bsee on March 24, 2013, 01:21:45 PM

P/J is the common config on the four, but I don't believe I have ever seen any Alembic with a P/J on a five or six.

Title: Alembic Custom Spoiler 5-String 32" Medium Scale Bass COCO BOLO
Post by: FC Bass on March 24, 2013, 02:34:31 PM

I've seen one

Title: Alembic Custom Spoiler 5-String 32" Medium Scale Bass COCO BOLO
Post by: that_sustain on March 24, 2013, 05:38:42 PM

Thanks for the info.  So it's really about the preamp and cavity electronics, as far as categorization goes.

Title: Alembic Custom Spoiler 5-String 32" Medium Scale Bass COCO BOLO
Post by: bsee on March 24, 2013, 09:11:29 PM

That tends to be true for the Persuader model, but different models and different eras rely on other characteristics as far as the naming goes. The ability to customize leads to some confusing hybrids.  
 
For example, I own a bass that looks like a Stanley Clarke model, but has Europa electonics in it. The bass has a serial number that characterizes it as an Essence. Huh? you say? Well, it was ordered as an Essence with the body and scale adjusted to match an SC and the electonics upgraded to include the quick tone change switches. In that era, it was possible to order it this way and save a lot of money over ordering the same specs and calling it an SC, Rogue, or Europa model. I think Alembic has cleaned up most of that so that ordering a lower-end bass with a bunch of upgrades is no longer a bargain over just ordering the model that includes those features.
 
At times, Alembic will put a C designation in the serial number indicating a a customization that doesn't match any particular model.

Title: Alembic Custom Spoiler 5-String 32" Medium Scale Bass COCO BOLO
Post by: that_sustain on March 24, 2013, 11:53:00 PM

That sounds like a particularly great bass.  The Essence I had was a bit of a reach for my hands around the lowest frets.  
 
Does your Essence have the tilted back neck feature of the SC too?  That must be the biggest upgrade of them all.

Title: Alembic Custom Spoiler 5-String 32" Medium Scale Bass COCO BOLO
Post by: adriaan on March 25, 2013, 11:11:46 AM

All Alembics have a neck that is angled back a little, no upgrade there.

Title: Alembic Custom Spoiler 5-String 32" Medium Scale Bass COCO BOLO
Post by: that_sustain on March 25, 2013, 06:58:25 PM

That feature sets 'em apart from just about all of the luxury bass companies(really all of the one's I know of).  Much appreciated.
 
That Persuader above would look alot better without that B string.