Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => For Sale & Trade => Topic started by: mike1762 on January 01, 2011, 08:05:00 AM
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I'm once again offering-up my LS Series I for another Series I. Unfortunately, I just don't have the reach for LS Standard Point body style. I'd like to trade it for anything in a different body style (preferably Short scale but a Medium or Long scale with a longer upper horn would probably work as well).
As you can see, it's a beautiful bass (recently refinished) and it has the best/fastest neck of any instrument I've ever played. If I were only 6'2...
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/92943.jpg)
77-920 LSB
top: Maple
body: Mahogany
back: Maple
through body neck: Maple and Purpleheart, 34 long scale
fingerboard: Ebony with mother of pearl inlays
peghead veneers: Walnut and Avodire
birthday December 13, 1977
originally made for: Rothschild
Anvil flight case
I'll keep my PS/cable and you keep yours
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(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/93012.jpg)
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How much cash tonight?
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I currently have a possible deal in the works. If that falls through and I decide to sell it, I would want $4,000 for the bass plus whatever it cost to ship it (the Anvil case makes it a safe but expensive shipping proposition - it cost me about $300 in shipping when I bought it).
I have real mixed emotions about parting with this bass. But I've finally come to the conclusion that it's just impossible for me to comfortably play it unless I'm sitting down.
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Hell Mike, I'm 6'2 and first position playing is a pain in the A$$ for me. It's a big reason why I sold my S2 (which I was going to sell anyway to help fund a custom-but that's in the $-hitte-r).
I don't know if you'll like a medium or short scale as (IMHO) there is a lack of punch on the E string. The fundamental is there but it is a matter of physics and a 34 scale bass IS punchier on the E string.
'nuff said back to drinking!!!
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I love my long-scale Series I to death, but just can't play it out much because of the length and a bit of neck-diving. My new 77 short scale is much lighter and shorter ... even more neck-divey, but I'll work around it for her looks and tone. The E string punches like George Foreman, but a lot of that is the graphite neck.
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Hi Mike,
Boy does that bass bring back memories.
Rory
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Hi Mike,
Boy does that bass bring back memories.
Rory
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Hi Mike,
Boy does that bass bring back memories.
Rory
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Hey Rory!!! Where ya been???
I bought this bass from Rory a couple of years ago. Like I said: I'm torn about letting the bass go, but I've tried every trick I know to make it more playable for me. It's not a design flaw... it just is what it is and I don't have the reach to play it. I'm really not interested in an outright sale, because I really want to keep a Series instrument in the stable (I can use it in the studio if nothing else). My other deal fell through, so if anyone is interested in a trade...let me know. For the RIGHT deal (ie SII short scale), I MIGHT be willing to part with both the SI and an Orion 4 string.
My main fretted bass these days is my SC, so I'm aware of the neck-dive issues with that body style. It's short and light enough that I AM able to make the necessary adjustments to play it for prolonged periods. I understand what Adam is saying about punch, but because of my playing style (and EQ)I get more punch than you would expect in a neck-through instrument.
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Mike, I am still slinking around. Did not like the direction the club was taking at the time so I watched from a distance. I still appreciate and think highly of most of the members though. Anyway, good luck with whatever you do with the Alembic.
Rory
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With a heavy heart (seriously) I'll be sending this one this one back to California. I hope Joe enjoys her.