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Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: jedisan on May 19, 2009, 05:17:34 PM

So after quite a bit of thought, I find myself in a position where I need to pare things down a bit. I would like to offer for sale to any interested club member my Signature Series 5. In addition to what is evident in the pics, this bass also has blue side led?s, chrome hardware, black Tahitian ovals, and a 34? scale length. I purchased this bass new, last year, and it has not been gigged since new. Please feel free to contact me at my personal email, timsan7@aol.com (http://mailto:timsan7@aol.com), if you are interested. I will most likely want to offer for sale my Distillate/Exploiter as well. As with keeping with the camaraderie of our club, I wish to offer these instruments here, before hitting the road of eBay. Thanks!
 

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Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: tbrannon on May 19, 2009, 06:00:16 PM

That is beautiful.... I love that headstock.
 
Good luck with the sale~

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: effclef on May 20, 2009, 04:30:10 AM

The ebony neck laminate is worth mentioning, too!
EffClef

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: uonra on May 20, 2009, 08:22:53 AM

Hello,
I send you a mail....

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: hollowhead on May 20, 2009, 05:46:25 PM

Awesome.  You should check out TalkBass.com before offering anything on Ebay.  They have a great classified section just for basses and a lot of knowledgeable members.

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: hasadari on May 23, 2009, 09:25:09 PM

What are the offering prices?

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: bsee on May 24, 2009, 01:49:13 PM

Just FYI, saying Signature Series to describe an Alembic bass can be confusing.  There are Signature basses and Series basses, so you really shouldn't use both words in the same description if you want to be clear.  
 
This bass appears to be a Signature Standard 5 with upgraded neck construction and top wood, plus the features you identified.
 
-bob

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: molan on June 02, 2009, 04:09:45 PM

Holy Mother - this is beautiful!
 
Loving those tree images in the cavity covers as well

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: molan on June 29, 2009, 01:03:17 PM

This bass appears to be a Signature Standard 5
 
I'm afraid I'm no Alembic expert and wondered what differentiated this as a Standard rather than a Deluxe?

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: olieoliver on June 29, 2009, 01:15:22 PM

No Back laminate is the only real differnce on this bass. A Deluxe would've had a matching (or comparable wood) lam on the back. Standards also normally don't have ebony or purple heart lams in the neck either. This one does which is an upgrade for a Standard.
 
OO

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: olieoliver on June 29, 2009, 01:17:04 PM

I also believe the chrome back covers are an upgrade too. The Standard models useually have plastic covers here.

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: molan on June 29, 2009, 03:03:20 PM

Great, thanks for that. The neck was definitely confusing me as I thought it looked different from Standards I'd seen

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: jakebass on June 29, 2009, 04:12:25 PM

Hi Molan, caught you lurking here :-)
Got your eyes on a 'lembic hmm.
The neck on this bass will offer great depth and sutain from the ebony stringer (so I'm told)
Jake

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: andbassforall on June 30, 2009, 02:27:36 AM

I just saw your post on eBay.  My thoughts... no Mike.. no dude,..  no .. stoppit    
 
The top is just amazing.  Probably my most favorite piece of Burl I've seen yet.

Title: Signature Series 5 Buckeye Burl
Post by: molan on July 15, 2009, 04:39:23 PM

DAmn - came pretty close to this baby but didn't quite get everything in order in time