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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Wanted & Wishing => Topic started by: ghostyhead on May 20, 2008, 05:41:41 AM

Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: ghostyhead on May 20, 2008, 05:41:41 AM: Wanting to find my 1st Alembic. A series 1 or 2 would be fine...fine indeed. Or better still a Stanley Clarke sig or a Mark King...(Im not fussy heh heh)
any help suggestions or directions very very welcome.
you just don\t see them here in NewZealand(maybe the cheap ones which Im not interested in.)
Ben
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: tbrannon on May 20, 2008, 08:07:13 AM: Ben,

Welcome aboard- I just returned to the US after a 4 year stint in Hamilton. I purchased my Alembic from somebody here in the forum and had it shipped to NZ. There are a few Alembic's floating around and I even saw 1 or 2 go on TradeMe while I was there. Give David Burgess a call over at Bass People in Sydney if you can't find anything used-

Toby
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: David Houck on May 20, 2008, 07:14:52 PM: Ben, I just posted to another of your threads (still listening to your tunes, they are really nice!). Just for point of reference, there are no cheap Alembics; they are all handmade, and all by the same artisans in the same small shop in Santa Rosa. The electronics in all of them are mil spec. The pickups in an Epic are the same type as in a Signature. The same carvers shape all of them. There are many members here who love their Orions and Excels as much as their Series basses. Alembic doesn't do cheap.
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: ghostyhead on May 21, 2008, 05:33:08 AM: thanks so much,
I guess you are right...just showing my ignorance I guess.
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: claudio on May 29, 2008, 12:09:21 PM: Check this out!! But do it Quick!!!!!!!!
link (http://cgi.ebay.com/Alembic-Series-1-Bass-1980-cocobolo-mahogany-case-pwr_W0QQitemZ220240604118QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

(Message edited by davehouck on May 30, 2008)
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: ghostyhead on May 29, 2008, 03:03:38 PM: Thanks Claudio , but someone got there while I was asleep (NewZealand time) Bugger!
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: claudio on May 29, 2008, 05:31:45 PM: Wowwww..just was listed for 2 hrs....
I told you...Do it quick !!
When you are fishing..there is not time to sleep!! :P
Keep looking for it! We are keeping our eyes open!
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: olieoliver on May 29, 2008, 08:07:16 PM: For what ever reason it's been relisted. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Alembic-Series-1-Bass-1980-cocobolo-mahogany-case-pwr_W0QQitemZ220240717994QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220240717994&_trkparms=72%3A552%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: claudio on May 29, 2008, 08:33:49 PM: OK...Ghostyhead!!!!
GET UP and Bid on it!!!!!
You have a second chance!!!
Good luck!
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: bsee on May 29, 2008, 08:40:01 PM: That bass is also offered here:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=438432 (http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=438432)
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: claudio on May 29, 2008, 08:45:54 PM: Yep...and there is $300 difference in price!!
On Ebay $3,300 free ship and TalkBass $3,000 free ship.
Ghostyhead!! Are you still sleeping??
GET UPPPPP!!! :P
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: ghostyhead on May 29, 2008, 08:49:08 PM: its very cool to have you guys looking out for me... the guy won\t accept international bidders unforts, I am looking at buying Hasadari\\s Mark King http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/3666.html?1109841528 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8768)
Is there a huge difference in sound between the two basses?
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: claudio on May 29, 2008, 11:55:43 PM: Check Here...some ideas...Electronics..electronics..

http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/24759.html (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=4049)
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: pas on May 30, 2008, 05:42:48 AM: Ben,

I'm the original owner of Hasadari's Mark King. It's a King standard - medium scale, mahogany body, cocobolo top, signature electronics. It's a very nice bass. It's heavy, with the standard point body & cocobolo top, but balances well & was very easy to play with the 32 inch scale. I've never played a Series bass before, so I couldn't compare & contrast it. The only thing I would have preferred on it & my current SC deluxe is to have the neck pick up located flush up against the truss rod cover. All in all, it's a great bass & I wish I still had it. Also, Bob is a good guy to deal with. Good luck to you!
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: ghostyhead on May 31, 2008, 11:14:02 PM: Thanks Pas, appreciate it..
Ben
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: ghostyhead on May 31, 2008, 11:18:59 PM: about the pickup position, when slapping did you find it hard to pop up, as the neck pickup is positioned right where you\d normally have your first finger? did you just adjust your hand position and play infront or in between the pick ups?
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: ghostyhead on June 23, 2008, 02:47:01 PM: I am off to customs at the airport to pick up my Mark King 01 standard... let you know what I think. post pics soon
NZ Ben
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: ghostyhead on June 29, 2008, 04:04:27 AM: I finally got her! my girlfriend pointed out that, I have just spent $3000 on a bass yet I have no car insurance... she has a point, but I\m hard of hearing..or is that Ive fallen in love with another curvy goddess?
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/53171.jpg)
she needs a clean
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/53172.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/53173.jpg)
(Message edited by davehouck on June 29, 2008)
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: jacko on June 30, 2008, 05:17:54 AM: Wow! fantastic bass Ben. You'll need to update your personal quote now. Can I suggest 'i want another Alembic' ;-)

Graeme
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: elwoodblue on June 30, 2008, 08:23:53 AM: There's a red 5 string elan somewhere in NZ...has there been any Alembic get together planned?

congrats Ben, I understand your reasoning as long as your a safe safe driver...of course your girl sounds like a smart one...best wishes
Title: Wanted: Series 1, 2 , Stanley or King 4 string pleeeeeease! 1st time alembic buyer in NewZealand.
Post by: tbrannon on June 30, 2008, 09:14:04 AM: I'm pretty sure there is an Alembic owner who has stopped by the club who lives down in Napier and another down around Nelson. My Alembic left Hamilton when I moved back to the US.

There used to be an Alembic dealer in Auckland, so I'm sure there are a few Alembics bumping around the country. I saw 2 or 3 of them traded on TradeMe during the 4 year period I lived there.