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Title: Decapitated Alembic series I bass!!! ( not for the faint hearted)
Post by: jazzyvee on January 16, 2017, 05:08:35 AM: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/will-some-polish-fix-this-my-poor-alembic.1262493/
Title: Re: Decapitated Alembic series I bass!!! ( not for the faint hearted)
Post by: keith_h on January 16, 2017, 05:11:51 AM: Link is gone.
Title: Re: Decapitated Alembic series I bass!!! ( not for the faint hearted)
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 16, 2017, 05:44:04 AM: Test link: (looks the same)

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/will-some-polish-fix-this-my-poor-alembic.1262493/

Weird... Jazzyvee's link works on my mobile but not on my work desktop, but my test link seems to work on both now.

And just to add - EEEEEK!!!
Title: Re: Decapitated Alembic series I bass!!! ( not for the faint hearted)
Post by: keith_h on January 16, 2017, 07:25:20 AM: It's working now. Weird.

Ouch. It looks like a clean break at the scarf joint and should be pretty straight forward to fix. The only real decision is does the owner wants to replace the veneer or are they ok with being reminded of the damage?
Title: Re: Decapitated Alembic series I bass!!! ( not for the faint hearted)
Post by: gtrguy on January 16, 2017, 09:36:00 AM: Kinda looks like an Elan series one
Title: Re: Decapitated Alembic series I bass!!! ( not for the faint hearted)
Post by: pauldo on January 16, 2017, 10:23:31 AM: A reminder of the damage would be a reminder of my favorite phrase . . . "The safest place for a bass is in it's case."
Title: Re: Decapitated Alembic series I bass!!! ( not for the faint hearted)
Post by: David Houck on January 16, 2017, 12:06:25 PM: Good to see many of our club members giving good advice on that thread. Beautiful instrument.
Title: Re: Decapitated Alembic series I bass!!! ( not for the faint hearted)
Post by: jazzyvee on January 16, 2017, 08:23:44 PM: Quote from: gtrguy on January 16, 2017, 09:36:00 AM
Kinda looks like an Elan series one
I was trying not to concentrate on that as Elans are too close to my heart. :-)
I would send it back to mica and have a proper elan replacement headstock put on it.
Title: Re: Decapitated Alembic series I bass!!! ( not for the faint hearted)
Post by: Enzo on January 16, 2017, 09:45:29 PM: I love headless basses, I wouldn't mind use this as a project for a new design. There you go, I said it :-X ::)
Title: Re: Decapitated Alembic series I bass!!! ( not for the faint hearted)
Post by: gtrguy on January 17, 2017, 11:37:44 AM: I have not seen too many Elan series basses (actually, none before). I wonder if they had to be made thicker to make one?