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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: edwardofhuncote on November 20, 2017, 07:15:11 PM

Title: (x) 85 D 3696
Post by: edwardofhuncote on November 20, 2017, 07:15:11 PM: Mica, just picked up this Custom Distillate fretless... most is obvious, but I'm just wondering what else the files may turn up.

As Always, Thanks Bunches... :)
Title: Re: 85 D 3696
Post by: hammer on November 20, 2017, 08:16:01 PM: Where did you find this one? Was it the bass that has been tempting you for some time now?
Title: Re: 85 D 3696
Post by: edwardofhuncote on November 21, 2017, 03:55:52 AM: Quote from: hammer on November 20, 2017, 08:16:01 PM
Where did you find this one? Was it the bass that has been tempting you for some time now?

Yep, that be the one. ;)

It was on Reverb for a while, then disappeared... I had sent an inquiry about it way back, so after some negotiation with the original owner, we got something equitable for both of us worked out.
Title: Re: 85 D 3696
Post by: hammer on November 21, 2017, 05:58:56 AM: Congratulations! I think I may have just found my fretless Series I. Hope to close the deal in a few days.
Title: Re: 85 D 3696
Post by: edwardofhuncote on November 21, 2017, 06:55:34 AM: <high-five> ;D
Title: Re: 85 D 3696
Post by: pauldo on November 21, 2017, 08:30:28 AM: Pics?
Title: Re: 85 D 3696
Post by: edwardofhuncote on November 21, 2017, 09:16:57 AM: Quote from: pauldo on November 21, 2017, 08:30:28 AM
Pics?

:)

Showcase Thread: http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=23259.msg233163#new
Title: Re: 85 D 3696
Post by: mica on January 17, 2018, 10:11:08 PM: Here's the details from the file:

model name: Distillate
model number: DMB4
top: Bubinga
body: Mahogany
back: Bubinga
accents: none
body shape: Standard Point
neck: Maple and Purpleheart
scale: 32" medium
fingerboard: Ebony (originally fretted)
inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals
peghead veneers: Bubinga
pickups: AXY
electronics: DS-1 Distillate - volume, pickup selector, filter, Q-switch, bass and treble cut/flat/boost switches, mono output
originally made for: Quigley Music, KS
birthday: August 23, 1985

There's no record of us changing the fingerboard for a fretless one.

There are 2 previous registered owners of this bass.
Title: Re: (x) 85 D 3696
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 18, 2018, 08:17:07 AM: Thanks Mica, you're the best. :)

Fascinating, and somewhat contrary to the information I was given. I bought this bass from someone who claimed at least, to have ordered it new this way.

Whatever the truth is, it's impossible to be disappointed or underwhelmed in any way... the bass is just fantastic and flawless.

*extra point trivia - this bass shares a birthday with none other than... Barbara Eden. ;D
Title: Re: (x) 85 D 3696
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 18, 2018, 03:12:06 PM: Just for the sake of posterity, and record-keeping, here is the current fingerboard, showing the serial number font, and sacrificial wood layer underneath. Also, the bone (?) nut.