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Title: Custom neck wood?
Post by: Olivier Jaar (erroneus_jones) on January 01, 2003, 05:54:18 PM

Do you have other woods for necks?
 
A wenge neckthru, or a paduak one would be great.
 
Is it possible to change?
 
is there any no charge wood?
 
thx

Title: Custom neck wood?
Post by: mica on January 02, 2003, 09:21:51 AM

We don't use Wenge in necks. Padauk is fine for stringers, but not for the main component. These woods are suitable for main neck woods:  
 
Maple  
Purpleheart  
Ebony  
Mahogany  
 
The main wood needs to be very straight grained.  
 
For the smaller laminates, these woods will work OK:  
 
Purpleheart*  
Ebony  
Maple*  
Walnut*  
Beech  
Cherry  
Padauk* (Vermilion)  
 
If the standard neck for the model uses veneers (Excel, Orion, Epic, Essence, Rogue), there is an additional charge for adding them, and it can vary depending on the wood from $200-1450.  
 
Woods marked with a * are no charge options if the model already comes with the thicker neck laminates.  
 
Always consider that changing the neck wood will change the sound more than other wood choices you make.
 
(Message edited by mica on January 02, 2003)

Title: Custom neck wood?
Post by: Olivier Jaar (erroneus_jones) on January 03, 2003, 09:15:37 AM

Ok... so how much for a purpleheart laminate on a Essence 5?
 
(if not 200, what wood would be 200 on Essence?)
 
Thx
 
Olivier

Title: Custom neck wood?
Post by: mica on January 03, 2003, 01:20:55 PM

A 5-piece Maple and Purpleheart neck is a $200 upgrade on an Essence bass.

Title: Custom neck wood?
Post by: Olivier Jaar (erroneus_jones) on January 15, 2003, 10:46:56 AM

How much for a 7 piece Maple and Purpleheart on an essence 5?
 
Could I get a 5 piece on a 5 stringer? (any pictures of one?)
 
Olivier

Title: Custom neck wood?
Post by: mica on January 15, 2003, 10:57:22 AM

Sorry about the confusion. Alembics can be very confusing with all the options, even for me.
 
I shoudl have correctly tol dyou a 7-piece neck on an Essence 5-string is $200.
 
We prefer to use 7 pieces for the 5-string necks. I don't believe weve ever made one with a 5-piece Maple and Purpleheart neck, so I don' have a photograph.

Title: Custom neck wood?
Post by: john pursel (baycman) on January 28, 2003, 04:58:15 PM

cut your hair if its a bad hair day!
 
ps  go for the tone thats all. after all that's what alembic is all about; TONE. like steel balls lined up on a piece of sloping glass... thanks ron, you da man!!
 
 
recently i was playing prototype alembic for my father comparing it to a fender 92 jazz bass; his comments...:
the fender sounds like a jc pennys verses a grand piano... the only thing we noted is that the sustain is so brilliant that the upper overtones tend to (on lonGGGG tones only)ride a little sharp as they decay... this is a natural thing with the upper harmonics with ANY note as the fundamental dies out... but then again when does a bass tone resonate for +15 seconds or so!!! TONE BABY...

Title: Custom neck wood?
Post by: Paul Lindemans (palembic) on January 29, 2003, 12:25:56 AM

Hey John,  
 
welcome to the club!  
Our official welcomer (the other Paul) will meet you soon.  
How have I to interpret that alembic prototype thing? Is there an Alembic in the make for your dad?  
How about some pictures in the Introductions -department huh? You have to realise we Alembicians are not curious (at all) but we do like to know A LOT about you and your bass (and your dad of course). LOL
About the Jazz-bass... well ..it seems a litlle hard on those. I already noticed that a lot of Alembicians actually own a Jazz-bass too! So ...why should that be.  
 
Take care!  
Paul
 
(Message edited by palembic on January 29, 2003)