Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: fivestringdan on November 18, 2022, 08:52:54 AM

Title: Essence @GC
Post by: fivestringdan on November 18, 2022, 08:52:54 AM

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/ALEMBIC/Vintage-1992-Essence-Bass-Electric-Bass-Guitar.gc

Looks like a great deal on an Essence 4!

Title: Re: Essence @GC
Post by: BeenDown139 on November 18, 2022, 09:44:57 AM

agreed. ya can't get a better neck-thru at that price.  let's hope someone who'll play it buys it.

so sayeth the old yadda yadda yadda 👴

Title: Re: Essence @GC
Post by: jazzyvee on November 18, 2022, 10:50:13 AM

Is that the smallest bodied alembic bass., I've not seen one close up but it looks slimmer than an epic.

Title: Re: Essence @GC
Post by: edwardofhuncote on November 18, 2022, 01:03:59 PM

I seem to remember that an Essence lower body wing is borrowed from a Small Standard, and the upper half is elongated to offset the long-scale they were designed for.

*link doesn't work for me... could be on my end though.

Title: Re: Essence @GC
Post by: adriaan on November 18, 2022, 01:13:33 PM

The outlines at the Products > Basses (http://www.alembic.com/prod/basses.html) page are all the same scale, so you can see how the body shapes compare size-wise.

Title: Re: Essence @GC
Post by: edwardofhuncote on November 18, 2022, 01:25:24 PM

^yep, thanks Adriaan.


Here's the verbiage I was remembering- http://alembic.com/prod/essence.html

Title: Re: Essence @GC
Post by: fivestringdan on November 18, 2022, 02:18:08 PM

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on November 18, 2022, 01:03:59 PM

I seem to remember that an Essence lower body wing is borrowed from a Small Standard, and the upper half is elongated to offset the long-scale they were designed for.

*link doesn't work for me... could be on my end though.

Someone bought the bass. So the link is empty.