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Title: Pretty Wild Five String Essence
Post by: rv_bass on July 09, 2023, 08:20:15 AM

https://lowendbassshop.com/product/alembic-essence-5-string/ (https://lowendbassshop.com/product/alembic-essence-5-string/)


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Title: Re: Pretty Wild Five String Essence
Post by: BeenDown139 on July 09, 2023, 08:47:30 AM

well there's no accounting for taste i always say.

$6kUSD.  good luck with that, sir!

Title: Re: Pretty Wild Five String Essence
Post by: edwardofhuncote on July 09, 2023, 09:05:20 AM

Oh wow... Carribean Blue Burst. I have only seen one other Alembic in that finish. It was a Distillate 5-string. Long time ago.


*ahhh... says this is a Pat Wilkins refinish. He's pretty close. https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=23469.msg235041#msg235041

Title: Re: Pretty Wild Five String Essence
Post by: pauldo on July 09, 2023, 09:20:23 AM

Gregory! ;D


The Distillate looks nice.  String spacing looks accommodating.

Title: Re: Pretty Wild Five String Essence
Post by: StephenR on July 09, 2023, 10:40:38 AM

To each his own... and at that price this will probably sit unsold for a long time.

Title: Re: Pretty Wild Five String Essence
Post by: edwardofhuncote on July 09, 2023, 11:44:34 AM

I wonder sometimes if the actual brick-n-mortar shops don't just run ads on the online platforms as a means to drive a private sale. Of course they aren't supposed to, but what stops this? What stops someone, anyone, from calling up LowEnd and making a deal one this, or any other bass they have?


Same for any other dealer. And if somebody pays the inflated online price, hey, they covered the spread.


LowEnd used to do a lot of consignment sales, and typically had a few Alembics in store, right outside of Nashville.

Title: Re: Pretty Wild Five String Essence
Post by: hieronymous on July 09, 2023, 12:42:58 PM

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on July 09, 2023, 09:05:20 AM

Oh wow... Carribean Blue Burst. I have only seen one other Alembic in that finish. It was a Distillate 5-string. Long time ago.


*ahhh... says this is a Pat Wilkins refinish. He's pretty close. https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=23469.msg235041#msg235041

I like that "real" one much better than this refinish - this one has too much yellow for my taste.

Title: Re: Pretty Wild Five String Essence
Post by: adriaan on July 09, 2023, 01:03:26 PM

Quote from: hieronymous on July 09, 2023, 12:42:58 PM

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on July 09, 2023, 09:05:20 AM

Oh wow... Carribean Blue Burst. I have only seen one other Alembic in that finish. It was a Distillate 5-string. Long time ago.


*ahhh... says this is a Pat Wilkins refinish. He's pretty close. https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=23469.msg235041#msg235041

I like that "real" one much better than this refinish - this one has too much yellow for my taste.

I'd say the real thing barely has any yellow.
http://www3.alembic.com/img/DET_L_oceanburstL.jpg

Title: Re: Pretty Wild Five String Essence
Post by: edwardofhuncote on July 10, 2023, 03:57:02 AM

I like that Oceanburst better than the Carribbean burst, personally. And I really like burst finishes, but the Caribbean burst though just seems odd. It reminds me of the old Gibson Style 11... kinda' grows on you, but takes a while.


I wonder what the original finish was on this one? Makes you wonder why someone decided on this color scheme.