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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: Artgeckko on October 12, 2023, 12:02:38 AM

Title: (x) 1991 5 string Spoiler Serial#91S6522
Post by: Artgeckko on October 12, 2023, 12:02:38 AM

Not a lot known about this one.
Purchased this one about a month ago.
Great tone on the low B! and really large pickups!
Hopefully some info on its history..
...pict of the playing group plus a sneak peak of the 5 string Koa restoration getting close to completion!

Title: Re: 1991 5 string Spoiler Serial#91S6522
Post by: Artgeckko on January 08, 2024, 12:56:55 PM

Photo attached.

Title: Re: 1991 5 string Spoiler Serial#91S6522
Post by: hieronymous on January 08, 2024, 04:55:33 PM

Wow - really nice! Is that 32" scale? I bet it sounds great!

Title: Re: 1991 5 string Spoiler Serial#91S6522
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 09, 2024, 02:24:58 AM

Lookin' good, Ed!  8)


*yep, those are the WAXY pickups.

Title: Re: 1991 5 string Spoiler Serial#91S6522
Post by: Artgeckko on January 11, 2024, 02:57:41 PM

Hey! 
Yep.  all 32.5" length. Believe that makes them medium scale?    Think I may go for a high C string up on that bass.    Just to give it a different application.  Its does sound, and play pretty differently than the 5 string Koa I restored.   
WAXY pickups?  Seen AXY and MXY but WAXY?  wondered about those.  They are very large indeed!

Title: Re: 1991 5 string Spoiler Serial#91S6522
Post by: mica on January 29, 2024, 08:06:11 AM

Here's what was in the file for this bass:

top: Quilted Maple
accent: Purpleheart
body: Mahogany
neck: 7-piece Maple and Purpleheart
scale: 32" medium
fingerboard: Ebony
pickups: AXY56 - neck pickup moved 1/2" away from normal position
bridge block: yes (unusual for this model at this time)
originally made for: Guitar Center
birthday: May 9, 1992