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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: spiritchaser on December 26, 2013, 01:28:13 AM

Title: (x) Alembic 5 EVH signature 1991 polar white 91EVH6665
Post by: spiritchaser on December 26, 2013, 01:28:13 AM

Hello there at Alembic,
 
first of all, merry Christmas to you and yours!
 
Well, I've just acquired a white, second hand Alembic 5 EVH signature from 1991 and would like to know its exact specs/data. It's this serial:
 
91evh6665usa
 
Thanks a lot for your efforts
 
Best regards from Germany
Oliver(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/185928.jpg)

Title: (x) Alembic 5 EVH signature 1991 polar white 91EVH6665
Post by: jazzyvee on December 26, 2013, 04:13:18 AM

Well done Spiritchaser, that looks a great bass. I saw it on sale on Basschat recently.  
 
From what I can see you have signature electronics in the bass and  you can find out what that means here.  
http://club.alembic.com/Images/16271/16368.html?1320955206 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=276)
 
The two switches near to the jack I can't be sure of but one could be a mono/stereo switch and the other, a switch for the side LED's on the neck but sometimes it is a standby/mute switch.
 
If you do a search on signature electronics you will find a wealth of resources here to help  you understand how they work and how many of us use them.  
Mica Wickersham will post the build record here at some point when her schedule allows. But patience is a useful virtue on that score. However members here are always willing to assist you if you have any questions.  
 
Jazzyvee

Title: (x) Alembic 5 EVH signature 1991 polar white 91EVH6665
Post by: spiritchaser on December 26, 2013, 04:36:01 AM

Cheers for the info Jazzyvee!
The bass has 2x vol, 2x filter, 2xQ switches (3position) and a standby switch. It's mono out only, uses one 9V battery and features 2 adjustable trimpots inside the cavity for input gains of the two PUs.
I'd like to know the woods being used on that build though ..  
Seems there are 3 stripes going through the neck (purpleheart?) underneath the white.
It has an ebony fingerboard and is quite heavy.  
A lot of neckdive, too. I just ordered some black Schaller tuners for it - hopefully they'll reduce that neckdive a little.
Best regards
Oliver

Title: (x) Alembic 5 EVH signature 1991 polar white 91EVH6665
Post by: jazzyvee on December 26, 2013, 06:11:04 AM

Ok that configuration sounds more like Anniversary Electronics without the pickup selector switch.  
Purpleheart is probably the most common on neck through alembics so that would be a good guess but body wood. Can you see any wood  showing in the cavity on the back or the truss rod cover, that may give you some clues to the neck wood. Maybe you could take one of the pickups out would show you a bit of body wood and top.
 
Jazzyvee

Title: (x) Alembic 5 EVH signature 1991 polar white 91EVH6665
Post by: spiritchaser on December 30, 2013, 03:17:53 AM

Just put on some black Schallers - minus 20 grams total weight now ;).
Had a peek under the trussrod cover and there where three stripes of purpleheart and a blondish/beige wood surrounding them. Could be ash or walnut. Further, the trussrod cavity was signed by a guy called Eric.
Oliver

Title: (x) Alembic 5 EVH signature 1991 polar white 91EVH6665
Post by: mica on December 16, 2015, 11:36:57 PM

Details for this bass are posted here (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=5573)

Title: (x) Alembic 5 EVH signature 1991 polar white 91EVH6665
Post by: edwardofhuncote on December 17, 2015, 03:32:56 AM

And somewhere on this board, I recall seeing it was refinished in natural. This EVH is one of my all-time favorite Alembic 5-strings out there.
 
**found it: http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/197383.html?1409445204 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=10817)
 
(told you it made an impression!) =)
 
 
 
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