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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: shingor64 on January 11, 2012, 08:06:05 AM

Title: 95W8979 Epic5 modified
Post by: shingor64 on January 11, 2012, 08:06:05 AM

This bass has been sadly changed to Bartolini electronics (and PUs).  But still good vibrations are here.  
Then I changed to Haeussel single coil PUs. It becomes even nicer sound. It's the fact of finest body working.
I would like to know its top wood. Vermillion? Bubinga?
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/120785.jpg)

Title: 95W8979 Epic5 modified
Post by: pauldo on January 11, 2012, 01:16:40 PM

Shinichiro,
Some of the experts here should be able to correctly identify the wood(s).
 
Can you tell me more about the extension on the strap button? Obviously it is there to help with neck dive, but what material is used? How long is it? How stable is it?
 
thanks
Paul TDO

Title: 95W8979 Epic5 modified
Post by: shingor64 on January 11, 2012, 07:41:40 PM

Paul,
 
Actually it's not so durable for stage gigging, but is also necessary for sitting play because many of long scale basses have their lowest position too far to me.
They are kind of primitive things made with certain nuts, a screw and shrink tube.  I had to a bit widen inside of strap button.
You should find enough long screw you desired, and get nuts in which the screw can pass through.  I piled some nuts for the length and glued, then wrapped up.
 
Shinichiro
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/120825.jpg)

Title: 95W8979 Epic5 modified
Post by: pauldo on January 12, 2012, 01:48:22 PM

Nice detailed pictures and description.  
Thank you.
 
Hopefully someone will be able to answer your wood questions soon. Otherwise Mica will get around to it in due time and provide you with all of the build details.

Title: 95W8979 Epic5 modified
Post by: shingor64 on January 13, 2012, 08:42:16 PM

Paul,
thanks. I can wait!