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Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: warriorbass05 on November 25, 2013, 04:00:05 PM

I recently got this and am trying to figure out the specs....I LOVE IT!!!
90D5809
I was told it is a 1990 and looks like quilted maple on the top....I don't know much else other than I was super excited to open the case and play it!

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: sonicus on November 25, 2013, 04:21:56 PM

Hello and welcome.
   
Congratulations on your Distillate . I like Distillates !  
 
We love Pictures !

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: warriorbass05 on November 25, 2013, 04:27:18 PM

I am working on some cool pics...LOVE blank plank fretless too!!!

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: pauldo on November 26, 2013, 09:26:37 AM

Jaymi,  
Welcome to the camp.
 
A fretless Distillate?
SPROING!!!!!
 
Can not wait to see the pictures.
:-D

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: warriorbass05 on November 26, 2013, 09:31:59 AM

I am actually loading a youtube video to my channel right now!

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: warriorbass05 on November 26, 2013, 09:33:23 AM

Keep watching here for the video
www.youtube.com/bassjaymi (http://www.youtube.com/bassjaymi)

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: warriorbass05 on November 26, 2013, 11:19:05 AM

here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOgjN1Sxe7s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOgjN1Sxe7s)

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: pauldo on November 26, 2013, 02:13:18 PM

Thanks!
The tone and mwah is everything I thought it would be.  :-)
 
Now I'm gonna go home and grab my vise grips and convert my Distilate to a fretless!
 
:-O

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: FC Bass on November 26, 2013, 02:28:59 PM

Awesome looks and tone, congrats!

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: flpete1uw on November 26, 2013, 04:33:14 PM

Hello Jaymi,
Welcome aboard, I too am an Alembic Distillate owner and they Rock! So easy to setup up, even on a busy stage. Truly a wonderful instrument. Note: keep in mind the tailpiece adds some length to the string length. So from my experience long scale (34? strings) on a 32? Distillate works fine. Medium scale strings may fall short.
Enjoy!
Pete

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: warriorbass05 on November 26, 2013, 04:47:07 PM

I am working on setting it up. Is the truss rod nut a 1/4 standard or is it special? I need to straighten the neck. I am not sure how well this thing was cared for before I got it and I like my action super low....

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: FC Bass on November 26, 2013, 06:11:27 PM

1/4, Here are all adjustment Key Sizes:  http://club.alembic.com/Images/16271/16311.html (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=200)

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: warriorbass05 on November 26, 2013, 06:51:52 PM

Thanks for the link....

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: oddmetersam on November 26, 2013, 09:50:22 PM

Jaymi, welcome to our group. Congrats on your acquisition. You and the bass sound great. Killer tones and looks. It's enough to make me re-think fretless...and confirms that I've never heard a Distillate that I didn't like no matter the music style or amplification. Have fun!
-Sam

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: sonicus on November 27, 2013, 01:48:13 AM

In my opinion there is nothing not to love about  such a swell Distillate.

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: warriorbass05 on November 29, 2013, 01:02:53 PM

It is a sweet bass.

Title: (x) Alembic Distillate Fretless 90D5809
Post by: mica on December 16, 2015, 10:13:41 PM

Here's what I found out about this bass:
 
serial number: 90D5809
model name: Distillate
model number: DMB4
top: Quilted Maple
body: Mahogany
neck: 5-piece Maple and Purpleheart
scale: 32 medium
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals*
surface: fretless
pickups: AXY4
controls: Distillate volume, pickup selector switch, filter, Q-switch, bass cut/flat/boost, treble cut/flat/boost, mono output
originally made for: Air Force, Lackland, TX
birthday: Ugh! not recorded, but likely February 1990