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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: rickjames on February 01, 2008, 09:07:15 PM

Title: (x) 88P4865
Post by: rickjames on February 01, 2008, 09:07:15 PM

Hello
 
I bought this Persuader 2 years ago in Thailand, brought it in Switzerland and now in Canada.
 
The day I bought it, it was stored in a very humid place and the fingerboard was looking like a rotten root (not kidding).
 
Now it looks fine but I think the neck has suffered. Is there a way to fix it?
 
I'm using this bass at this time and it sounds great but I can't lower the strings without having a buzz on the D fret on the G string side (I tune my basses since 1999).
 
And do you have any history for this bass?
 
Thank you

Title: (x) 88P4865
Post by: white_cloud on February 02, 2008, 05:20:38 AM

Hey there, welcome to the club!
 
If you can try to post pics on the showcase section - there arent enough Persuaders hanging out there
 
John.

Title: (x) 88P4865
Post by: rickjames on February 03, 2008, 10:51:51 PM

ok. will do
 
thanks
 
Alex

Title: (x) 88P4865
Post by: mica on October 23, 2008, 06:33:59 PM

Hi Alex,
 
Found the file for your bass. Besides the build record, there is no other ownership history for this instrument.  
 
top: Walnut
body: Mahogany
through-body neck: 3-piece Maple, 32 medium scale
fingerboard: Ebony with pearloid inlays
pickups: Alembic PJZ
controls: 2 vol 1 filter, mono output
birthday: April 22, 1988
originally made for: KCM Thailand
 
If you have one fret that is causing a buzz, then it's likely limited to a fret being too high. From your description of the fingerboard, it sounds likely that a fret could be too high with the board swelled up from humidity.

Title: (x) 88P4865
Post by: rickjames on August 16, 2013, 07:00:49 PM

Thank you for the information! I was just running through some old posts of mine and saw your reply (5 years later!).
 
So basically it was made for a Thai TV channel of some sort? Tried to google it but ended up watching some weird music videos...
 
Here are the last pictures I had from the bass before selling it to a private customer in May 2011.
 
http://basschat.co.uk/topic/132093-sold/page__p__1209931__hl__alembic%20persuader__fromsearch__1#entry1209931 (http://basschat.co.uk/topic/132093-sold/page__p__1209931__hl__alembic%20persuader__fromsearch__1#entry1209931)
 
My last gig with it:

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/394/171736.jpg)