Alembic Guitars Club
Alembic products => Dreaming... for now => Topic started by: wishbass on May 11, 2011, 02:25:53 PM
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has anyone heard of a persuader or spoiler body with the omega or heart omega cut? would love to see image if possible.
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Here (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8306) is a small body with an omega cut. It's the only one of those I've ever seen... I can't recall seeing a Spoiler or Persuader with one.
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On second thought... that has the small body shape, but it's actually larger isn't it?
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One could call that a Medium body shape, that for reasons beyond the scope of this post did not really catch on.
There's a Featured Custom pair of SC & 3/4 MK, both with a Stinger cut, Dynamic Duo (http://www.alembic.com/info/FC_duo.html target=_blank).
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Member daved recently posted a pic of his Scorpion (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=10020). Well, technically it's a Distillate, but the outline is similar to a Spoiler, and it has a heart omega so that should give you some idea.
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Very nice.I wonder about the cost for this with Rogue setup,34neck w/ebony laminates and coco bolo (with lots of red)top.Not decided on body wood yet.I could go on and on.I'll probably come up with something completely different tomarrow...........
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Actually . . . the bigredbass is technically a Spoiler (2 AXY-4's, later traded out to FatBoy 4's, with a volume, tone, 4-way rotary selector plus a 1-way Q-Switch), but . . . .
It's a Series shape with the Omega cutout, Crown Five peghead, deluxe laminates (3 purpleheart stripes), mahogany wings and quilt maple top and peghead faces. And it's see-thru red. It looks essentially like any Series-shaped five-string elsewhere in these pages, just with a LOT fewer knobs. It's 34 scale, so it's a long reach to first position even for a 44Long like me. And like all of these, it's a tad head heavy, but you learn how to hold it. It has the 'classic taper' neck, whereby it can use the 4-string pickups: For the 'comfort' (wider flare) taper, you'd use the 5/6 string shells.
I always think it must have been on its way to being a Series but got changed, except it's all solid, without the large routs/chambers a Series would have.
Of course, that look is totally Alembic (except it's red . . . . ). The terrific thing about that shape is that it REALLY allows you to play up the neck with nothing in the way, almost Steinberger-esque in the way the upper neck is just right there in front of you.
J o e y
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Anyone have any idea for the price upgrade for the scorpionbody like the distillate mentioned above(if any)? Also , how much for the omega cut on the headstock?
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(Message edited by Twocan on December 25, 2013)