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Alembic products => Dreaming... for now => Topic started by: darkstar01 on March 14, 2006, 02:04:48 PM

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: darkstar01 on March 14, 2006, 02:04:48 PM

Alright, so I know that having a classico in production should probably keep me from thinking about more basses.. but oh well. I've been thinking about how a single-cut on a Small standard body would look. Has Alembic ever made a single cut bass? or guitar for that matter. Just curious.
 
Austin

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: bsee on March 14, 2006, 02:33:51 PM

Yes - there was one on eBay recently.  It was a long scale single cut that clearly appeared to be made by Alembic, though it may have been an employee project rather than a full production bass.  You may be able to locate a pic if you poke around the seen on eBay board, it was within the past month.
 
I suspect that it would balance well in short scale, but probably not so well for anything longer.  It is certainly a proven shape for a guitar body.

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: lbpesq on March 14, 2006, 02:45:04 PM

The eBay link is here:
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Super-Rare-1970s-Bass-Guitar-One-of-a-Kind_W0QQitemZ7391444768QQcategoryZ118984QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Super-Rare-1970s-Bass-Guitar-One-of-a-Kind_W0QQitemZ7391444768QQcategoryZ118984QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting)
 
The club discussion is here:
 
http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/25295.html?1140795768 (http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/25295.html?1140795768 target=_top)
 

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/402/26255.jpg)
 
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: David Houck on March 14, 2006, 04:52:07 PM

And then of course there was the Peanut (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=15162), which had no cuts!

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: dela217 on March 14, 2006, 05:06:46 PM

How about this lovely Alembic from 1973?
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/402/26265.jpg)

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: dadabass2001 on March 14, 2006, 05:10:50 PM

Thanks, Michael!
I was sitting at work reading this thread and thinking I'm sure there was a discussion of Dave Torbert's Alembic somewhere. All I could do was a quick check of Artists & Their Alembics, without success.
Mike

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: David Houck on March 14, 2006, 05:53:10 PM

Yes, that looks like a pretty nice design too!

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: mica on March 14, 2006, 06:34:49 PM

Hope you like short scales - I don't think it would balance well in medium or long.

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: Bradley Young on March 16, 2006, 05:32:43 PM

I'm sure you're right, Mica, about the balance issue for that design, but what if a balance K was rounded over?
 
That would likely have good balance, and would satisfy a certain aesthetic.
 
Brad

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: bsee on March 18, 2006, 08:17:51 AM

The thing that gives those shapes balance is the position of the strap peg versus the fretboard.  The balance K puts that strap peg somewhere around the 14th fret, I believe.  Anything you turn into a traditional singlecut is going to hurt the balance.  Now, if you're talking about one of those modern singlecuts, like a Benevente, that would probably balance okay.  They look awfully heavy to me because of all that extra wood, but I've never held one.

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: jlpicard on March 18, 2006, 08:30:57 PM

What's with the p bass pickups  on that Bass?! Unless they're Activators

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: the_mule on March 24, 2006, 05:16:44 AM

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/402/26552.jpg)
 
My Benavente weighs only 4,5 kg and the balance is great. Beautiful and very slim body design.
 
Wilfred

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: lbpesq on March 24, 2006, 07:05:00 AM

Thar she blows!!!
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: bigbadbill on March 28, 2006, 08:16:03 AM

I've held a singlecut Sei bass and it weighed less than 9 lbs I'd say.

Title: Single-Cut Alembic??
Post by: bigideas on March 28, 2006, 08:40:37 AM

pickups in that top single cut bass are dan armstrong's that appear to have replaced activators.