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Alembic products => Showcase => Series II Basses and Guitars => Topic started by: klinkepeter on November 25, 2012, 11:05:12 AM

Title: My new short scale
Post by: klinkepeter on November 25, 2012, 11:05:12 AM

Hi folks, i got this one last week from a bassist in belgium, nice guy and a good player as well. He made me a great deal on it, this bass
is from 1990 and is still in a great shape. There is only one issue at the upper horn, where a pre-owner screwed a whole for a strap (very dumb), he felt probably uncomfortable with the regular strap position of the short scale alembics. I have a luthier who will make it almost invisible. Anything else is just like new.
It has red side dots. The neck is unbelievable to play,i never held a bass like this into my hands.
The bass is still tuned  A D G C (that?s tenor, isn?t it?) and sounds 100% like Stanleys shorty.
So finally i got 4 alembics (2 seriesI, 1 custom made and this one) and each sounds different, very unique but still always like an alembic.
Here comes the pictures:(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/144142.jpg)

Title: My new short scale
Post by: klinkepeter on November 25, 2012, 11:07:53 AM

2.(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/144145.jpg)

Title: My new short scale
Post by: klinkepeter on November 25, 2012, 11:09:21 AM

3.(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/144148.jpg)

Title: My new short scale
Post by: klinkepeter on November 25, 2012, 11:09:44 AM

this should have been the next pic..
 
(Message edited by klinkepeter on November 25, 2012)

Title: My new short scale
Post by: klinkepeter on November 25, 2012, 11:18:02 AM

here it is(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/144153.jpg)

Title: My new short scale
Post by: klinkepeter on November 25, 2012, 11:19:43 AM

4.(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/144156.jpg)

Title: My new short scale
Post by: klinkepeter on November 25, 2012, 11:22:02 AM

5.(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/144159.jpg)

Title: My new short scale
Post by: sonicus on November 25, 2012, 11:31:09 AM

Erste klasse !     What a nice Series II !  
 
    Congratulations

Title: My new short scale
Post by: artswork99 on November 26, 2012, 06:51:31 AM

Very nice!  Congratulations Peter, Play it Healthy! Art

Title: My new short scale
Post by: hammer on November 26, 2012, 09:40:28 AM

Beautiful bass that appears to be in great condition.  Congratulations!!

Title: My new short scale
Post by: David Houck on November 27, 2012, 05:18:35 PM

Very nice!

Title: My new short scale
Post by: jazzyvee on February 05, 2013, 11:27:25 AM

Fantastic looking bass and congratulations on your purchase.  
Jazzyvee

Title: My new short scale
Post by: charles_holmes on February 05, 2013, 04:50:05 PM

Damn...das a nasty bass dere mon!

Title: My new short scale
Post by: musashi on February 05, 2013, 05:36:44 PM

We Really Like.

Title: My new short scale
Post by: mario_farufyno on February 06, 2013, 09:52:37 PM

those little knobs are?

Title: My new short scale
Post by: jazzyvee on February 06, 2013, 10:53:09 PM

Those knobs are the CVQ. I seem to recall Afrobeatfool has them on his short scale Series II bass also.  
 
Jazzyvee

Title: My new short scale
Post by: afrobeat_fool on February 08, 2013, 08:42:39 AM

That is correct. I like them Very much, thank you. I think of them like this.... Instead of having a 3 way toggle switch between high and low pass filter, you have a continuous turn of the dial so you have ALL the filter without having to find the sweet spot on each setting. Great for on the fly adjustment on stage!
 
 
Nick

Title: My new short scale
Post by: growlypants on February 08, 2013, 03:05:36 PM

...errr, what-the-heck ever!!  That's still one fine looking bass!!

Title: My new short scale
Post by: mario_farufyno on February 10, 2013, 07:33:00 AM

Oh, it ended very elegant, fine!

Title: My new short scale
Post by: klinkepeter on February 16, 2013, 01:14:40 PM

Ur both right jazzyvee and afrobet fool, that?s what the knobs are all about. Meanwhile i can say, the bass is the best sounding Alembic i have ( i?ve got 4), the only one problem is, lights on stage or everywhere else create sometimes a lot of noise, i have to get this fixed, it is really disturbing, thanks god in the studio it is ok.

Title: My new short scale
Post by: that_sustain on February 16, 2013, 01:23:06 PM

I especially like the headstock.  I gotta get me a shortie one fine day.

Title: My new short scale
Post by: jazzyvee on February 17, 2013, 04:31:44 AM

There is an RF Interference Upgrade you can get from alembic to fix that noise problem.
 
Jazzyvee

Title: My new short scale
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 17, 2013, 07:44:43 AM

But first, make sure you're plugged into a different circuit than the lights (not just a different outlet, a different circuit).  Stage lighting usually = rheostats, and rheostats = noise.
 
Peter

Title: My new short scale
Post by: klinkepeter on February 18, 2013, 03:21:43 AM

Thx for all advises, Peter i know about that, especially in theaters it is sometimes heavy because they have all the plugs in one circuit, then i use my custom made alembic with EMW electronics, that one is crystal clear. Once a while, when i come back to california i?ll do the upgrade, even it might change the sound a little bit, what it probably does as Jimmy Johnson told me about his 5 string. Meanwhile i have a first version of the music video we did in LA summer last year, it?s not the final cut but it is very funny, check it out....!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ed37zTNWQ4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ed37zTNWQ4)