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Alembic products => Showcase => Series I Basses and Guitars => Topic started by: room037 on April 29, 2013, 02:33:15 AM

Title: 81' 1834 LSB8 Scorpion
Post by: room037 on April 29, 2013, 02:33:15 AM

Finally I got this beast !  The sounds are amazing ! I own Hamer's 12 strings and I like the sound as guitar with low octave. But this 8 string sounds are deep low bass sound with clear octave sound. These are quite different more than I thought.  The Scorpion body is very impressive. We know the scorpion that used by Greg Lake (ELP), Chuck Panpzzo (Styx) at arround 80'. This is the exactly that shape. The only difference is horn carving just like contour cut. This carving shows the sleek and sharp horns.  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/160240.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/160241.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/160242.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/160243.jpg)
  Eiji

Title: 81' 1834 LSB8 Scorpion
Post by: moonliner on April 29, 2013, 03:47:39 AM

Wow! I love it!
Greg Lake's 8 string was one of the original Alembics that got its hooks in me and fueled my long love affair/obsession with Alembic.  
Congratulations!

Title: 81' 1834 LSB8 Scorpion
Post by: to_81_0190 on April 29, 2013, 11:15:43 AM

3D cut away of the horns are very cool! BTW can't you upload any sound clips?
 
Toshiaki

Title: 81' 1834 LSB8 Scorpion
Post by: 5a_quilt_top on April 29, 2013, 11:52:10 AM

Interesting tailpiece.
 
Don't believe I've ever seen one quite like it.
 
It looks good with the body shape.

Title: 81' 1834 LSB8 Scorpion
Post by: pauldo on April 29, 2013, 04:14:07 PM

Wow!
Super nice.
I agree with Toshiaki, would love to hear this baby roar!

Title: 81' 1834 LSB8 Scorpion
Post by: andy3hal on April 30, 2013, 05:53:38 PM

What a magnificent bass
 
I have been looking out for years for one of these, a couple of month back I eventually found a scorpion 5 string, but with the short horns, I bought it immediately, hope you dont mind me asking .............how did you find or locate this beauty ?

Title: 81' 1834 LSB8 Scorpion
Post by: hieronymous on April 30, 2013, 06:56:17 PM

Urayamashii! Just kidding, I am very happy for you!!!

Title: 81' 1834 LSB8 Scorpion
Post by: wishbass on May 01, 2013, 11:23:46 AM

Sexy bass. I've always been fond of the scorpion 8'since I was a kid and saw Greg Lakes pirate bass.

Title: Re: 81' 1834 LSB8 Scorpion
Post by: room037 on December 10, 2016, 07:47:34 PM

RIP  Mr. Greg Lake

I think, many Alembic fans here are led by the performance with the sounds of his Scorpion 8 strings bass.

I'm still a "Lucky Man" when I got this bass.

Eiji

Title: Re: 81' 1834 LSB8 Scorpion
Post by: rv_bass on December 11, 2016, 05:39:20 AM

Eiji, beautiful bass!  A friend of mine used to love listening to Brain Salad Surgery. I didn't realize that I was listening to an 8-string Alembic at that time.  You are lucky to own such a nice instrument!

Title: Re: 81' 1834 LSB8 Scorpion
Post by: keith_h on December 16, 2016, 08:42:46 AM

That is a beautiful bass. It makes my Hagstrom 8 look like a Plain Jane.