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Alembic products => Showcase => Essence Basses => Topic started by: frameloss on February 22, 2008, 01:15:40 PM

Title: 92' Essence
Post by: frameloss on February 22, 2008, 01:15:40 PM

I just picked this one up off ebay.  After a good cleaning and a setup by someone more competent than I, it is the, hands down, nicest bass I have ever played.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/48855.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/48856.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/48857.jpg)
  (Message edited by davehouck on February 25, 2008)

Title: 92' Essence
Post by: dadabass2001 on February 25, 2008, 04:45:00 AM

Very Nice!
And what is the green fretless sitting there as well? You can do Stop and Go bass lines.
 Enjoy
Mike

Title: 92' Essence
Post by: David Houck on February 25, 2008, 08:32:17 PM

Very nice Essence!!

Title: 92' Essence
Post by: aquaman on February 26, 2008, 04:45:03 AM

That red is stunning!  Enjoy.

Title: 92' Essence
Post by: adriaan on February 27, 2008, 01:01:46 AM

The green thing looks a lot like a Zon.

Title: 92' Essence
Post by: frameloss on February 27, 2008, 12:44:32 PM

Thanks guys, I am happy to have this bass--I am really quite lucky to own it.
 
Adriaan is correct, it's a Zon Sonus 4 that I have owned since 1996.  I really love to play it but I go back and forth on the color.  The composite neck gives it very a precise sound with tons of sustain, but lacks the warmth of a traditional tone wood.  It is a good counterpoint to the Essence, very similar in playability (except for weight) but very different in sound.
 
It was one of the reasons I chose the Essence--the dimensions between the two basses are very close, not much taper, same 34 length and relatively narrow string spacings.  My other fretted bass is a 94 Tobias Growler, which despite being a pleasure to play has a 35 scale and very wide string spacings--so each time I switched between that and my Zon I would have a hard time with intonation--always playing sharp