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Alembic products => Showcase => Persuader Basses => Topic started by: lg71 on March 12, 2006, 03:52:48 PM

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: lg71 on March 12, 2006, 03:52:48 PM

Photos of my Alembic Persuader in Coco Bolo (I guess) and PJ Pickups. This is the Bass that I would like to exchange/trade against an Alembic with Soap Bar Pickups, either a Persuader, Spoiler, Stanley Clarke type or who knows... So, if you are interested, please let me know.  
 
I am going to upload four photos in total, one of them will have the Persuader next to my Aria SB (American vs Japanese;)), I like both equally, but will consider trading the Aria as well as the Persuader for the right Alembic. Feedback welcome;) Thanks, LG  
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/26132.jpg)

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: lg71 on March 12, 2006, 03:58:01 PM

My Persuader next to My Aria SB, both beautiful...to my eyes;)(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/26135.jpg)

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: lg71 on March 12, 2006, 04:00:17 PM

My Persuader full length;
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/26140.jpg)

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: lg71 on March 12, 2006, 04:04:13 PM

Last photo, sorry about the quality, I don't have a great camera and it took me a lot of shots to end up with those four half decent pictures.
 
 My Persuader's Head;  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/26145.jpg)

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: white_cloud on December 11, 2007, 06:53:35 AM

Aaaaaaaaaaaayup!  
 
This persuader now belong to me folks! Looks much nicer in the flesh than it does in these pics, I will try to post some of my own soon! John

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: eflat on December 11, 2007, 06:59:02 AM

Very nice, looks like mine cept my headstock is Coco also! You will love it, I do!

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: David Houck on December 11, 2007, 08:42:01 AM

Congrats!!

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: white_cloud on December 12, 2007, 02:37:45 AM

Thanks again Dave and thanks Gary.  
 
Gary the information that I have from the horses mouth is that my persuader is a Bocate top and not coco-bolo! Yours looks like the same top to me, have you requested details from Mica? John.

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: eflat on December 12, 2007, 06:30:03 AM

Bocate, wow that's some serious Coco looking Bocate! I would be interested in hearing what Mica finds out about it. The previous owner did a serial number request on mine, it is in fact Coco headstock and top laminate. The link is here: http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/24376.html (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=6342)
 
Take care, Gary

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: white_cloud on December 12, 2007, 06:44:53 AM

Thanks for the link Gary, thats very interesting! The previous owner of my Persuader also carried out a serial number request and it came back as a Bocate top despite my own belief that it was Coco-bolo!
 
This is a bit of a mystery now. Both of our Persuaders would appear to have the same top but Mica has said that yours is Coco and mine is Bocate!!! I have submitted another serial number request and hope Mica can clarify exactly what type of top my Bass features!
 
Best regards, John.

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: adriaan on December 12, 2007, 06:47:19 AM

That serial number request is for 86P4000, which is a different instrument from yours. There have been other basses posted here with bocate that looked a lot like cocobolo.

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: eflat on December 12, 2007, 06:52:59 AM

I know Adriaan, it is a different link than John's Presuader. The link for the 86P4000 serial number request is actually my Persuader. I showed the link to compare the top woods and how similiar they look. It very well could be Bocate, regardless it is gorgeous but I would be interested to know if Bocate is that close in grain and color to Coco Bolo.
 
Thanks, Gary

Title: My Persuader 87P4630 (UK)
Post by: white_cloud on December 12, 2007, 07:17:03 AM

Here is the link to my Persuader history request which was carried out by the previous owner;
 
http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/28113.html (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=6250)
 
I have requested another hisory check because the original also states different controls.
 
                                    John