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Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: chris90 on April 08, 2012, 10:44:32 AM

Title: Advice needed Mark King 5str model
Post by: chris90 on April 08, 2012, 10:44:32 AM

Hey Guys,
 
I've found a great bass for sale in Germany, it's a Mark King 5 string model but I want some more information about it.  
 
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-GX6I6HUY.jpg (http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-GX6I6HUY.jpg)
 
I've added a pic of the bass, my questions are:
1. What is the pick up nearest to the bridge? Is this the humcancelling one? Shoudnt that be between the other 2 humbuckers?
2. What kind of electronics does this one hold?
3. What would be a fair value for this bass?
 
Thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Christian

Title: Advice needed Mark King 5str model
Post by: adriaan on April 08, 2012, 11:00:59 AM

It must be the same one posted very recently on this thread (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8669), where a couple of details were discussed.
 
So the pick-up nearest the bridge is something to fill up the space left by the bridge-block, when the bridge was moved back about 2 inches, to make a long-scale out of a medium-scale bass. There's a link to a short YouTube demo by user Eugen.

Title: Advice needed Mark King 5str model
Post by: chris90 on April 08, 2012, 11:14:50 AM

That's not something I like at all.. a modified Alembic what the?  
Quite interesting is that Eugene (Stefan) is now selling it already! I think ima skip this one
 
Thanks Adriaan for the info!
 
(Message edited by Chris90 on April 08, 2012)