Author Topic: An Alembic-ish bass I made. (Read 73 times)

blazer · « **on:** April 13, 2007, 06:56:33 PM »

A few months ago, I decided to make myself a cross between an Exploiter and a series one bass. This is the result.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Metalbas.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Metalbas2.jpg
The shape looks wonky but with it's strap button at the backside of the lower horn it balances nicely and the shape also allows me to carry it around in a normal gigbag. The pickups are from Magnetics, the bridge from kahler, it has a pine body with a mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard. It sounds very much like a Jazz bass really but the active magnetics pickups give a real punch and piano-like clarity. I can do a very convincing Stanley on this.

blazer · « **Reply #1 on:** April 13, 2007, 07:03:56 PM »

An embed picture of that bass.

57basstra · « **Reply #2 on:** April 13, 2007, 08:29:38 PM »

This is allright, Wouter!

richbass939 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 14, 2007, 01:20:41 PM »

Congrats. It looks great. That's quite an accomplishment. I have a homebrew going, myself. One of these days I get it finished.
Rich