Reasonably priced Series I

[sonicus]

Eric, your bass is quite nice. In my opinion , a desirable aspect of yours is that from what we can see , there are no signs of modification of the original Alembic attributes . I wish you luck on the sale.

[paexplorer]

No buyers. Re-listed with no reserve starting at $3,699.

[malthumb]

If this is the zebra wood Serie I that paexplorer is competing with, the pickup selector is exactly where Alembic put them on early basses.  This is not a mod.
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALEMBIC-SERIES-1-BASS-/321187849604?pt=Guitar&hash=item4ac849a584
 
Not having the power supply sucks, because if it is wired stereo like most early Series basses, only one pickup will play when using batteries.

[malthumb]

Paexplorer,
 
Now you are describing the Series I as a 32 scale.  That's a big deal.  There is a bigger than you'd think market for medium scale exotic basses.  At least, if you believe a lot of the convo over on talkbass.  
 
You do not mention in your ad whether or not you have power supply and cable.  Since you point out that the zebra wood bass does not, I assume that to mean that you do.  If so, my advice to you would be to state that in your ad and include it in the pictures.
 
Alembic buyers often step away from instruments that do not have cable and box.  Some who have other Series instruments are often willing to take a chance on instruments without cable & box if they already have those things with their other instruments.
 
My 2 cents.  Good luck with the sale.
 
Peace,
 
James

[sonicus]

James ,  Regarding the Zebra Wood bass  ;  Yes the pickup selector is in the traditional old location however,  the master volume is Not . That is a mod.

[hammer]

I see your bass is now listed as a medium scale. I agree there will probably be a bit more interest especially if you have the cable and box.

[paexplorer]

32 is from the nut to the middle of the bridge. It's still 15.5 to the middle the 12th fret. The power supply is not included at the price it's listed at now.

[cozmik_cowboy]

I'm not sure what you mean by middle of the 12th fret.  Is that on the wood in between the 12th & 13th? Measure from the nut to the 12th fret - the actual piece of metal - & double it; that's your scale.
 
Peter

[paexplorer]

Using that methodology, it would be a 30 scale. However, that's a common misconception. You measure from the nut to the center (wood) of the 12th fret and double it. Ask a luthier or check out the stewart macdonnald web site for a definition. Granted, that's the method used to lay out the scale length, the actual vibrating length of the strings can differ based on the bridge setup.

[FC Bass]

There's only one way to meassure scale length, Peter is right - Distance from the nut 'till the 12th fret x 2
 

[hammer]

Are you sure your luthier didn't say measure from the nut to the middle of the crown of the 12th fret (I.e, the middle of the metal that forms the 12th fret itself not the wood which is technically not a fret).
P.S. I would suggest including the cable and box in your price even if you need to raise it or at least providing separating pricing for it as an option.

[lbpesq]

Front of nut to center of 12th fret (the metal wire, not the wood in between) X 2.  And that's what StewMac says.  You have a 30 scale bass.
 
Bill, tgo

[cozmik_cowboy]

Stew-Mac even has a nifty tool for positioning acoustic saddles (you could no doubt use it for an electric as well) that lets you set the length from the 12th fret itself to the nut, then reverse it to mark the bridge for the saddle slot - nut to metal X2.
 
Peter

[paexplorer]

Ok, so I must have mis-interpreted what I read and was told. Thanks for the info. It's a 32 scale.

[jazzyvee]

Any excuse to show that lovely bass again FC_spoiler. :-)
 
Jazzyvee