Author Topic: 4 Sale is my 75 Series 1 bass form Andy West (Read 157 times)

love2play · « **on:** September 24, 2012, 10:40:18 AM »

Well It is time to let go of my Bass I got from Andy West back in 1984. This is the bass that recorded most all of the Dixie Dregs albums, here is a link to an article Andy wrote about the bass.
http://www.andywest.com/alembic.html. The neck was reworked and customized by Alembic with an inlay via John Paul Jones. It also has one of the first midi pickups for bass installed. This truly is a one of a kind! I am asking $6400.00. I will post some pics soon.

crobbins · « **Reply #1 on:** October 03, 2012, 06:39:16 PM »

Right on.

jim777 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 06, 2012, 03:21:31 AM »

Love Andy, one of my all time favorites By the time I got to meet him he was playing the headless Aria 6 string with the tremolo on it though.

You should consider putting this up on talkbass once the Alembic folks have emptied their couches of change and hundrded dollar bills

edwin · « **Reply #3 on:** October 06, 2012, 02:03:15 PM »

I saw this bass in action in the late 70s a few time. Killer, killer tone. I think I also played it in Cambridge, MA once. There was a music story in the early 80s that said that the Alembic they had was Andy's. I saw him with the Steinberger, as well, but I didn't like the tone as much as the Alembic.

love2play · « **Reply #4 on:** October 09, 2012, 01:27:38 PM »

I love this bass, and your right it has killer tone. I was talking to Andy when he visited a couple of weeks ago and he was telling me that the only other Alembic he had was a fretless model he used on a couple songs and that he doesn't remember where he sold it. I bought this one from him in 1984 when I was lucky enough to take lessons from him. I also have his Steinberger sitting here..