Jason Newsted's(Metallica) Europa with 3 pickups

[briant]

so..... he had the 2 jazz pickups and the precision pickup replaced with 1 dumby and 2 soapbars?
 
To quote Mica from EARLIER IN THIS THREAD:
 
We made him several similar basses. These were later converted to Series II electronics with lots of work.
 
If you're THAT into this bass and really want to know cost: call Alembic.  They won't bite.  I used the custom quote generator and came up with $9000 retail - but that isn't taking into account the custom electronics.  I started with a Rogue and modified it accordingly to the specs posted above.  That's also pre-Series II conversion which would add $6700 *just for the electronics*.

[hydrargyrum]

Don't forget the dealer discount.  You'll save significantly by not ordering direct from Alembic.

[blackelan]

In case anyone is wondering that is a rubber dam around the pickups on the Series converted Elan. Jason was known to sweat alot and Alembic had to make him a dam to prevent his sweat from shorting out the electronics.

[tmoney61092]

hahahaha, that is pretty gross, but it shows how into his music that he gets
 
~Taylor