Author Topic: De-alembicised MK Deluxe  (Read 142 times)

jazzyvee

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« on: September 21, 2012, 12:14:00 PM »
Here is a video clip I found on you tube today of an Alembic MK Deluxe bass with music man pickups in.  
 
Before I read what the guy had done i just thought this bass doesn't sound like an alembic at all.  
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19ccnpF7A4&feature=plcp
 
 
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terryc

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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2012, 04:36:07 AM »
Just goes to show you cannot please everyone!

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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2012, 07:47:01 AM »
Hopefully, he kept the original P/U & electronics

jazzyvee

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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2012, 10:14:20 AM »
Nope I did ask him that very question with a view to buying them off him but alas he does not have them.  
 
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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2012, 10:40:18 PM »
he kinda sounds crappy  and he probably made a HUGE mistake changing pickups...oh well, one day he will learn...Tony

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« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2012, 04:08:06 AM »
All the more reason for Mica to issue MM shaped activators!

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« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2012, 10:37:39 AM »
Huge mistake but hey, I am the dummy that sold a Distallate that was given to me.

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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2012, 12:04:28 PM »
He should have just traded the bass for a Bongo and cash, that's crazy.

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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2012, 12:41:22 PM »
The difference in the way the bass sounds now really does make you realise how big a part the alembic innards have on the sound of their basses.
 
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