Essence @GC

[fivestringdan]

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/ALEMBIC/Vintage-1992-Essence-Bass-Electric-Bass-Guitar.gc

Looks like a great deal on an Essence 4!

[BeenDown139]

agreed. ya can't get a better neck-thru at that price.  let's hope someone who'll play it buys it.

so sayeth the old yadda yadda yadda 👴

[jazzyvee]

Is that the smallest bodied alembic bass., I've not seen one close up but it looks slimmer than an epic.

[edwardofhuncote]

I seem to remember that an Essence lower body wing is borrowed from a Small Standard, and the upper half is elongated to offset the long-scale they were designed for.

*link doesn't work for me... could be on my end though.

[adriaan]

The outlines at the Products > Basses page are all the same scale, so you can see how the body shapes compare size-wise.

[edwardofhuncote]

^yep, thanks Adriaan.


Here's the verbiage I was remembering- http://alembic.com/prod/essence.html

[fivestringdan]

I seem to remember that an Essence lower body wing is borrowed from a Small Standard, and the upper half is elongated to offset the long-scale they were designed for.

*link doesn't work for me... could be on my end though.

Someone bought the bass. So the link is empty.