Series II Explorer on reverb

[jazzyvee]

Alembic Explorer Series II 4 String Bass 1986 - the rarest most desirable its an original genuine "Entwistle" Series II w/a whopping $44,950. list. | Reverb UK

[edwardofhuncote]

BeenDown just fell outta' bed...

[BeenDown139]

BeenDown just fell outta' bed...

i did,  callin my broker as we speak

[edwardofhuncote]

😄 Make sure to have your broker check that scale length. Good luck! 

[BeenDown139]

yeah now that i've got the mroning buzz on and my senses sorta back in working order...

been lusting after that drgon wing.  must focus on goal.  some other stuff on this looks funny.  gonna soak. get a little more j@cked upp and contimplate this while het sun comes upp.

[gearhed289]

Very nice bass. Looks to have the skinnier lower horn like a Spoiler Exploiter. Light weight too! My medium scale Distillate Exploiter weighs about 11 pounds.

[garyhead]

Someone grab it before it goes to flipsville!….

[edwardofhuncote]

My first thought was it was a converted Spoiler/Exploiter, but it does have a 'Series' serial number with no letter code, plus purpleheart laminates. I would have expected three for a Series II, but it may have started out as a Series I or was simply ordered this way. I don't know enough about these things to recognize finer details like body contours, but it does look like legitimate Series II controls to me. What's under the hood might be a different story.

But yeah, if this one makes you twitchy, I wouldn't screw around too long... ask your questions and make your offers.

[BeenDown139]

well fwiw it's a long scale.  and an SII. and real purdy. really torn on this one so i  gave it the evil eye.  looks legit.  but....

my sensible half says:  no LEDs.  no ebony neck stringer.  it's an '86 so it's probably got some pretty good wear on it.  i already own an SII.  and another almost-an-SII.  already owned 2 exploiters and a spyder.   i'm really a 5-string guy these days.  never played a dragonwing.  so i dunno.  nobody's popped the BIN.  pretty sure the bottom-feeders have already put their $.02USD in. 

so i'm gonna wait this one out.  these days i'm pretty much fully immersed in gettin a band off the ground so i really don't need the distraction.

beautiful fall day here in the mile high.  just walked the dog. gonna put a good old fashioned buzz on and watch the clouds drift by while floating in warm water.  revisit this later.  yeah.  that's the ticket!

[UglyBuzzard]

Wouldn’t a true Entwistle Series 2 be much more. Are they his specs? Without LED? I would hit buy it now but something inside is preventing. Maybe a huge miss on my part or gut saved me?

[BeenDown139]

Maybe a huge miss on my part or gut saved me?

my thots exactly. from the first look.  maybe 'cause im not such an impulsive heat wave these days?  and yet she calleth to me 😍🗿💥

[UglyBuzzard]

Messaged seller and points for honesty but no assurance that this is a true Entwistle spec - it feels like an economical S2 entry / optics…. Personally passing on it.

[edwardofhuncote]

Again, I am least familiar with these than any Alembic, but 1986 predates Anniversary or Signature by a year or two. I don't know when the first Spyders became available, (early 2000's ?) but I don't believe this is one of them.

If it came this way, I'm guessing someone ordered it as a disciple of Entwistle. Pretty darn close. Hit the high spots, so-to-speak.

[BeenDown139]

as the owner of an SII that started life out as a 4-string and landed in my living room as a 5-string i gotta wonder if something like that didn't happen here.  i just get that vibe for some reason.  kinda makes ya wish that serial number lookup list was arount somewheres. 

as my friend from germany (who surprisingly hasn't weighed in yet) would say: "is best not to think about it anymore".  so i'm a gonna try to not do that.  again.  and again.

[edwardofhuncote]

I found it, boys... old sale thread, right here. Guy had a Series I and a Series II Exploiter for $10k. Man, those were the days.

https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=14858.0

Now whether it's Entwistle spec, I'll leave up to y'all. The late AJ Dover begged to differ downthread... things got spicy, and eventually Moder Dave hadta' step in and break 'em up. Now dontchall getta' fightin' in here... 😄