Two weeks ago, My first Alembic bass arrived to my home. It’s a five string Essence with bokote top wood. A friend of mine, professional bassist, had raved about his Alembics in a convincing way so as to help me make a decision to go ahead with a purchase. He also brought his own custom built Alembic for me to try out.
So here’s the bottom line. I’ve been playing since I was a kid. I have 19 basses of other makes. NONE of them are in the same league with the Alembic Essence. The build quality is incredible but the thing that really totally shifted me into a new bass paradigm is the SOUND. The engineering, design, woods, materials, craftsmanship, all add up to this sound. They got it right. Now I’m the one raving, sorry, preaching to the choir, I know. I’ll be purchasing a Mark King Balanced K five sometime soon.
