Case of the Amazing 8

[Quasar1]

 

Real looker with octave strings on the bottom of the pairs plus FAB headstock
 
Plenty of photos 

https://briansguitars.com/products/used-alembic-signature-series-mjmb8-flame-walnut

[senmen]

Simply gorgeous!!
Love it. 

Greetz
Oliver (Spyderman)

[jazzyvee]

Yeah that ticks the right boxes for me except no musical opportunities to play it.
I know it would be a serious challenge to achieve, but it would be interesting if the octave strings could have a separate output to the regular strings. I'm thinking of the sound that is on a lot of the Wailers tracks where the bass lines are also mirrored on the guitar.
Like this.

Maybe would need a separate eq and an octave pedal to lift the output pitch to get the right separation.

[matbard]

Cough... cough... I'm dying.... 

[jazzyvee]

Deep breaths, If you are lusting after that bass, you still have vast numbers of notes left to play. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🥳🥳🥳

[gearhed289]

Lovely!

[cozmik_cowboy]

Well, that's not too bad looking.......

Peter (who is tempted to go to the fat-string side right now)

[jazzyvee]

It's gorgeous.

[hdfixer]

What does S1 ready mean?  Does the 5 pin do anything?  What do all the controls do if there are no filters?

I doubt the seller would know which is why I'm asking here 

[FC Bass]

Most likely it is Anniversary electronics + master volume :-) (Prepped for Series)

[mkazaria]

Sold - I was thinking about it but I took too long. I would like to get an 8 sting, but never tried one. I do have a 12 string guitar.

[hdfixer]

Thanks FC Bass! 

I do own an instrument with Anniversary electronics which I like.  So purchased the bass.  I have a full stereo rig for my Series basses so I may go for the S1 mod later, but we'll see how it goes and how often I use it in a band situation.

[FC Bass]

Awesome, congrats!

Master volume is a great addition to the package, I use it on a couple of songs in our list for a fade out.
First I thought the extra switch was for side leds, but it looks like it has the standard side dots?
If so it's most likely the mono/stereo switch for the 1/4 jack.

[BeenDown139]

yeah i thought aboot this one for a minute.  my bandmates freak out when i pop the strings on my 5-string fretted basses, i'd love to see the reaction if i showed up to rehearsal with an 8-string.  but alas most of my stuff is drop tuned to accommodate aging vocal cords and besides that it's medium scale 😮.  'nuff said.  i do like the bass string on the bottom like my exploiter 8 was. if it's stereo the then it should be killer if ya use it that way.

good luck to all!
🐕🗿

[mkazaria]

Congratulations, beautiful bass