What can I say, (that has not been said) about this timeless work of art?
I'll tell you a story about my first purchase of a series I purple heart...
It was a raining cold day..... Not!
It was in San Francisco, CA 1992. I bought a Purple Heart series I.
To make a long story short, I had sold the bass after 10 years playing. In those days, it was easy to think of selling because I had just finished college, and I was going through a personal transformation anyway, and thus selling the bass after having it for many years, I figured I could get another one later.
Boy was I wrong!
After over 16 years later, I just purchased a classic 1976 shorty series I bass and that was out of luck. I been looking for years for another Alembic, but cost, time, and environment just was not aligned with the stars over those years. It got to a point, where I would just stop thinking about bases in general and got more into living the cycle of life... marriage, children, house, car, and work. Then one beautiful day in Atlanta I enter a Guitar Center, and take a peek. BAM-it hit me, I see a beautiful shorty!
I didn't think it would take me that long to get another masterpiece of a bass, but it did. However, all in all, I am happy and it was something an old man like me, to look forward to. As you get up in age, there's not too many things that could make you feel like a kid, but buying that Alembic in Atlanta was a thrill and I felt so great. This says much about the quality and most importantly, the sound.
