To answer your question Shawn, It is the same one that was offered here several months back and then on Ebay and yes, the bass did come from Los Angeles, but I can't give this person a recomend to my fellow club members because the person who sold me the bass misrepresented the condition of the instrument saying it was checked out and found to be 100% by his personal guitar tech and then played dumb when I called him on it. It has an electronic issue that only a deaf man wearing earplugs, sealed in an anechoic isolation chamber at the bottom of the Mariana's Trench could miss. However, I did get it for a decent price and Alembic is helping me to work through the issue at a reasonable cost. If anyone wishes to avoid this same situation in the future, email me for more details.
That said, this bass has a wonderful tone, full, punchy, warm and clear all at the same time! I own three other Alembics,which are all delightful instruments in their own right, but I have to tell you that you haven't lived untill you've had a series bass in your hands!! I don't know what they do that sets this model apart from the others (we're talking playabilty here, not the obvious electronic differences) but this has also happened to me in the past whenever I had the brief opportunity to play a series bass; It's as if the bass was personally designed for me! The neck just seems to melt into my hand and I can do things on this bass that I can't do on any other! An epiphany! A religious experience!
P.S. Obviously, I like 'em! Mike
