It's official..

[hgregs]

... my first alembic is on it's way to me (hopefully not longer than a week). it's a 1994 europa 5 string w/ 15.5mm spacing at the bridge, coco bolo top, and red leds!
 
still would like to get my hands on a 5st series, but this should keep me satisfied for a while.
 
btw - i'm in CT.
 

[adriaan]

Impressive looking beast!

[artswork99]

Greg, Congratulations! A very nice bass - great looking top, Play it Healthy! Art

[charles_holmes]

Very Nice indeed!
Maybe you could get it converted to a series?

[mica]

Three things...
 
1. Nice lookin' bass!
 
2. I think it's Bocate, but will have to check the file to confirm.  
 
3. Sorry (chalie), this bass isn't thick enough to convert to Series.

[David Houck]

Beautiful bass!  Congrats!

[hgregs]

emailed the seller, and in fact it is a bocate top. nice catch. based on a quick search, a lot of people confuse bocate for cocobolo. will post a serial number / build request. separately.

[jazzyvee]

You are gonna enjoy that bass, I have one just the same and it's a great instrument fairly heavy but not uncomfortable and balances perfectly.
 
I see this is your first Alembic too what a great introduction to the alembic family sound.
Jazzyvee
 
(Message edited by jazzyvee on November 21, 2010)

[dadabass2001]

Hi Greg. Congratulations and welcome to the club. Enjoy your new beauty!
Mike

[krystoof]

Bonjour, Greg!
   Welcome in the Alembicians family!  
 Greetings from France!..
   All the bass't
 Xtof

[hgregs]

thanks all for the warm welcome. i just got my europa yesterday. sounds awesome. one thing i noticed vs other basses i've played is the lack of body vibration. strike a string on another bass, and i can feel the whole body vibrate. the alembic, however, is steady as a rock. i guess that means the energy is kept within the strings and does not dissipate through the body - probably a function of the neck-through design and the strong purpleheart laminates. another thing - it sounded like an alembic before i even plugged it in.

[keurosix]

Congrats Greg on the Europa! I have an '02 6 string with quilt maple top. It has a wide neck with eleven maple purpleheart lams! I can definitely feel the bass through my whole upper body! You will need some time to understand the electronics fully. The Europa has a lot of great sounding combinations, but most powerful are the bass and treble 3 way switches. The middle position is flat, switched up is a cut, and switched down is a boost. I think someone told me it is a 6 db change in each position. You will find out soon enough that thoses two switches can raise the bar on outstanding sounds. Combined with the classic Alembic low-pass filter and pickup blend, you'll be finding new sounds for a long time! Hope you have an extended range cabinet that can handle the low end - it's awesome! I got my Europa at G-Guitars in New Haven, and I too am in CT.
Keurosix

[jazzyvee]

It will be good to get your view on it once you have gigged with it.  
Contratulations on your new Alembic  
 
Jazzyvee

[hgregs]

it's been about a year and a half now, and i've got everything dialed in pretty nicely. love the europa at gigs. putting it through a kern preamp, sf2 in the tube f/x loop - here's a recent soundboard recording of my band i wanted to show off. we just got the presonus studiolive.  
 
http://archive.org/download/sb2012-04-20.sbd_flac/sbb_120420_d01t08.mp3

[rustyg61]

Hey Greg, I couldn't get the link to open.