Hai there my colleague-Alembicians I'm all new here ... still a little shy ... but what a nice and friendly atmosphere here on this forum! My introduction in general .... Everybody in general calls me 'Grooveman' so let's keep it that way cause I'm used to it! I'm from the Netherlands and I'm a bassplayer for over 33 years now! I've played a lot of Jazz, funk and Fusion and I love to play these styles as groovy and thight as possible! I also was a fulltime prof-studioproducer for over 14 years, but for the last 8 years I'm busy with other things and I'm not a profi anymore! I'm still playing a lot, but my profi past means that I have 'work with', heard, owned, played and record a lot of high-end basses! My own favorites are still my '89 Stingray and my fretless grunting/singing heavy customized '82 Yamaha BB1100F .... .... UNTIL I HEARD AND PLAYED THIS BABY!!! ..... JESUS CHRIST!!! ... GOOD LORD!!! ... WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Man-o-man-0-man-0-man, what a beautifull sound! This is the most beautifull grunting bass from god himself! This is the best I've ever heard on this planet and beyound! This is the sound where I was lookin for all those years! From top till bottom in all regions!! Subtile, clear, fat and grunting with a lot of punch! Even 'Master' Jaco P. should be jealous! Let's Kill all the Jazz-basses (and all clones)!!!! But ... Okay, here it comes ... I found this bass on a dutch secondhand market. It was a 'normal' price and I knew and saw that this was not a full original Spoiler anymore! There where some well done modifications by a professional customizer. But till here ... I need help with this bass! First of all ... they cut out a piece from the top of the neck for slapping! Ugly, but nice work and it's a very good improvement for slapping! Problem is that it's done just on that place where the serialnumber should be! That stupid customizer did not wrote it down somewhere! They should punish him for that! Please is there anyone out there who can help me indentifying this bass? There is no number left exept only 1 number in the neck-pickup-hole; #824. I don't hope this babe is stolen! I did check the stolen-database here, but there was no spoiler missing with this description. The second modification is a complete replacement of the electronics exept for the pickup's. That's not a big problem because I did get the full original electronics with it! The replacement is a 'Aguilar ODP-3' wich sounds much better and more clear then the original noisy old electronics! SPECS: Volume/High/mid/low/pickup balance/freq switch 400/800khz. A beautifull preamp but not 'THE' original! I think this pre-amp is where that beautifull sound is coming from combined with the beautifull neck-thru-body-wood-choices of this bass. I run to the shop of the 'Godfather of basses' here in holland (Paul's Bassmatters) and did the check with a full original one! The one there sounds much thinner but also beautifull with the same presence! (please don't be angry now! Even God can do some things a little better!) Next modification; I think there once was a non-alembic bridge mounted on my girl. (See the screws under the original bridge) Lucky for me, they put the original back! Or are these screws original for ... whatever? Also some screws in general are not original but that doesn't harm me for now! It's done very well! For the rest I think this beauty is original but she has a lot of stage-battle-spots on her clothes! But she is still straight as a .. a .. a .. Alembic! The previous owner (17 years old) told me that this bass is 28 years(is it?) old. It's a zebrawood and that this was not his sound because he played hardrock(?)! Strange, because the smooth and raw fat low is great on this bass! He's playing a musicman now! Also a good choice! But not 'IT' ... If We can find the serial for this babe (please, moderator ... help me!!!) and it's a honest bass I consider to send it back to her American mother where she can brush her tooths again and get some new clothes! Also the 'nerves' should be replaced for new advanced originals! And a face-lifting to make her neck a little thinner (if possible)! Maybe .. my next goal is a new customized series II! From now on I'm in love with Alembic! I add some pictures from my babe. For the first one I did a little 'photoshop' because in the real world they do that with all beautifull photomodels! (I'm not shure if I'm on the right thread here but the moderator can move this one to the right spot!) Thanks for helping me and excuse my bad english! Grooveman Nice wallpaper
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Bridge detail (+ neck cut-out + strange screws under the bridge)
No mather what happens ... let's groove until we die! (If your drummer is in good condition) (Message edited by grooveman on June 21, 2007)
