Absolutely beautiful!  Congrats, by the way.  I've never seen a bass with those 2 strap pins, though, on the tail.

Nice Bass... Congratulations & Compliments. 

Thank you guys! I really appreciate your comments

Awesome entry into the Alembic world! One thing we forgot to mention: They're kinda addictive...   

With that neck recipe You're in serious sustain territory, fierce competition for sustaining/feedbacking guitars at the end of the songs. You're gonna love it 
Also, watch out for anything that is above you (and can move) when hitting those low notes. 

Congrats, you did well!

Congratulations, man you gonna live it!

Wow what a bass. I think it's great that you are bringing an alembic into that genre like FC Bass as i've read so many times on the UK Basschat of bass players being told their bass does not fit in with the image of the band, and selling it to get something that "fits".

Both you and FC Bass are indeed qualified to be Alembic's Metal Bass Ambassadors. :-)

Be aware that the filter demands some peculiar way to get your tone and you have to get yourself some time to get used to (way different from Fender's all knobs up - bad - habit). Folks on this club are very helpfull and we'll all be glad to help you on this  brighter and happier new bass life phase, ha. Welcome!

Oh well pointed out Mario, I recal my stressful times with my first alembic as it is a two filter bass as well. I developed a method that helped me enormously to get the hang of what is going on and it will be really interesting to hear how you get on with this bass. Especially after your first gig.

Sad news guys.. After buying the Alembic I posted its pic here and growlypants mentioned about the different position of the strap pins (thank you for noticing it). I inspected the photos closely and found that indeed one of the pin position has been changed, also another pin was added. And there was a covered hole in the body from the previous pin. This modifications were not mentioned in the description of the post, and the bass was announced as mint. In case of a cheep bass I won't care too much, but in this case it was too expensive for me to not care. So I decided to cancel the deal. I don't blame the instrument neither its seller. He received this Alembic as part of a deal from another person, and he didn't know about this modifications.

I feel very sad about this situation, but I won't feel good after paying so much and having an instrument with this background. My search for Alembic continues. And lesson learned, have to be more careful in the future.

Sorry to hear that it didn't work out BUT good eye spotting the mod.
I agree with your decision.

I am selling  Mark King Custom 5 that may be of interest to you.
Check it out.
https://reverb.com/item/10957001-alembic-mark-king-signature-deluxe-balance-custom-5-string-bass-2000-flame-maple-led-s

This one truly is mint. Looks brand new.

I will make you killer deal if you are interested.

Let me know.
Thanks
Jon

You may also want to consider this one.

https://reverb.com/item/10317508-alembic-mark-king-deluxe-5-string-2015

The seller is a member of the club here and would probably hook you up.


I can personally attest to the amazingness of this particular model/configuration as I owned one nearly identical but a few years older.

Quote from: jwright9 on April 04, 2018, 10:54:36 AM
You may also want to consider this one.

https://reverb.com/item/10317508-alembic-mark-king-deluxe-5-string-2015

The seller is a member of the club here and would probably hook you up.


I can personally attest to the amazingness of this particular model/configuration as I owned one nearly identical but a few years older.

Thanks for your comments guys!

I really like the Omega shape. The only thing that scares me from this particular bass is its weight (12.14 LBS).

jwright9, why did you sold yours? Just curious, cheers!

How much did the one weigh that you were about to buy?
It must have been at least 11lbs I would imagine.

If 12lbs is too much, then you definitely don't want the one I am selling.

Quote from: jwright9 on April 04, 2018, 12:20:05 PM
How much did the one weigh that you were about to buy?
It must have been at least 11lbs I would imagine.

If 12lbs is too much, then you definitely don't want the one I am selling.

The seller says it weights 10.7 lbs. But you are right, these basses are on the heavy side.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My favourite is an Alembic. Any style, any package. Turn it up. Regardless of model, it will do your bidding. Or you, its bidding, more likely.