It's been a long time since I've been on here after a long hiatus combined with an economic downturn that saw me selling a lot of my gear...but the Alembic wasn't going anywhere. I've gotten the bug to play it again (don't ask why I haven't been), but I thought I might need to change the battery after 2.5 years.
I unscrewed the back plate and took the battery out of its compartment and someone wrote on it I like your bass with a Sharpie. I ordered the bass in December '04 and recieved it in May of '05 -- it's the first set neck balance-K -- and so it was the stock battery.
How cool is that? Anyone else notice a note written on the battery of their new Alembic?
That must have been uplifting
Glad you were able to retain the Alembic and get inspired again John!
Play it healthy! Art
Pretty cool!
From the battery department, I took delivery of my Europa w/ Series I electronics back in March of 2003. I still have yet to change the batteries. Given that I always run the bass off the DS-5R, it's probably not that surprising but I guess it might make sense to replace them in the near future.
Bones