Timothy,
 
a full-heartly welcome in this club.
Enjoy the people (the brothers and sisters) and please don't be shy: we Alembicians are not curious AT ALL but we like to know everything about your bass so PICTURES-PICTURES is the thing to do.
So hop to the appropriate department and post us some things to drool our keyboard over huh???
 
Paul the bad one

Thanks for your warm welcome.  I've only recently discovered the club and I'm so grateful Alembic has managed to still be there through all these years.  Speaking of years, I forgot to tell you I was 25 back in '74 when I got my bass.  I'll be posting the photos soon!

back in 1976 went I got my Series 1, I traded a 1961 Fender Percision and my 1966 Hofner Super Beatle plus $1000,and at todays prices, I wish I had them both back so I could sell them again and buy another new Alembic.
 
David T (tornado Dave)
 
PS; I did swap a new Fender Jazz + some cash for my Epic, Fender's make such great trade's

19 - First alembic I ever saw (in person), first one I ever played, first one (and hopefully not the last!) I bought.

tylere, welcome to the club, how's about some pictures  
 
(Message edited by alembic76407 on July 04, 2003)

Currently cameraless I'm afraid...
 
Just imagine a Walnut-topped, 6 string lined Fretless Epic with 5pc maple neck.
 
Only downside is that at some point the previous owner (before the music store I got it from) replaced the original Alembic pickups with a pair of EMG's. Not that I don't like EMGs, but...  
Doesn't seem like I could buy just the pickups to replace them either.  
 
 

tylere, there's hope!!!! you can get a one time camera's and have the photo's put on a CD for downloading. and Alembic will sell you just the pickups or any other part you may need to restore your bass, pickups are not all that high, just drop Mica a line here or call her at Alembic
 
David T

Did the previous owner replace the electronics too or are they still intact?

hoesly I'm note sure.
Just opened up the control cavity, and I don't see anything that would confirm or deny that they are the originals. Control setup is still volume / pan / bass / treble.  
 
Lemme desribe what I see.
 
From the picups there are 4 wires. Two red, and two white, slightly thicker.The two reds kinda merge, and then go to the battery. There are two small red 'boxes' (capacitots?) that say 'S2A 104k' on them. The two white wires go to the volume and pan.

I don't have a bass with Epic electronics, but I just pulled the cover off an Essence and the pots all have Alembic stamped on them.  So I'm guessing the electronics have been changed.  Like David T said, depending on the condition of your pocketbook you may want to email Mica about the price of replacement Epic 6 pickups and electronics.  One other thing to consider is whether the previous owner had to make any modifications to the body to get the EMGs in.  By the way, what part of North Carolina?

*curses silently*
 
Drat.
 
As far as money goes... well let's just say I'm a college student and leave it at that.  
 
Eastern part (Greenville)

I have a loose wire in my head on chronological matters.  I would guess I bought my first Alembic around 1979 or 1980, over the phone from Susan (Age would have been 25 or 26).  A friend of mine owned a music store and let me order one at dead cost as payment for working the place for free (who wants money to work around cool stuff?).  So I ordered a Macassar ebony Series I, with walnut core, bird's eye maple and purple heart neck with graphite rods inlaid to make it more ridgid, side LEDs, gold logo (I think?) and an Anvil flight case that Susan did not want to order.  I guess they were having problems with Anvil at the time.  The bass was so beautiful that I used to stare at it more than I played it.
 
I moved around a lot back then (This is why I have no real idea of when I bought it), and when I took off where my bass could not go, I sold it cheap to a kid who I knew would cherish it, as I did.  I finally replaced this bass last week with a Series II I found that is it's equal.  Happiness comes back around, if you look hard enough I guess.

45

Now ...that's a straight answer to a straight question!

19.  a few months before my 20th birthday.