Since there was a complete lack of persuader images, and I had stubled across a nice image on ebay, I thought I would share. This is not my bass but it is for sale, it should still be up for acution a little more than a day. enjoy!
 

 
serial number 86P3883

hey yall i bought this exact bass actually about a week ago on ebay, (sorry if i out bid any of you on it, lol i would be happy to sell it to any of you for oh say 1200$ lol if you get me on a good day. i love this bass its my baby and i cant imagine getting anything that plays better, except my next alembic!  
Cya  
Josh  
 
 
(Message edited by rabidbassist on June 17, 2003)

MY 1989 PERSUADER

 

MY 1989 PERSUADER
 

I have an 88 Persuader with a quilt maple top. Also a 5 string Epic. When i find the time I'll post photos of both. Hey Whall ... that's a beautiful looking Persuader!!!! Very nice!!

thaqt is some cool examples glad to see some pics og persuaders i love the knobs whall your bass hass a really nice top wood and so does yours josh these are fine examples of alembic

Well it took a while and the light is shinning a bit too much in one photo but here's my Persuader. I replaced the black knobs with brass ones. Since the pick-ups were yellow I thought it fit better.

Here's a better look at the Quilt Maple

And the back. I love this bass! :-)

A very nice Quilted Maple!

Great looking quilts indeed. The light pickups, brass knobs and amber look to the maple combine for an exotic look.  
Your bass has a Vector style body.  I don't know what year they were introduced, but they went by the name Fender-style as well (for obvious reasons - in comparison to other Alembic styles.).
There have been several threads which discussed the Vector body.  I've seen Vector/Spoilers (I owned one - see http://club.alembicguitars.net/Images/411/5426.html?1059921530 if interested), a couple Persuaders and even a Vector S2.  This thread includes some old brochures Mica posted that show some examples of the Vectors Alembic marketed: http://club.alembicguitars.net/Images/393/3491.html .
 
Bill