Not an Alembic

Started by dtothec, April 01, 2015, 07:29:45 AM

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dtothec

04 Buckeye Rogue 5
Cliff Bordwell Single Cut 5
11 Fodera Emperor 5 Deluxe Buckeye
04 Nordstrand Adrian Garcia 5
Fibenare Globe 5

JuancarlinBass

This is ugly and wrong in so many ways...

sonicus

Yet another ABUSE of the Alembic name ?

lbpesq

Let's see, the manufacturer went out of business 30 years ago, and it needs a new truss rod.  But it is un-often seen!  WOW! and only $500!  But it really is amazingly like an Alembic.  Both have strings, knobs, little switches, and a cone-head.  A virtual doppelganger!
 
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Bill, tgo

jazzyvee

The sound of Alembic is medicine for the soul!
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_ktwins.html

dtothec

Jazzy I think you hit the nail on the head, got to be!
04 Buckeye Rogue 5
Cliff Bordwell Single Cut 5
11 Fodera Emperor 5 Deluxe Buckeye
04 Nordstrand Adrian Garcia 5
Fibenare Globe 5

adriaan

These O'Hagan basees have popped up before. If you squint real hard, there is a vague resemblance to a Small Body with an Omega cut. Not an April Fool joke, this one.

hifiguy


elwoodblue

I saw something similar recently...
...This.

lbpesq

Definitely an Alembic! I mean, it has an omega, right?
 
Bill, tgo

FC Bass

That one is definitely not worth $17, more likely somewhere around $10
Looks like the hardware has been replaced with non brass parts and either the bookmatch or the Omega is centered poorly... Factory second maybe?
 
Hal (Tomahawk) has a bass similar to the one from the op. (heavily modified)
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elwoodblue

I'd love to have one of these with some center lams-