ALWAYS INTERRESSING IN MEDIUM SCALE ALEMBIC or other bass
ON THE RIGHT PRICE
PLEASE CONTACT ME ON  
claude.arnou@skynet.be
I'm from Brussel Belgium
kind regards
Claude

Hi Claude,
 
The distributor for the Benelux is Edwin van Huik in Hilversum. He often has second-hand Alembics. Here's his site.
 
There's a medium scale Distillate on the list for 2495 euro, which seems a bit pricey. The fretboard is scalloped from the 7th fret - Blackmore/Malmsteen style. That would be a deal-breaker for me.

Can anyone tell me what the point is of scalloped fingerboard?
 
George

With the Malmsteen connection, perhaps fishy scales.

LOL
 
Nice one Adriaan!
Still would like to know the purpose of the aforementioned.
 
G

From the dark recesses of my memory, something like: your fingers are less likely to stick to the fingerboard, especially when sweep-picking or shredding the aforementioned scales.

John McLaughlin had a guitar with scalloped frets, purportedly to enable sitar-like quarter tone scales during the Mahavishnu Orchestra days. Billy Sheehan's bass has a partially scalloped board as well, maybe 8-10 high frets.
 
(and then my brain exploded from an overload of useless 1970s trivia)

Thanks, but I don't want a scalloped board.
Claude

not that it matters, but i think the mclaughlin guitar you're talking about was the acoustic he used with shakti. could be wrong, though.