Someone on TB is considering gutting an Alembic. Help me try and stop him!
 
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4811065&posted=1#post4811065

People do some strange things. Most people buy alembics to get away from the bartolini sound.

I guess the TB user put it like it is...  
 
Thanks for the opinions.
But what I need is someone who has the knowledge regarding fingerboard radius.
 
This certainly doesn't mean I agree with the changing/gutting of an Alembic.  In fact I agree that it is a sin... but I have to admit that they're his basses to do what he wants with them... Or are they all really Mica's as I heard her once jokingly post?  That was a joke wasn't it?  
 
(Message edited by artswork99 on October 19, 2007)

its like saying  hey i have a mercedes benz but i like to change the engine to a nissan maxima. weird.

That klown has a Series 2 and he can't find the sound he wants?  Though he's not considering gutting the S2, get this:  sometimes I need something deeper and smoother that Alembic can't deliver.
Deeper??  Smoother?  Than an Alembic?  Render unto me a freaking break......

I think this line was my favorite. Someone's response to him.
 
Oh yeah, most manufacturers put pretty conservative pickups in axe's when there made. Replacement pups give you the royal tone you desire.

He was here for a while too but the Alembic fundamentalism was too much for him - can't say I blame him either. It's not something I would do personally, but give the guy a break! It's not like he's carving up a vintage Series I or that he's ignorant of the Alembic sound, he just wants to try something different. If it were me I would try and do it so that it wasn't non-reversible, but he doesn't appear to care at this point, and I wonder how much the negative reaction when he posted here affected him.

Fingerboard radius of 12 versus 16 should not make a substantial difference with regard to the pickups.  Changing string types would make more difference than the issue of having the the optimized fingerboard radius.  
 
I suggest that he just swap in the Bartolini pickups and if he is not happy he can swap the OEM pickups back in to his Bass.  
 
The words Smoother and Deeper have different meanings to different people in this context.  
 
My Alembic has never been my GO-TO instrument.  In fact among my electrics it is the instrument I play the least. If it were a Series; I am sure that this would be a different story entirely. We need to decide whether we are going to restore or to customize.  
 
Regards
-- Eugene

Harry has kindly brought to our attention that this was thoroughly discussed in April 2007, (thank you Harry).  With all of the facts available that Robert shared at the Bartolinis on Alembics? thread I totally agree to leave Robert to his own design (give him a break).  Who are we to tell him not to do this (again).  Especially when he's asking for the same help at another forum that he requested here.

Go Eugene!  
The first answer to Roberts concerns and questions that I have seen.  I hope that he swings by to see your post.

I'm still reeling from the after market p/u remark.
 
What a maroon.

I guess this guy's a goof too...
 

 
Play what you want, the key point is in the playing.

nuff said!!!!!

Trying something new or different or experimentation with this that or the other is very Alembic.

I dunno....I bought my alembics because I wanted the alembic tone(s).  Seems kind of a shame to gut a series II to install a generic pickup set.