I love the black bass. It looks very cool. I only wish there was a short body series I with the same color (all black).  
 
If anybody have a pictures of an all black shory, I would love to see it. I don't even know if this have been done before.

It has.  Problem: It was John Entwistle's, with a graphite neck, so it cost about as much as a certain Alembic guitar with DiMarzio's in it!  lol  
 

 
Chuck Panozzo from Styx used a Scorpion with Gabon, a pic of which can be found in the artist gallery.

Yes, this is the body I had in mind. However, it looks more of a dark gray. The graphite neck color is not attractive to me. I am looking for full black shorty. This bass is no doubt a beauty, but the colors are not the same as the feature bass. The Bigsby looks great, but I think its turn the wrong dirction.

That's Stanley's old bass, is it not?

I never seen an all black shorty.  
 
I am sure a short would look cool in all black.  
 
However, the red string tips in the feature looks 80's ish (I would just go for stainless steel strings tips for that cleaner look. The red string tips are distracting, and it makes the black look cheap.  
 
Just my opinion.

Picture is from the auction of JE's gear that was posted in the artist section earlier, and shown as part of his collection here.  Rumor has it was used on the Who song 905.
 
(Message edited by lidon2001 on November 14, 2007)

Guys,
plse allow me to come in with a few more info on the Piccolo Bass:
1. the bass was originally owned by JE and did not belong to SC
2. it was auctioned at Sothebys for GBP 4560, currently beeing with
    a JE fan in the States
3. yep it was used for the middle part of 905 but most prominent
    for the solo part in Dancing Master of the TLTH album
 
Oliver (Spyderman)

Thanks Oliver, I was waiting for your helpful knowledge.
 
Sounds like a steal at that auction price to me.  So the guitar with DiMarzios sold for just a wee bit more. Go figure!  lol

I would agree. The bass pictured, was nothing I had ever seen with SC. However, SC did have a bigsby on his brown alembic. It is possible to confuse the two. However, to prove my point, just google search SC I want to play for you. There, on the album cover, you will see this brown bass with a bigsby.  
 
The real question is: Who came up with the idea first... SC or JE because I don't see many people rushing to go out to drill any holes into their Alembic(s) just for a few tricks with sound.
 
I put a bigsby on my non-alembic bass, and bending harmonics and sustaining notes were the big push for me to do this. Also, being that I put a bigsby on my fretless bass, I claim to be the first. he he eh  
 
I still want a solid all black shorty in my life time, and the featured bass comes a little closer to my dream bass.

I still think that Alembic should entertain the idea of developing their own version of a Bigsby-type vibrato unit (imagine all that brass!!!!).... Just think of how well they refined the tuneomatic style bridge....
 
 We've discussed before the inherent problems that exist in the Bigsby (slack, friction, etc), but I believe that Alembic could breathe new life into such a unit. Plus, as far as guitars go, trems of the Kahler and Floyd variety seem to detract from the value of used Alembics.  
 
Just a thought....

Yeah if they did make an Alembic vibrato, I think they should consider one that connects from the metal back plate and not on the wood. They should make it where, it can be removed to the point, nobody could tell if the device was ever used. Completely transparent.
 
I just couldn't bare drilling a hole in my 1976 shorty, just for a bigsby or even Alembic made them. I just don't see the value.  
 
Brass would look cool. But, they should offer a variety of metal options. I'm thinking a cobalt blue, or somthing stealthy like a black.  
 
Don't get me wrong, I do like Bigsby a lot, a whole lot because they created the option (and a very good one, at that). I love the vintage look it give my bass and it work great too.

Like Jaco, I removed my frets and on the blue bass. It sounds great with a stereo chorus and a running it through a F-2B fat.

Huh..  I had no idea there were two Alembics with Bigsby vibratos.  I did not know that!
 
John

Being that Victor Wooten uses the YING/YANG symbols as part of his commercial image, and with the featured Alembic also using YING/YANG image incrusted on the new featured bass... hummmmm  
 
Maybe this feature bass will become Victor Wooten's signature bass in the future?  
 
http://www.victorwooten.com/faq.html
 
Wow, what a team if this would be true.