https://reverb.com/item/84537453-alembic-exploiter-1987

in austraila.  might be kinda fun to have in the collection but i'm not ever buying another medium scale.

Yeah, nice one! Looks like a walnut top.

One of my recurrent dream basses is an 8-string Alembic. It might happen - if not, I am still fortunate to have been the caretaker for an '85 Spoiler Exploiter, and to currently have a Rickenbacker 4003S/8 in my care.

I think I could get along with this one!

Quote from: hieronymous on September 09, 2024, 06:56:50 PM
One of my recurrent dream basses is an 8-string Alembic.

Mine, too...

My open secret indulgence would be a 10 string Spyder even though I have currently no gigging opportunities where I could use it. I could cope with an 8 stringer though.

price dropped to $5449 + $320 shipping USD.  wonder if that'd get it to the CONUS?  almost tempting at that price, medium scale notwithstanding.  haven't palyed an 8-string in a while.
just joined another band, always fun showing up to rehersal with a bass like nobody's seen before (gotta tell ya, the MKD is quite the conversation starter) but, .....nahhh!

That's a pretty nice price by today's standards. I have an 8 string, and I have an Alembic Exploiter. But I don't have an 8 string Alembic Exploiter. 
PS - I have no intention of going after this one.

QuotePS - I have no intention of going after this one.

i keep telling myself that.  pretty soon i might start believing it 🗿

A rare beast.......at a fraction of still-available Spyder 8 strings ($31,800)  Please note the setup.....the octave string is above the fundamental.   This is the way my Zon 8 is set up and I find it preferable (for finger plucking) to the other way around like on my Spyder 8 and Rick 8. Using a pick, the Spyder is Heaven!

You know you wanna buy this.....

I'm getting GAS just being a bystander....

Second-hand GAS?

QuotePlease note the setup.....the octave string is above the fundamental.

saw that.  not helping.
plus - i just got started with this crew that wants to roll as a 3-piece backing a front person.  i gotta lotta sonic space to fill.  you'd think a bi-amped MKD strung with roto rounds would do it.  but as they say, there's always room for more.   hmmmmm......

Since it's from Australia, you'll be Been Down Under!

I think I only tried an 8-string for a moment somewhere back in my past.  But I would have thought the string arrangement on this one - high string on the low side (or however you want to describe it) - would be better for pick playing?  I would have thought for finger-style you'd want to touch the thinner string first.  No?  I dunno.

Jimmy J

I have a rare 1980 Ibanez MC-980 8-string. It's 32" scale like this Exploiter.

But Alembic is the real deal...