Commissioned?12/04 completed 12/05. Series I Six String, Series II Electronics, Rogue Body, Coco Bolo, Accent woods: Maple/Vermilion, Mahogany body, Custom Asymmetrical "Tobias neck feel", 34" Scale, Aluminum side position markers, strung with Ken Smith Taper Core Medium-6 28-44-63-84-106-130  
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 Front   Sorry, I don't yet have a digital camera. The pictures above are from a "disposa-cam" for my insurer and the ones below are from a gig. I will post better pics when I can. Meanwhile check the much nicer ones that Mica kindly took for the  http://club.alembicguitars.net/index.php?topic=7041] FTC thread.   I got this beauty in late December. Adjusted the truss rods, raised the action, practiced for a couple of hours and took her to a rock casual that night!  

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  Pretty Laminations  ("Great Caesar's Ghost, I'm playing an Alembic!")   Not a light bass, but the balance suits me perfectly. I notice the weight when carrying it much more than when playing it.   I'm amazed at how easy and intuitive/logical the series II controls are. I thought I'd be confused and even caught out twiddling?knobs, instead I was able to make subtle (and not so subtle), tone changes at will.  To my ear it's the first electric bass I've ever played that behaves like an upright: you hear exactly what your fingers and the strings are doing.  The dynamic range and sustain are astounding.   Unfortunately my http://club.alembicguitars.net/Images/449/26664.html?1143411953] fingerboard cracked badly enough to see (pics taken with cell phone) and to hear: A rattle when fretting Bb on anywhere on the C string and in the top registers on the G and D strings!  This necessitated a trip back to the mothership for repair. Sad, but stuff happens.   Perhaps it was merely "...pining for the fjords." Or for a http://club.alembicguitars.net/Images/449/26823.html?1144426776] flyover of Taylor Mountain.   Regardless the Alembicians (James IIRC), were able to heal her (imagine the bass in hospital: "So I waited and, O my brothers, I got a lot better munching away at eggiwegs, and lomticks of toast and lovely steakiwegs and then, one day, they said...")   Appy-polly-loggies to Burgess and Kubrick.  Anyway the repair went perfectly, the rattle is gone and we're reunited (like Peaches and Herb ;-)  A huge "Thank You" to Greg at B&B and everyone at Alembic for making it happen!         -dan

Great bass!!!