Up for sale I have my custom built Alpher. Difficult sale, partially due to financial difficulty and partially due to playing 4 strings almost exclusively now. It is a truly exceptional instrument.
Specs
Used* Alpher Mako Elite Active 5 String
34 inch scale
24 fret
One piece highly figured walnut body
One piece buckeye burl top
Ribbon figured Rosewood neck
Ziricote fingerboard
Nordstrand Bigman pickups
2 x 4 way rotary coil selectors
3 band Nordstrand preamp
Ziricote Control knobs
Hipshot A style bridge and Ultralite tuners
The Dingwall/Nordstrand hybrid electronics allow 24 different coil combinations, it can make almost any sound you could ever want.
The woods are out of this world, the neck is the nicest piece of wood I've ever held and the figuring on the walnut body is incredible. Very rare one piece buckeye top is a bit love or hate, I love it. It looks like marble and it's depth and figuring, like all the woods on this bass, is impossible to do justice in a photo.
The bass has recently been set up at Alpher HQ and has had the new Alpher body contour carved in, so it matches current spec and made the instrument much more comfortable. Pro shots are therefore out of date.
Album link is here: [url="https://flic.kr/s/aHsm4iTMua"]https://flic.kr/s/aHsm4iTMua[/url]
I'll add that Chris and Alex are amazing blokes and I am sure they will love to build a relationship with you as the new owner, as they do with all customers. It's quite unique and a great thing to be involved with, being part of the Alpher family!
Cheers.