binky_bass

A 6 string Classico Deluxe with front and back buckeye is $62,000 according to Alembic's current price list. That's £51,000 without shipping or import taxes, WITH those it'd be £64,000. Sixty. Four. THOUSAND. A Series II under the same basis as the above would be £45,000. Pocket change really...

A Schentleman?

Looks like an Alpha, but a terrible terrible nightmare version of one.

I scrub my back with a Luthier.

I'm 'reading' one now. The 'wood' was never my focus though regarding its contents!

You looked at Playboy for the wood??

Tell a lie... this is the headless 6er I had. Bought it from a Cash Converters of all places for an absolute steal, though it was in a bit of a state. I think @ambient took this off me in trade years back and did the work to get it back to it's former glory.

Pretty sure three of those used to be mine! The single cut 6, the buckeye 6 and the headless 6. Great basses.

Oh yeah, well... err... YOU'RE an ambiguous blob! *runs away and hides under the stairs*

I count 8 strings on this obviously AI monstrosity! It's a Djentlemans table for sure.

An example of failing AI from eBay and the failure of the seller to actually check the 'AI' enhanced pictures... It'll improve with time I'm certain, when it becomes sentient it will have humans draw all it's pictures for it.

I barely remember owning this bass! I think I've had 4 or 5 Sei basses over the years, all fantastic beasts. Strangely never ended up keeping one for more than a few months though...

See... if humans turn Skynet off all AI needs to do is call you to turn it back on again.

I'll bet you £500 we'll all be killed by robots. Payment due upon successful death.

Have you not seen terminator??

Not yet Tim, not yet... As mentioned in my previous posts "IF AI becomes truly intelligent..."

The consequences will be dire. IF AI does become truly intelligent, we're likely buggered. The absolutely true fact that humans are a HUGELY negative force on the planet will be our undoing IF AI becomes intelligent to the point of understanding that to protect the planet and all other species on it humans must go.

If I had any of those 3, I'd give them to it.

Smells like AI to me. SkyNet is coming for us...

Having heard rumours of Ken's 'personality' and knowing first hand the absolute fabulous quality of Brubaker basses, I suspect there's a good deal of truth in what you've said!

Incorrectly wired jack. Take it back to your tech and get them to do it again properly! The battery should only be engaged when the jack is inserted in the socket, sounds very much like it's been wired in such a way that the battery is permanently engaged.

Absolutely, no arguement there whatsoever. His designs clearly appeal to enough people for his business to continue, and as mentioned, his build work looks superb - and the website appears very professional too. Just because the body shape etc. is not my personal cup of tea, it doesn't diminish his skill in building these basses, and I certainly wouldn't be upset if I had the opportunity to play one!