roonjuice Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Hey guys, I've picked up my new bass from Chris and Alex at alpher. Let me start with saying how supremely happy I am with my new instrument (named rose by the missus), and how from design, right the way through to completion the guys ensured I got EXACTLYwhat we discussed and envisaged. I wanted a supremely growly, passive bass, with ebony or a very rich rosewood top and board as my starting point. The bass has a maple body with African Blackwood cap over maple body, and a solid Blackwood neck with custom lumo gel "r" at the 12th. This was after the boys showing me a piece of Blackwood, which is like a super dense ebony, and I was sold .... Wowsers it sings! In true spinal tap fashion you can feel the sustain. It really is like a piano. The boys took on board all my idiosyncrasies and requests and helped my realise the instrument at every step, such as wanting seventies position pups, and the more guitar styled headstock logo arrangement. Tone wise the Aguilar pups and pre really REALLY push, I wanted the growliest, which this bass does supremely, but the tone variety between the pick ups is huge. I looked at a few custom luthiers to build this instrument, including shuker, lull and even popped into the sadowsky shop in NYC, but after meeting up with guys, It was alpher all the way, and I couldn't be happier. (The missus could, because I'm already planning the next one!!!!) P.s, as well as getting my dream bass, I got some new friends too:) R Edited January 20, 2017 by roonjuice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbassist Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Beautiful bass and great choice with the wood selection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 They really do know what they are doing. It's things like the 'no screws' policy where everything is a bolt with a coresponding insert that shows the quality and attention to detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxnard Montalvo Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 This is beautiful and has got me reconsidering my choice of builder for my next bass. After reading Alphers' site and seeing these pics, they tick all the boxes that are important to me. Thanks for sharing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Fantastic! They are incredible basses, mine says hi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonjuice Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 It's the little touches, like the properly copper taped control cavity, magnetised covers, and the knobs turned from the same wood that makes these boss. When I get back I'll post more picks and sound clips if anyone wants them:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHeart Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Mine also says hi [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/jeffhop/media/IMG_5527_zps8krrdyxe.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/jeffhop/IMG_5527_zps8krrdyxe.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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