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Amazingly I've never seen these before, considering how long I've been trawling Ebay. Can only assume the placement of the decimal point might be influencing my search results!

I'ved always wondered why I'd never seen any J-based neck-throughs, considering several Japanese manufacturers made P-derived versions in the late 70s & early 80s. If these were MIJ and about £4500 cheaper, I'd be all over them!

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I owned an Alembic years ago and remember finding them then - aways wondered about them but quite an expensive gamble - and I'm not actually keen on the look. I have a love/hate relationship with Alembics.. I haven't played one that clicks yet but assume there's one out there somewhere!

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There have been a number of alembic J style basses come up on ebay over the years and yes those two have been listed for  sale for a heck of a lot of years. In face bass direct had one not too long ago ok yes i just checked and its still here. That is a beauty. 

http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Alembic_Custom_4.html

 

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23 minutes ago, jazzyvee said:

There have been a number of alembic J style basses come up on ebay over the years and yes those two have been listed for  sale for a heck of a lot of years. In face bass direct had one not too long ago ok yes i just checked and its still here. That is a beauty. 

http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Alembic_Custom_4.html

 

If they tried, they could get that bridge pup closer to the bridge

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On 20/02/2019 at 13:51, fleabag said:

Yep, despite ped and mick stating on sale forever, i've never seen them before.  I'm not generally trawling ebay for basses, so that maybe a good reason

I noticed them because I had been trawling ebay and other on-line sites regularly looking for my dream alembic. 🤫🤓🤓
I've found it so don't do it a much now. 

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On ‎31‎/‎03‎/‎2019 at 13:06, prowla said:

I have to say that Alembic have produced some ugly basses; nice wood and workmanship, but I've never particularly wanted one.

Nor me...….. I've always wanted more than just one...………………….🙄😎🤣

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Hey guys, 

I was just stumbling the forums and saw this thread! For those interested in what the P/J actually sounds like, I've done a demo video! I bought the one from Bass Direct! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQoAiS_WuVI&frags=pl%2Cwn

I agree that some Alembics are an acquired taste and there a few questionable designs, however, there are some extremely pretty ones out there! Jazzyvee has some extremely nice basses as do some of my other Alembic pals! 

 

Anyway, if you watch the video, I hope you like it, cheers! 

 

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