Alembic 5 Sting Bass Guitar (392674152187) Beware!

[eubassix]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alembic-5-Sting-Bass-Guitar/392674152187

Queried this one with Alembic and got the following (essentially - edited slightly):-

"Wow - this is a weird one. The omega carving was not original on this bass - it's pretty clear it doesn't use the same roundover as we do and the transition from the back to the edge is quite harsh. The tips of the omega are broken off - this may have happened when they made this modification or afterwards.There are chunky and less than smooth transitions which are just things that would never leave here in the current condition. It doesn't look like any shape in our library..We don't make batches of anything!* And we don't track any particular model build*. I couldn't tell you haw many Persuaders we made in a given year or cumulatively. Aside from a few limited edition models, it's simply notsomething we tally.The neck is Maple and Purpleheart. Fingerboard is Ebony. The body wood is Mahogany. The top is actually Walnut (as is the peghead front certainly look more like Walnut)*

After all that, decided to run the number through the Alembic Club. Lo and behold! Answers to questions and suspicions confirmed:

http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=9192.msg107803#msg107803

http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=5951.msg65656#msg65656

http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=25210.0

*[ seller: ... "Alembic have told me this was a batch of 400 made to this spec of 5 sting active basses. Using the Cocabolla wood...."]

 

[Shaggy]

Interesting - I'd seen that on the local Facebook bass gear selling forum, and contacted the seller out of curiosity as to what model it was.

I guess probably not worth much more than starting bid with that mod, but have to say I prefer it aesthetically with the omega cut out to the rather boring original styling.