jazzyvee

I unwittingly bought some sets of fake d'addario strings a few years back. Unfortunately they were to keep in my spares box and was probably about 6 months before i got round to installing them and the ball end had loads of sharp bits of the winding poking out of the wrap. Since i'd never seen that on d'addario's i emailed them with photos and the packaging and they told me they were fake. Contracted Ebay but it was too late to get any action taken. Never bought strings on ebay since.

Exactly, i was fortunate to squeeze in a factory visit in 2023 whilst in the states, i had also been to their Santa Rosa facility. On both visits there were loads of basses there at various states of build. Many with really personalised custom options such as inlays, electronics and exotic woods at prices i can only imagine. So whilst they are not cheap, there is still a healthy new build market for them even with the bargains to be had on the used market.

Phew.... good job i don't have milk and sugar in my tea. 😂

Well i may have a buyer for my Alembic Europa 5 string which i have had since 2005, and will definitely regret it.

I too have the ACS ear plugs 17db for gigging, I have another set which i think are 26db that i use when i go to listen to a live band. Then just last year got some ACS custom moulded IEM.

I bought some FretFx side Leds for my vintage bass. Works fine and much easier to see than the original dots on a dark stage.

Wow holding series basses in stock is a serious commitment, and my thoughts would be that a buyer spending that kind of cash on an alembic bass would most likely want it custom made for them rather than off the shelf. I know i would. That said i guess long lead times at alembic might work in your favour. All the best.

https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=26519.0;topicseen

Well done guys, it's about time we had a UK Distributor, looking forward to seeing some tasty basses and testing the strength of my willpower. 👍🏾 😂

What is wrong with your SC Deluxe. I have one maybe it's something I can help with?

Just saw it on their web site. https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/brand_page/alembic/ Hope that means we start seeing more of these basses on gigs.

I'd suggest checking out the alembic web site forum, there is bound to be some suggestions there..

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