Clarky

[quote name='cocco' post='1005893' date='Oct 29 2010, 11:13 PM']I will give you £150 and two 5 month old kittens called bill and ted?[/quote] Tempting offer as I like cats but no thanks

[quote name='lozbass' post='1005631' date='Oct 29 2010, 07:09 PM']A bit pedantic but I think they're Series II electronics[/quote] Post edited loz! Thanks for the pedantic bump

[quote name='cocco' post='1005430' date='Oct 29 2010, 04:40 PM']am I trippin' or are there eight control nobs on the one newstead is pictured with?[/quote] No you are quite sober! He modded his Spoiler by fitting Series II controls to it (and a hard-to-see pickguard as he sweats so much it was going into the pickup cavities - yuk). Mine is simple by comparison with volume and tone filter knobs, a rotary pickup selector (which has a useful 'off' position for total silence) and a 'Q' switch (which subtly changes frequencies, making it a bit deeper).

[quote name='jazzyvee' post='1004539' date='Oct 28 2010, 11:16 PM']Hi Clarky, sad news you have to sell that bass. I did my first gig with my new Alembic bass yesterday and it sounds great. All the best with the sale. Jazzyvee[/quote] Thanks JV, its the best bass I own but also by far the heaviest and its got to the stage where its a problem for me. Very sad. More positively I will be keeping an eye open on the Alembic Club for an early 80s black Spoiler as these were nearer 9 pounds (unlike the much heavier late 80s versions)

PS, not looking for trades unless you happen to have a lightweight black Alembic Spoiler (OK I know!) or a vgc Eminence upright bass. Very specific I know but nothing else thanks, only good old cash

Thanks CK, post amended re weight comparisons. If it weighed the better part of a couple of pounds less, like the Spoiler Deaver owns, it would be staying. Don't know if I'm being overly sensitive but since injuring my hand recently (bones still broken!), to add to my dodgy left shoulder/back, I would much rather have a lighter bass around my neck

This is a serious rock machine, the model played by Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted of Metallica (and thus highly sought after as there aren't many in circulation in this colour scheme). As a Metallica fan I love the way this bass looks and plays - with one fatal flaw, it weighs 11 pounds and thats just too much for me, my back and my left shoulder (which had a rotator cuff injury a couple of years ago and is prone to grumble with heavy basses strapped on). The good - plays beautifully (32 inch scale length is very easy to navigate fast), sounds very Alembic (ask jakesbass, old horse murphy, or jonthebass), looks rock, and is an Alembic you would happily gig rather than admire and polish. The bad - the weight (though its nowhere near as heavy as, say, an MK 5), and the finish has a couple of small chips in the headstock, lots of fine surface scratches in the picking area (which could probably T-cut out) and quite a few bumps/dints (none breaking the thick black gloss finish) on the rear, especially at the back of the horn. You might want to do a partial re-fin but, TBH, it didn't bother me as it meant I could happily gig it without fussing. I imported it from the US for over £1300 and have since added some very nice Alembic 40-100 stainless steel round strings for an all-in cost of about £1400. It comes with a very solid fitted Alembic hard case. For pics please see link in my sig below