goblin Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Well, after around a year since placing the order, I got the go ahead that my brand new custom Alpher Mako Elite 5 is finished, and last Monday, I went and picked it up. I'll just let you look at the photos first... Alpher Mako Elite 5 by Dave Butterworth, on Flickr Alpher Mako Elite 5 by Dave Butterworth, on Flickr Alpher Mako Elite 5 by Dave Butterworth, on Flickr Alpher Mako Elite 5 by Dave Butterworth, on Flickr An absolute beauty. I'll take you through things! The body is a highly figured, single piece of maple, with a 'crazyburl' top, which for those who don't know, is basically a burl which has been impregnated with dyes, and stabilised with resin. The neck and control cavity plate is roasted birdseye maple. The electronics are Aguilar's super single pickups, three of them. There's one at the neck, and then two together to make a humbucker. These can be configured at the flick of a switch to be series, single or parallel, and then blended in with the neck pickup, giving a wide range of available tones before you even look at the preamp! The preamp itself is pretty simple, an Aguilar OBP-3, so three band with sweepable mids. Here's a quick video from the day I collected of how she sounds! 6 Quote
Skinnyman Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 That's gorgeous. Nice bass too 😀 Seriously, that is one utterly beautiful bass. You must be chuffed as a chuffed thing. Quote
TheGreek Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Niiiice... Glad you took the time to put it down, take some pics and post them... Quote
goblin Posted March 20, 2019 Author Posted March 20, 2019 It's all a matter of opinion I guess... I know which one I prefer Quote
Bassislife16 Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 4 hours ago, goblin said: It's all a matter of opinion I guess... I know which one I prefer It’s lovely man. Welcome to the Alpher family! How are you getting on with it now you’ve had her a few weeks? Quote
Woodinblack Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 That is a rather nice bass. Still wouldn't mind one of those, but I don't think it is going to happen any time soon! Quote
goblin Posted March 21, 2019 Author Posted March 21, 2019 14 hours ago, Bassislife16 said: It’s lovely man. Welcome to the Alpher family! How are you getting on with it now you’ve had her a few weeks? I love it, still getting my head around sweepable mids as I'm a bit of a dinosaur in that area. But it's incredible, in both feel and construction. The sound is something else too. Quote
BrianJW Posted October 2, 2019 Posted October 2, 2019 (edited) well after nearly 2 years my hand built custom bass is just about ready its settling down over the next few weeks before I collect to take home A Laminate of french maple & walnut, with cocbolo front & back and on the head stock, active / passive, go toh tuners, seymour duncan pickups, made by Tito Dalmedo Edited October 2, 2019 by BrianJW 1 1 Quote
Crawford13 Posted October 10, 2019 Posted October 10, 2019 That is an incredible bass! You are a lucky man. Quote
goblin Posted October 10, 2019 Author Posted October 10, 2019 It looks nice... but why post it on my thread? Quote
Crawford13 Posted October 10, 2019 Posted October 10, 2019 45 minutes ago, goblin said: It looks nice... but why post it on my thread? I was meaning your Alpher dude. Quote
goblin Posted October 10, 2019 Author Posted October 10, 2019 Oops, I didn't quote BrianJW's post. I've only just seen it. Cheers bud, it's a lovely bass! Quote
Woodinblack Posted October 10, 2019 Posted October 10, 2019 So are the Elites just the same style as the others but with crazy wood? Quote
Crawford13 Posted October 10, 2019 Posted October 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: So are the Elites just the same style as the others but with crazy wood? Yeah I’m pretty sure it’s classed an an elite when you have a top wood. It doesn’t necessarily need to be a crazy burl. Quote
Woodinblack Posted October 10, 2019 Posted October 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Crawford13 said: It doesn’t necessarily need to be a crazy burl. Oh I think it does for me Quote
goblin Posted October 10, 2019 Author Posted October 10, 2019 Yeah that's the one, the crazy burl is another option on top of that. I think the best way to have an Alpher is just have all the options. Go as wild as you can haha. 1 1 Quote
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