will4bass Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) Alembic Spoiler from 1989. Some specs: birds-eye maple top, mahogany body, 3 piece maple neck(through) with ebony board including OHSC. 32 inch, 2 truss rods, AXY pickups, Volume/Tone/Pickup selector, Alembic low pass filter with Q-switch, chrome Alembic GOTOH tuners, Brass bridge, just below 4kgs on my kitchen scale etc. This Spoiler has that unique Alembic sound: bright, full and dynamic, with a sweet flavour that comes with the years. I am the first owner (!) and chose this one over 3 other Alembics in the shop at the time and I played this bass from 1989 till about 1995. From then on it rested in it's case. It has been played but considering a 31 years old instrument it is in very, very good condition. Technically 100%. Edited November 13, 2020 by will4bass sold pending payment 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) Gorgeous bass. I have one in [Cliff Burton/Metallica stylee] black gloss (which I have discovered is a birds eye maple refin!). Might help if you add the weight as these vary somewhat. GLWTS, its lovely! Edit: aah, I see you added a pic. c4kg. Nice! GLWTS Edited September 18, 2020 by Clarky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokkie Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Beautiful Spoiler, Will!! I could be wrong but aren’t the tuners from Shaller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will4bass Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Bokkie said: Beautiful Spoiler, Will!! I could be wrong but aren’t the tuners from Shaller? Thanks Bokkie! I think they are: 'made in Germany' it says. The bass is 100% original and this is what Alembic used back then. Maybe they still do on their models, I don't know actually. Ido know I am the first owner and never changed a thing! Edited September 26, 2020 by will4bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyerseve Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 On 26/09/2020 at 10:39, will4bass said: Thanks Bokkie! I think they are: 'made in Germany' it says. The bass is 100% original and this is what Alembic used back then. Maybe they still do on their models, I don't know actually. Ido know I am the first owner and never changed a thing! Beautiful bass! Love that birdseye maple! They are definitely Schaller tuners - that is their logo on the back and they look like every other Schaller tuner - the good news is they are excellent tuners! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairobill Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) These are such cool basses, favoured by Prince's bass players (Brownmark and Levi) as well as Prince himself. Here's Levi Seacer (in the newly released Sign of the Times live concert) playing one and sounding completely awesome. Edited October 2, 2020 by Cairobill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) Prince's bassist's Spoiler looks just like mine (now with added SIMS red side LEDs) Bump for a lovely bass for sale in the OP! Edited October 2, 2020 by Clarky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will4bass Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, Clarky said: Prince's bassist's Spoiler looks just like mine (now with added SIMS red side LEDs) Bump for a lovely bass for sale in the OP! OP? Are you hailing or hacking my post? 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, will4bass said: OP? Are you hailing or hacking my post? 😉 I am trying to tempt people to buy your lovely bass! I have already linked it on the Alembic Club forum 🙂 http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=25754.0 Edited October 2, 2020 by Clarky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will4bass Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 22 minutes ago, Clarky said: I am trying to tempt people to buy your lovely bass! I have already linked it on the Alembic Club forum 🙂 http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=25754.0 Thanks Clarky!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Bump for the pun in the thread title.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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