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*SOLD* Alembic Europa 5
£4250
Hilversum, The Netherlands, Europe, Earth, Milkyway


will4bass
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Alembic Europe 5 in beautiful black and fantastic/hardly played condition. 

Europa electronics: 3 knobs and 3 switches.
The knobs are: volume; pickup blend (pan) with center detente; and filter. 
The switches are: bass cut/flat/boost;treble cut/flat/boost; and Q on/off. 
 

 

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5 hours ago, ped said:

Very nice. Always been a dream bass of mine since Trevor Dunn played one in Mr. Bungle

Is that what he uses there!?

might be tempted to part with my MTD and my PJ Lakland for that! 

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2 minutes ago, Steff said:

Is that what he uses there!?

might be tempted to part with my MTD and my PJ Lakland for that! 

Yes on all the bungle stuff. Mostly plays a 70s P bass now apparently. 

The Europa was a ‘91 five string in natural with a reverse headstock. 

The closest I ever got was a six string Elan which was really nice but I’m bad enough on four strings let alone six!

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I should post a clip too... but I am very bad at it.. no good recording facilities, always a bit 'lost' for what to play without some context. But okay, I did a -test-run' and it sounds 'okay' (could be much better though, so plesase use your imagination) and I will share something next days.  IMHO the the beautiful black thing has more to offer that what is been demonstrated. I have owned and still own quite a few high end basses, which include custom Fodera, Sadowsky, Ken Smith, Alleva Coppolo, vintage Fenders/Music Man, Spector USA, Xotic, Steinberger, Status etc etc and oh yes: Alembic, but no bass I owned or even even played has such a 'grande' full range presence and smooth playability. The string spacing is quite perfect for many I think, just a bit over 18mm on the low strings and a little less on the high strings: very ergonomic. But that one thing you cannot measure is there in full glory: how it feels and inspires to play. This is a true gem for the connaisseur. Alembic is not for everyone: some hate it, some love it. Everybody will agree it is something special.   

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