gyrus Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) For sale: Alembic Persuader ✅ 32" scale ✅ 3-piece neck ✅ neck through ✅ ebony FB ✅ mohogany body ✅ flame koa top ✅ AXY pickups ✅ knobs: volume, volume, tone filter (q-sweeper; see the photo on the comment below) ✅ 1990 model ✅ weight: 5Kg (based on our weighing scale) ✅ tweed case included (which also weighs 5Kg) Location: Stevenage Based on the serial number (90P xxxx USA) inscribed on both the control cavity and on the truss rod plate, this is a Persuader built in 1990. http://alembic.com/support/reference.html Pics here Edited April 13, 2023 by gyrus 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) Thats a Spoiler, not a Persuader. Fabulous bass! GLWYS Edit: it is in fact a Persuader! See discussion below. Apologies! Edited March 13, 2023 by Clarky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) Yup, definitely a Spoiler. Persuader's are identical however, sport a PJ pup configuration. Lovely instrument good luck. Edited March 13, 2023 by White Cloud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrus Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) I am very much open to corrections. The serial number is etched on both the control cavity and on the truss rod plate. Based on the serial number 90P xxxx USA, it is a Persuader. http://alembic.com/support/reference.html Edited March 13, 2023 by gyrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) I have no doubt you are correct about about the serial number. Just seems odd as I have only ever seen Persuaders with a PJ (and rarely JJ) configuration and Spoilers with the dual AXY pickups. Here are some marketing ads from Alembic in the 1990s. Doesn't actually matter much of course as its a lovely bass!!!! Again, GLWYS Edited March 13, 2023 by Clarky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrus Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, Clarky said: I have no doubt you are correct about about the serial number. Just seems odd as I have only ever seen Persuaders with a PJ (and rarely JJ) configuration and Spoilers with the dual AXY pickups. Here are some marketing ads from Alembic in the 1990s. Doesn't actually matter much of course as its a lovely bass!!!! Again, GLWYS Thanks, @Clarky. I think the controls (knobs/switches) between the persuader and the spoiler are different too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Think I have figured this out. The Spoiler has a Q switch and 2 control knobs, whereas your bass has 3 control knobs, like the Persuader. I reckon someone custom ordered a Persuader with Spoiler pickup arrangements. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Messages crossed, ha! Yep, I am now sure you have a custom ordered Persuader with Spoiler pickup arrangement. Bet it sounds lush! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrus Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) Just posting this here for reference... from Mica's post in 2007, 15th of January... http://alembic.com/club/messages/393/35325.html?1168958508 "The Persuaders were originally the same as Spoilers but with our Activator electronics. Traditionally, a Persuader was about $200-300 less than a Spoiler for that reason. The purpose was to showcase our Activators. There are Persuaders with PJ, JZ, and AXY pickups. There's some with only one pickup too. Controls were one or two volumes (depending on the number of pickups) and a single filter control. We discontinued the Persuader because of the obvious confusion with the Spoiler basses." Edited March 13, 2023 by gyrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Lovely custom Persuader...I stand corrected 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 A drop dead gorgeous bass. I wish it were Left Handed. GLWTS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edenburgh Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 PM'd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrus Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 1 minute ago, Edenburgh said: PM'd Hi, @Edenburgh! I just replied. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_geezer Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 lovely bass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthebass Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Persuader alert! 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarlscharisma Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Surprised this is still here at that price. I have a similar looking Spoiler. They are amazing basses. GLWS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrus Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 🔝— up —🔝 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrus Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 Bump 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrus Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 ☝️☝️☝️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obrienp Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 What a beautiful bass! I can’t even manage 3.8 Kilos, let alone 5 but somebody is going to get a fabulous instrument. GLWTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrus Posted April 11, 2023 Author Share Posted April 11, 2023 16 hours ago, Obrienp said: What a beautiful bass! I can’t even manage 3.8 Kilos, let alone 5 but somebody is going to get a fabulous instrument. GLWTS! Thank you. BTW, the 5Kg is from our bathroom scales, so, I’m questioning its accuracy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Worth getting a cheap set of digital luggage scales (less than a tenner on Amazon). Suspect the 5kg weight is exaggerated (I have never played a medium scale Alembic that weighed that much). Besides, a luggage scale is useful for those tricky airlines like Ryanair and Easyjet!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrus Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 Thanks, @Clarky. I’ll buy one soon and update this. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrus Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 SOLD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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