Alembic Europa 5 String Bass for Sale £3600 West Midlands UK

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This bass is in excellent condition.

The spec is as follows.

Alembic Europa 5 string bass

Scale Length Long scale 34"

Neck through design with maple and purpleheart construction

Ebony fretboard

Adjustable height brass nut

Solid machined brass bridge with brass saddes mounted to a large brass sustain block

Solid machined brass tailpiece.

Top wood is Bocate

Body is solid mahogany

Headstock has a bocate laminate on front and back, with cast brass alembic logo on the front. 

Tuners are gold coloured.

Pickups are alembic MXY low impedance pickups. 

 

The Europa controls are volume, pan, filter, Q switch, bass boost/cut switch, treble boost/cut switch. 
The quick tone switches are bass and treble and are not individual switches for the pickups. Each switch provides 6db boost, flat, and 6db cut.

side mounted 1/4" mono jack 

(see image link)

http://club.alembic.com/Images/16271/106010.jpg

(Owners Manual)

http://www.alembic.com/support/care.html

 

 

 

The bass is a neck through design made from maple and purpleheart. Ebony  There is an inlay of my initials in the 12th fret which was done by Jaydee custom guitars about 12 years or so ago plus and my name engraved on the truss rod cavity which i may be able to remove if if is a deal breaker or the buyer can just reverse it. The switches are mounted on chrome plated washers as a few years i installed some East ACG filter based electronics which required enlarging the existing switch holes to fit the filter controls. The original electronics have been back in the bass for ages now but I had to get larger washers mount the original switches.  If I can find some black washers I will install those instead. 

The back control cavity cover is gold plated and was like that when i bought the bass. What else can I say. Well it is a great sounding bass and i am only selling it because it is not getting enough playing time so i'd rather it went to someone who will give it more attention. 
Send me a PM if interested. I have an original case for it also.

 

Some information from the Alembic web site. 

EUROPA

With its elegant and understated form, the Europa bass is the type of instrument you return to again and again, and each time you're reminded of why you love this bass so much. From the moment you wear it on strap, comfort and balance greet you. Plugging into the side mounted jack gives a satifying "kerchunk" in response. Once your amp warms up, the tone that piqued your interest in the first place comes flowing back. This bass is home. 

Quick tone change switches give instant access to useful on-the-fly sounds. When you're ready to take that solo, you can simply flick the bass and treble switches to the boost position, knowing full well that when you're finished, that original sound is just a click away.

The Europa comes standard with Alembic's classic Maple and Purpleheart neck lamination pattern. This engineered beam supports even response across the Ebony fingerboard, and assures that snappy Alembic brilliance will be delivered at every note. 

Like most Alembic basses, Europas are quite happy in a variety of musical settings. Turn the low-pass filters down to 300Hz for deep tones suitable for blues. Turned up to 6KHz, there's plenty of zing for slap or driving rock technique with a pick. Versatility puts the tone control in your heart and your hands. 

Since each Europa bass is handcrafted right in our one-and-only shop in Santa Rosa, California, you are able to custom order any aspect of the bass. Custom fingerboard dimensions, wood choices, decorative details, or even things not yet invented are possible.

More information

 

Here are some soundcloud clips from a rehearsal with this bass. 

 

This is an amazing sounding bass and I have used it on numerous gigs though in recent years I have used it less and less as I have been using my two filter bass more. I would love this bass to go to someone who can get more use out of it than I can.

 

 I would prefer not to post it if at all possible and if you want to try before you buy, i can arrange that in my mate's studio so you can hear it at full bore.