November 1999Blue RhapsodyAnyone that was a fan of John Paul Jones' custom Alembic basses from the 70s instantly recognizes the distinctive body shape of this bass. With its deeply carved body contours, this Triple Omega custom bass turns every head that comes to our showroom. The Quilted Maple looks like ocean waves under the tinted green to blue finish. This is our first Oceanburst finish instrument. |
Up so close to the omega, you get to see what a truly expert carver can accomplish.After we glue the
body on, Kris carves the omega detail at the bottom, leaving the maple from the neck in place as the
tips of the omega. |
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You can still see the five-piece maple and purpleheart neck through the tinted paint. |
We veneer quilted maple on both the front and back of the peghead to coordinate with the top wood. We burst the finish on the front and back of the peghead, as well as the front and back of the body and the back of the neck. No burst opportunity is overlooked. | |||
Take a peek at the inner workings of this bass. There's a trimpot to set the gain of each pickup. This
allows you to adjust the height of the pickups to the tone you like best, then correct for the
volume difference electronicly. Often you are stuck with the output being dependent on the height with
no means of refinement or correction. This is another of the fine tone adjustments you can use to
establish your own signature sound. Included is a volume, filter and two-position Q-switch for each pickup, four-position rotary pickup selector switch and a mono/stereo switch. If you're familiar with Series I electronics, these controls will be second nature. There is no dummy humcanceller, since this bass uses our AXY self humcancelling pickups. These are the same electronics that we featured in our 20th Anniversary basses. |
Are you in love? This bass is available for purchase through your local Alembic dealer, shipped from our showroom immediately. Enjoy! |
SPECIFICATIONS
Total retail price $5,245, inlcuding hardhsell case. |
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