AlemRic

m5yates · Post by **m5yates** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:59 pm

RICKENBACKER 4003S WITH ALEMBIC ELECTRONICS

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:12 pm

I . . . love it. Seriously. Rubber hat-knobs have always looked far cooler, to me, than any other control type (I might even buy rubber knobs and replace the ones on my 4003), and I bet the pickups sound killer . . . the only thing I couldn't deal with is switching the battery . . . it must be a pain in the rear.

squirefan01 · Post by **squirefan01** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:20 pm

That is nice. What do Alembics go for typically? Not many on eBay right now.

m5yates · Post by **m5yates** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:52 pm

"That is nice. What do Alembics go for typically? Not many on eBay right now."

Neck-thru Alembics start at $1500. That will get you a mid 80's bass with one tone control and two volume pots. Alembic Series II electronics and p'ups cost $6000 (that doesn't include a body to put them in).

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:48 pm

Hmmm, a Rick with a Q switch. That would be interesting.

alansan · Post by **alansan** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:18 pm

Probably sounds good. Looks awful in my opinion, although I suppose you could probably sell the electronics and make near enough to pay for a re-furb.

325_fan · Post by **325_fan** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:28 am

Here's mine, conservatively valued at $12,000.00:

[img]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Valentinejayne/Alembic.jpg[/img]

alansan · Post by **alansan** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:41 am

Mehh, I'd take the Ric.

Just kidding Chris, the wood on that Alembic is stunning.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:41 am

I remember the last go-round on ebay for this bass. It was a couple years ago and I'm pretty sure it went for somewhere between $1400.00 and $1500.00. A LOT for a 4003S at the time, let alone a modded one.

Cool bass. I was kinda tempted then. This time I think I'm all bassed out!

alansan · Post by **alansan** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:58 am

To me the strings look like they closer to the G string side of the neck and the pickup surround on the treble pickup looks crooked. The lower pick-guard add-on also looks too close to the edge of the body.

Okay I'll stop now.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:54 am

if it were an 86 or later I would get it ...

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:38 am

Why is that Jeff, it looks sweet. Was there a problem with the early ones?

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:40 am

Jeff prefers the 86 and later because they have a different truss rod design and the pickups lend themselves better to a 5-string conversion.

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:06 am

Thanks Steve!

I really like the neck through "S" basses, I crazy over Mapleglo, and I LOVE Alembic electronics.....

There's a wish....Rickenbacker & Alembic get together to make a LIMITED EDITION ACTIVE RIC with some highly figured woods. Hey, aren't they neighbors anyway?

I know a lot of you guys don't like active pups, but my Alembic's are SO QUIET. This bass would be perfect for what I need....None of that single coil noise. But I'm sure you lose that Rickenbacker "edge" with the cleaner electronics.

Very tempting.....

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:12 am

"Hey, aren't they neighbors anyway?"

If being about 460 miles apart constitutes neighbors, then yeah, they're neighbors!