Alembic Exploiter Bass

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:42 pm

Marc, sounds fairly simple, I would think either Paul or Dale could build it! Something extra I might suggest is a built in drink dispenser, because when you are all done folding, snapping, unfolding and "W-ing", you might need a drink to cool off!

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:41 am

Paul be nice now

I agree that buying one new is hard to take due to the resale, however they will make you anything you want. I also thought that they were very pleasant to deal with.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:08 am

Nice trio. I've always been a sucker for Alembic's.

Dave, can please explain the controls (or lack of), on the dragon wing?

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:51 am

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:58 am

Very slick Dave. Please send the sharp SC(?) on the far left. That is a great looking axe.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:29 pm

Nice Alembics Dave.

Paul, I always fold my stings before I put them away. Then I twist the ends together so I remember the order they go in.

Jeff, I ALWAYS need a drink. Seriously, isn't there some kind of convertible bass out there? I forgot the specifics.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:54 pm

Warmoth gallery basses http://www.warmoth.com/gallery/gallery.cfm?fuseaction=include_miscbass

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:39 pm

Marc, there was the Gretsch Bikini guitar/bass.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:56 pm

The bikini was a guitar/bass with interchangeable necks into a singularly ugly body. As I recall, there was no string-folding involved.

Marc, are you sure you "fold" your strings? Perhaps you double them up (I coil mine), but the term "fold" (especially coupled with the "W" (sorry) concept, brings sharp corners to mind. Seems there has been a misconception...sorry for my persistence. I think we could finally be on the same page.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:21 pm

Sounds like a bunch of foldy-roll to me!

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:17 am

Sorry Paul, I was just kidding around.

As a young bassist I would however, boil, then coil my bass strings to extend their life as $25 a set was a small fortune to me in those days.

Now I just use chromes, and leave them on forever. Who woulda thunk it?

There are no plans in my future to build or have built and convertible bass. My friend asked me to post about an Exploiter bass, and my imagination got out of hand from the responses

If anyone does build the "W" convertible, it will be deemed a trademark infringement of the thoughts in my head, and they will be sentenced to live out the rest o their life in bass guitar purgatory.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:22 am

Oh, and yes Jeff, that was the guitar I was thinking of...and Paul..I can't find a pic but, my memory tells me it was indeed butt ugly.

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:52 am

I believe there is a pic in Tom Wheeler's American Guitar book.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:42 am

There was a bikini on Ebay about 6 months ago. It brought far more than it was worth. Probably because of its rarity to a Gretsch collector...I'd say "less than 150 made", as a rough guess. Now, forty years later, there are only a handful left.

hieronymous · Post by **hieronymous** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:21 am

I enjoy my Exploiter...