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Hmmm,, good info Steve.

I didnt know that. I always thought graphite took care of that problem. I did have a Steinberger L-2 that was just as clear as a grand piano.

Looked ridiculas on my 6'4 250lb. frame though.

I had an L-2 also, Scott. They do seem to hang odd on any body.

What dead spots? My fretted had no dead spots at all, neither did my first fretless. The fretless I currently have has a very minor dead spot around the 11th fret position on the G string, but that is all. Overall these Zons are just fantastic. All of mine have/had passive electronics as that is how I like my basses and they were/are all five string models. The first fretless, a Sonus Special, I removed the Bart electronics from. The two Sonus 5/1 models, one fretted the other fretless were custom made for me by Joe with only a passive volume control, the Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups wired in parallel, and especially nice tops, the fretted was a nice burled California walnut (a good friend of mine has it now) and the fretless I still have is spalted maple, a favorite of Steve Cooper's, I might add!

That's what I wanted to hear Jeff! I've never tried a Zon (there are no dealers in Canada), but I'll have to see if I can find some the next time I'm in the U.S. I definitely want to try before I buy.

A friend of mine has a Zon fretless 5 string that had some dead spots on the neck. He sent it back to Zon and they took care of it.

Marc...

If you think you'd have use for a short-scale I'd be seriously tempted by that Stanley Clarke. I have a short-scale Rogue Beatle bass and the 30" is really fun to play. Would it ever be my main bass? Probably not, but I do plan on recording with it.

While taking a bath on resale on an instrument that expensive would suck to the highest regard, I'm pretty sure she'd sound good regardless... you might end up really liking it!

I had a couple of American J deluxes with graphite necks and they had dead spots, didn't seem any better than any other Fender necks to me. They did sound and play good though

2 basses you should try before buying, if possible: A Wal bass and a Spector. I have both and will never get rid of either, they are both fabulous basses.

I would guess that part of the reason for the low resale value of Alembic basses is because most of them are god-awful ugly like the medieval looking monstrosity that was pictured above. Sorry Mike, haha! The Stanley Clark models are fairly good looking but they're all short scales aren't they?

Fair enough, Bob! We all like something strange, right, ha-ha? The short scale models sell better for some reason. Don't have any idea why. The people that have them are really committed, though. A strong cult. You'd think they'd back up sales of their items like Ric fans here do, but they are not collectors. The newer the better, I supppose.

Here's my Series II. It's got the same body shape as the Stanley Clark but with the LED's for side markers and the power supply.

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

Plays like a dream. These are not short scale basses eventhough they are classified as such. Technically they are medium scale.

That's cool Chris. I've only seen one lefty version of that bass ever, I remember it playing and sounding really good.

Nice bass, Chris.

Very nice bass!

That one is a 32 1/2" scale. Alembic calls it a short scale. The wood is cocobolo.