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Posted: **Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:03 am**

Shielding the cavities and pickguard rendered my 4003 SO QUIET. Something to consider.

Posted: **Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:31 am**

Alembic pickups have remarkable sensitivity. Using relatively low-output coils and preamping right at the source can produce an amazingly clear, clean sounds that are loaded with harmonics. Despite that, Alembics can also growl when provoked.

Posted: **Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:32 am**

I will not buy any Ric basses of the old 4001 and early 4003 design with the old truss rod design ... right now my oldest is a 1986 2030 ... and I actually prefer 1990 and later because the pickups are made better and for a 4003 I like the 1997 and later because the body and headstock is shaped like the 60's basses ... and the 2006 4003s are even better because they have walnut headwings ...

Posted: **Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:27 pm**

What's with the truss rod on it?

Is that an old-style TRC or a fake?

Posted: **Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:42 pm**

It looks like a re-issue lucite.

Posted: **Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:59 pm**

Way too short for a reissue.

Posted: **Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:00 pm**

Not only that, the reisuues have the Made In USA parallel to the name.

Posted: **Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:09 pm**

rubber hat knobs? The classic Alembic knobs are Raytheons;I bought some for projects I had years ago. Not rubber; just flat black color.

Posted: **Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:41 am**

Really? Hmmm . . . they look like they're made of rubber, or some soft, grippy material like that. Having never played an Alembic, I'm going on pictures only. The old Tobias basses had rubber knobs for a while, though.

Posted: **Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:27 pm**

I have a Jazz Bass with Alembic knobs and they are not rubber, like Don said.

Posted: **Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:21 am**

I like it, but it needs 24 frets...

Posted: **Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:58 am**

Did anybody here happen to win this bass? I thought it was kind of cool and wondered how it would play.

Posted: **Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:23 am**

It is kind of cool.

Interesting though that it sold for around $400.00 less than the last time I saw it sell on ebay...which was around 2 years ago.

Posted: **Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:58 am**

It sold to David (Dwmark) at the Alembic Club forum.

http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/29330.html?1152185383

Posted: **Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:29 am**

Interestingly it has a split neck - no skunk stripe but the neck-through is two pieces of wood. Never saw that before.

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