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BASS & GUITAR ARCHIVES

Past Instruments, Long Gone

Basses at the top, guitars at the bottom.

1977 Alembic Series 1 Short Scale

2001

Alembic Stanley Clarke Signature Custom

Rob Allen Mouse

Late 90's Guild USA Starfire Reissue

DarkStar Pickups

This is a Prototype Epiphone Casady SOLD

I showed Jack a pic of this bass - he told me that Epi made up several different bass configurations for him to try while he was designing the bass. He called them "rejects". So either I have a reject or a prototype - either way this bass stands on its own :-) It surfaced in Nashville.

No signature on the headstock; different pickup; a six position varitone switch that is not connected to anything.

Narrower nut width - more like a Jazz; smaller headstock.

Original Hard Shell Case

Jack Casady Signature Goldtop

SOLD

Epi Jorma Sig

SOLD

Alembicized Guild Starfire (1970 or so)

Natural Mahogany Starfire modified by Rick Turner while he was at Alembic ; patterned on the original Casady mod - yes 2 full superfilters & god knows what else on board!

Not many of these floating around.

1967 Guild Starfire SOLD

(Bought & Sold Two of these)

Guild B30E ABG (1988)

SOLD

Gretsch 6119B Broadkaster SOLD

1976 Guild B50 SB

Rob Allen MB-2 Lined Fretless 4 String

SOLD

2003 model.

Upcharge optional Mahogany top & back !

"The wood is a curly mahogany top on a mahogany back. I've only made a couple like this so it's a rare bass in that sense."- email from RA

Mint; no case.

Alembic Custom Small Body

SOLD

Built Dec. 2003 - Technically an Essence, according to the serial #, but I defy anyone to find any essence in it :-).

Short Scale, side LEDs, custom narrow neck, neck pickup placed closer to neck; Europa Electronics, Vermillion top & core. Nut measurement is 1.5 inches and tapers up to a very thin 2 inches at the 12th fret.

It plays like buttah, sounds like the God of Thundah!

SOLD

Rob Allen MB-2 Lined Fretless 5

35" scale; Fantastic Claro Walnut top.

Walnut Neck; Cocobola Fretboard

Some Mojo; Gig bag

SOLD

Alembic Series 1 (1977) 32" scale

Serial # 77-621

Bought this from the original owner.

Very good condition for its age...some checking, no major dings; frets excellent.

I sent it to Alembic last year for the electronics upgrade by Ron Wickersham, making this one quiet tone monster...

Original Hard Shell Case with lots of tape on it; no power supply

SOLD

Sadowsky 4 String.Beautiful Quilt.

Some mojo. OHSC

SOLD

Lightwave Saber A - top of the line model- Lists at $2390.

Semi-hollow; Ebony fretboard; piezo + LW pickups; played about 1 hour

Electronics updated at LW Jan 04; LW Gigbag

SOLD

Yamaha BB1500A

Introduced at the '2001 Summer NAMM and won Bass Player's Top Tone Award the same year. Solid alder body in Wineburst. Active alnico Jazz pickups. This bass is virtually new - I've played it maybe an hour - Lists at $1180.

No case