Left Handed Guitars

If you are a lefty this as a "one in a million" opportunity as basses like this just don't come around on the internet for sale. Us lefty's don't have the luxury of surfing and finding thousands of Alembics, Foderas, Ken Smiths, etc. floating around. This bass has been out of the case maybe 20 times since I had it built. It still has the new smell. You can save yourself $10,000 and one to two years of "build time waiting"as this bass retails for over $27,000. This is the most incredible left handed bass that Alembic has turned out in a while and they will even tell ya. Mica wanted me to write my story to her so that she could make it a "Custom of the Month" and I just never got back to her. I am very sad to let this bass go but it needs to get into the player's hand that deserve's it at this time. My life is so filled with my now 6 year old son that I never get to play it. I am a full time plumbing contractor and there isn't enough hours in a day.

This bass comes with the DS-5R rack mount power supply/stereo splitter and the five pin cord that connects the bass to it. The bass has blue laser lights on the side of the neck and on the top of the neck imbedded in the pearl fret markers with a dimmer switch for both. There is also a custom Palm Tree pearl inlay on the fifth fret as shown in the pictures.

The constructing of the bass may be viewed on the Alembic.com website. When you get there you click on "Alembic club", then scroll down to "Factory to Customer" and click on Paul's Series II custom MeleAloha, that is her name! Many hours went into design as well as construction.

The history behind the Series II electronics which is what sets this bass apart from most is available and highly recomended on the Alembic site. You can read about the unique design that made Ron and Susan Wickersham very well known amongst rock and rolls best artists.

It is a stereo bass which can also be played in mono and without the DS-5R box. There are two built-in batteries for the 18 volt on board pre-amp and laser lights.

The neck is my custom design. Looming amongst the seven layers of this "neck through" are three strips of Ebony equalling over $3,500 as well as an Ebony finger board for the most unheard of Sustain and Fundamental. In the 30 or so coats of finish that were applied, the Quilted Coco Bolo leaves it's own classic impression on the front face around the pickups as indicated in the pictures. I love this marbly effect. Two layers below the Quilted Coco Bolo top accents the Heart or "Aloha" of the bass with a strip of Koa from Hawaii...  There is neither a scratch nor a flaw with this bass.

A collector? Absolutely!

Here's the specifications for:

"Mele Aloha"

Series II 5-string
Left handed
Balance K body shape with heart omega
Tummy and Elbow contours

Body lamination pattern:

Quilted Coco Bolo top
Maple pinstripe
Koa accent laminate
Flame Maple core
Koa accent laminate
Maple pinstripe
Coco Bolo back


Neck lamination pattern:

Flame Maple (2/3)
Vermilion pinstripe
Flame Maple (1/3)

Ebony laminate
Vermilion laminate
Maple pinstripe
Ebony laminate
Maple pinstripe
Vermilion laminate
Ebony laminate

Flame Maple laminate (1/3)
Vermilion pinstripe
Flame Maple laminate (2/3)


Crown peghead 3+2
Bevelled front and back
Fretted Ebony fingerboard
Abalone oval inlays
Palm Trees inlay at 5th fret*
Initials PM at 12th fret*
Front Laser LEDs in blue
Side LEDs in blue
External dimmer that controls both sets of LEDs
Comfort taper neck (like Excel)

Gold plated hardware (tuners, nut, bridge, bridgeblock, bird
tailpiece and truss rod cover)
Continuous wood backplates
Black collet knobs
Recessed silver logo with shell
Add abalone rays to logo*

Polyester gloss finish with satin neck feel
Series II electronics with stereo/mono switch

Please feel free to contact me by e-mail for more info. I will cover shipping within Hawaii, Alaska, and continental Hawaii.

Aloha, Paul