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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: flpete1uw on December 13, 2013, 02:07:37 PM

Title: Beautiful Spoiler
Post by: flpete1uw on December 13, 2013, 02:07:37 PM

What a Beautiful Spoiler. That Ebony is exquisite.  
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alembic-Spoiler-Electric-Bass-Beautiful-Vintage-1988-OHs-Case-Candy-/190999967284?pt=Guitar&hash=item2c787c3634 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alembic-Spoiler-Electric-Bass-Beautiful-Vintage-1988-OHs-Case-Candy-/190999967284?pt=Guitar&hash=item2c787c3634)

Title: Beautiful Spoiler
Post by: sonicus on December 13, 2013, 02:36:28 PM

Yes , I  have already gone though various phases of self control regarding this one.

Title: Beautiful Spoiler
Post by: sonicus on December 13, 2013, 02:36:44 PM

Yes , I  have already gone though various phases of self control regarding this one.

Title: Beautiful Spoiler
Post by: bigredbass on December 13, 2013, 10:13:07 PM

I don't know which name to properly call this 'striped' ebony, but I just love it;  Yamaha used this a lot for fingerboards on MIJ BB-series basses, and I just loved that they left it where you could see the stripes, instead of the usual 'black dye' job.  I regret I forgot to use that when I had my Elan Five built.
 
A beautiful piece, and Thank You it's got a mahogany core:  With maple it would have been REAL snarky.
 
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