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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: sjhoffma on September 26, 2013, 09:48:41 AM

Title: 8 String Exploiter for a good price
Post by: sjhoffma on September 26, 2013, 09:48:41 AM

http://www.gbase.com/gear/alembic-exploiter-8-string-bass-1987-reddish

Title: 8 String Exploiter for a good price
Post by: sjhoffma on September 26, 2013, 12:19:49 PM

That was fast! SOLD lol
 
Anyone here snag it?

Title: 8 String Exploiter for a good price
Post by: ojo on September 26, 2013, 03:20:32 PM

That was a good price, though this caught my eye:
The bass weighs 10.8 pounds

Title: 8 String Exploiter for a good price
Post by: bigredbass on September 26, 2013, 10:24:46 PM

. . . . and I bet 5.4 pounds of it were the EIGHT Schaller M4 keys on that big head.  It looks better this way, but 4 smaller keys for the octave-up strings might have been the smarter way to go.
 
J o e y

Title: 8 String Exploiter for a good price
Post by: pace on September 27, 2013, 05:40:50 PM

Gotta ask what it went for..... ?!?  
 
...... guess it doesn't matter.... anyway.....

Title: 8 String Exploiter for a good price
Post by: elwoodblue on September 28, 2013, 04:02:02 AM

I saw $2100 on that page,
I was expecting to see it closer to 3,
I gotta get an Alembic 8 someday.
 
elwood

Title: 8 String Exploiter for a good price
Post by: elwoodblue on October 02, 2013, 08:20:01 AM

A different eight just hit ebay,
Those are soooo cool:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-Alembic-bass-8-string-distilate-expoiter-/181230096028?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a3227ce9c (http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-Alembic-bass-8-string-distilate-expoiter-/181230096028?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a3227ce9c)

Title: 8 String Exploiter for a good price
Post by: smuprof on October 06, 2013, 12:03:12 PM

I found one on ebay a couple of years ago just like the one currently available and snagged it for around $3k - good starting bid on the one currently available.  
 
You can see pictures of mine from the recent Texas jam.  It was pretty popular with everyone.
 
Someone needs to grab this at that price - mine makes me smile every time I play it.