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Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: tmoney61092 on December 01, 2009, 05:48:45 PM

figured someone out there would be all over this one
 
http://atlanta.en.craigslist.org/atl/msg/1482870598.html (http://atlanta.en.craigslist.org/atl/msg/1482870598.html)
 
~Taylor Watterson

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: 88persuader on December 01, 2009, 06:00:51 PM

I contacted the lister and he hasn't replied. I'm not an epic fan but for that price i'd buy it for sure.

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: adriaan on December 02, 2009, 01:05:18 AM

Appears to be the same one as posted under Wanted & Wishing (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=15673) - 100 bucks less, and an e-mail address.
 
Sorry for the rhyming - it's getting close to December 5 here in the Netherlands.

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: jacko on December 02, 2009, 04:34:33 AM

What's the significance of december 5th Adriaan?
 
Graeme

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: adriaan on December 02, 2009, 05:01:01 AM

December 6 is Saint Nicolas Day - patron saint of Amsterdam, sailors and small children (in whichever order you prefer). He arrives mid-November in his steamboat from Spain, usually in a picturesque old harbour town - it's one of the TV events of the year over here.
 
The night of December 5 is Boxing Evening: people exchange gifts packed up as something else, but always accompanied by a doggerel verse. Little children get their presents the next morning.

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: lbpesq on December 02, 2009, 08:20:32 AM

Ooops!
 
 
Bill, tgo
 
(Message edited by lbpesq on December 02, 2009)

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: lbpesq on December 02, 2009, 08:21:04 AM

I'm grabbing this one.  I'll be offering it to the bass player in my band.  He currently plays a fretted Epic 5 and recently started playing an upright, so I thought he'd like to check out a fretless Epic.
 
Bill, tgo

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: sonicus on December 02, 2009, 08:45:20 AM

Good catch!  I bet he will be able to get a nice fretless growl from this one ___

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: 88persuader on December 02, 2009, 02:36:29 PM

Did you get it Ibpesq? I've tried to contact the owner to ask about it and see photos several times and received no reply.

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: 88persuader on December 02, 2009, 09:15:45 PM

Well another day passes and the owner hasn't contacted me. Perhaps it's sold? In any event I give up. Guess it wasn't meant to be.

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: mike1762 on December 03, 2009, 06:55:12 PM

I got a response today.  Bill, why did you decide not to buy???

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: 88persuader on December 03, 2009, 08:03:23 PM

Why haven't I gotten a reponse? Strange!  
 
Well Mike if you buy post photos so I can see what I missed out on.

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: lbpesq on December 04, 2009, 06:45:37 AM

I spoke with the seller by phone on Tuesday.  We agreed.  He was supposed to be checking with UPS on shipping costs and then getting back to me.  If he's now selling to someone else it's news to me.  I'm sitting here waiting for his email with the final price!
 
Bill, tgo

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: mike1762 on December 04, 2009, 04:11:36 PM

For some reason my brain saw Essence when I read Epic, so I'm actually NOT interested in this bass.  The seller didn't tell me he already had a deal with Bill. However, this was all via a brief Email exchange. But I would proceed with caution. I actually asked him to take a photo of the bass with a current newspaper (with the date clearly visible) also displayed in order to verify that he actually had the bass.

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: David Houck on December 11, 2009, 06:08:48 PM

So, what happened on this?

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: 88persuader on December 11, 2009, 07:17:53 PM

I'd like to know too. The owner NEVER got back to me.

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: lbpesq on December 11, 2009, 08:45:19 PM

I just sent payment, so the bass should soon be back in California.  I'm looking forward to messing around with it as the only fretless instrument I have ever played was a violin on which I sort of learned how to play Fiddler on the Roof when I was around 11 and we put on the show in summer camp.
 
Bill, tgo

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: tmoney61092 on December 12, 2009, 01:10:16 PM

congradulations Bill, i'm sure she will be a a great joy to play
 
~Taylor Watterson

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: sonicus on December 12, 2009, 01:27:47 PM

CONGRATULATIONS   Bill,  
 
          This one will be a nice  GROWLER  with that LOW B .  
 
    HOWEVER____!!!     When I had a 5 string I used to string it with a  
HIGH C instead of The LOW B!!!   Check that out , you might like that tuning_
 
     Happy Holidays to you You and your Family Bill!!!
 
               Wolf ______

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: lbpesq on December 23, 2009, 02:32:54 PM

The bass arrived yesterday.  Not in the best shape.  As I posted in another thread, it's filthy, heavily tarnished, missing some screws, wrong screws, bubbling tuners, broken knob, and no strings on it.  But it is, after all, an Alembic.  I'll take some before pics tonight and hope to clean it up over the holidays.  Then I'll post before and after pics.
 
Bill, tgo

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: flaxattack on December 23, 2009, 04:48:37 PM

whats a bubbling tuner?
is that the machine that lawrence welk had behind the band?
or  
was it don ho's tiny bubbles tuner?
or
was it bubbles the chimp's tuner?

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: dadabass2001 on December 24, 2009, 07:40:18 AM

I think it's tuna from Boston, brought to a boil.
 
Mike

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: 88persuader on December 24, 2009, 12:41:18 PM

If it's not too expensive to bring it back you still got a good deal for $900. Enjoy and being a person also interested in originally buying this instrument I'd love to see the before and after photos. Also it's Christmas Eve so MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Title: 5 string fretless Alembic Epic-$900
Post by: dlbydgtl on December 24, 2009, 01:57:43 PM

Like Charlie Brown's Christmas tree, it just needs a little love...