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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: toddharris on May 30, 2009, 04:03:08 PM

Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: toddharris on May 30, 2009, 04:03:08 PM
Just saw this
http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/msg/1196540315.html (http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/msg/1196540315.html)
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: kungfusheriff on May 30, 2009, 06:58:30 PM
If it had an Omega cutout, that's exactly what I'd buy if I was in the market for another Alembic.
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: David Houck on June 07, 2009, 02:47:41 PM
Very nice!!
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: chalie_holmes on June 08, 2009, 10:53:51 AM
Dang it! That's exactly what I'm looking for but I just don't have the cash for it right now.
Oh Well...I'll keep wishing.
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: 57basstra on June 08, 2009, 12:42:49 PM
very nice
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: otis on June 15, 2009, 11:14:50 AM
Has anyone else noticed this bass on eBay?  These same pictures plus a couple more are on the eBay posting and the seller claims it's a 2001.  Does anyone else think there's something wrong with this picture?  Maybe it's a scam...
 
Frank
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: David Houck on June 15, 2009, 03:12:10 PM
The location on the Ebay listing (http://cgi.ebay.com/2001-ALEMBIC-Series-1-Omega-Point-5-String-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ200352877005QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item2ea5f649cd&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50) is, like the Craigslist listing, shown as Las Vegas.
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: longhorncat on June 15, 2009, 08:23:06 PM
The auction was canceled by eBay.
It might have been a scam.
(Other than the date discrepancy, I thought it looked legit.)
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: David Houck on June 16, 2009, 07:43:26 AM
Interesting development.
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: otis on June 16, 2009, 07:01:02 PM
And it's back on eBay.  I asked the seller why it was listed as a 2001 with the same exact pictures as the Craig's List listing which was listed as a 1991.  Maybe it's legit, but it's awful strange...  
Still seems like a possible scam- but maybe the eBay listing is legit and the Craig's List listing was not because it was hijacked or something...  Weird.
 
Frank
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: elwoodblue on June 16, 2009, 07:17:40 PM
...the listing describes it as an 'Omega point'... doesn't the Omega describe a cutout, not a standard point body.
 
Also the line about the 'headphone jack input' being a custom order has me puzzled. As does the statement that having a master volume making it similar to a series ll .  
 
Beautiful instrument in any case...where ever it may be.
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: otis on June 17, 2009, 04:03:35 AM
Good point, Elwood.  That threw me, too, but I firgitntp mention it.  If it's an Omega Point it does have to have an Omega cutout, or it's a Standard Point body, like you said.  I still think there's something rotten in Denmark with this listing.  Too many little things.  Maybe he'll answer my question I'm a way that removes all doubt, but I doubt it...
 
Frank
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: altgrendel on June 17, 2009, 07:49:28 AM
Personally, I like the optional Headphone input. Gotta get one of those on my bass.
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: elwoodblue on June 17, 2009, 08:49:42 AM
It seems a headphone 'output' would be more useful...strike that...a headphone 'input' would bypass the need for instruments altogether
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: tbrannon on June 17, 2009, 09:07:29 AM
A headphone input would be sweet... if only I could get the instrument and my fingers to do what I hear in my head....
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: otis on June 17, 2009, 06:26:23 PM
Guys, the seller responded to my question on ebay and said that the year & Omega reference was a typo and that it was also listed on Craig's List.  Still...  Good luck with the bidding, and may the best Club (or Non-Club) Member win!
 
Frank
Title: Series 1 Coco Bolo 5 String in Vegas
Post by: malthumb on June 18, 2009, 04:37:57 PM
The optional headphone input could be referring to the fact that older Series basses that are wired stereo can be played through stereo headphones without any other powering unit.  I do it all the time with my '87 Series I