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Title: "Nine Thousand Dollars" Essence
Post by: longhorncat on October 06, 2008, 01:29:53 PM: Dreamer - '92 Red Essence on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160289929079)

What did an Essence retail for in 1992?

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Title: "Nine Thousand Dollars" Essence
Post by: lbpesq on October 06, 2008, 01:45:49 PM: I remember when I finally accepted the fact that I could never afford an Orion, so I had to settle for a Series I instead. Hope springs eternal. hehehehe

Bill, tgo
Title: "Nine Thousand Dollars" Essence
Post by: 3rd_ray on October 06, 2008, 02:40:04 PM: I thought I recognized this one...

http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/48854.html?1204145072 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8874)

I bought a new 5-string Bocate Essence at the House of Guitars in Rochester, NY in 1993 for a little over $2k (if I remember right). $9k is a bit of a stretch.

BTW, I wish I still had it!

Mike
Title: "Nine Thousand Dollars" Essence
Post by: briant on October 06, 2008, 04:55:02 PM: Right *now* it isn't even close to $9000 retail...
Title: "Nine Thousand Dollars" Essence
Post by: ajdover on October 06, 2008, 06:30:37 PM: Folks,

I have a '91 Essence that some of you may know as the Burkha King - it is pretty much the same as this one (e.g., red, flame maple, etc.). I paid less than half of what they're asking here for that bass. What he's asking is way, way too much. My guess is that he'll figure that out when his auction ends and there are no bids.

Alan
Title: "Nine Thousand Dollars" Essence
Post by: 2400wattman on October 06, 2008, 07:27:42 PM: he changed the price to a very reasonable $3,000.00
Title: "Nine Thousand Dollars" Essence
Post by: longhorncat on October 06, 2008, 09:16:35 PM: he changed the price to a very reasonable $3,000.00
The BIN was always $3000 or almost twice the current street value.
(or were you being facetious?)

Here is where the $9G came from:
It is a beautiful 1992 Alembic essence that retailed for over nine thousand dollars new.

(Message edited by longhorncat on October 07, 2008)
Title: "Nine Thousand Dollars" Essence
Post by: 2400wattman on October 07, 2008, 09:34:03 PM: Facetious, sarcastic but not serious. I checked the auction after seeing this posting and had to see for myself.
Title: "Nine Thousand Dollars" Essence
Post by: longhorncat on October 08, 2008, 10:02:55 AM: Aah, this is where that little ducking smilie would have been appropriate.

I think it's going to be harder to sell a tinted Essence than a natural colored one.
Title: "Nine Thousand Dollars" Essence
Post by: bsee on October 08, 2008, 10:43:34 AM: Maple tops in a tinted finish aren't a downer to me, though I prefer a lighter tint that shows more obvious grain and figuring.