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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: FC Bass on March 06, 2008, 08:04:59 AM

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Post by: FC Bass on March 06, 2008, 08:04:59 AM

Any thoughts on this one?: Click here (http://link.marktplaats.nl/146941595 target=_blank)

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/49152.jpg)
 

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/49153.jpg)
 

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/49154.jpg)
 
 
(Message edited by fc_spoiler on March 06, 2008)

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Post by: kungfusheriff on March 06, 2008, 08:13:08 AM

Bizarre. Looks like an early BC Rich with Series electronics. The hyperlink you posted doesn't connect to the ad -- could you re-post?

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Post by: FC Bass on March 06, 2008, 08:27:12 AM

Oops, too manny numbers... (http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/49158.gif)
Fixxed the link

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Post by: adriaan on March 06, 2008, 09:05:40 AM

Eindhoven is pretty close to Tilburg ... well, let me think, BC - there was the famous Tilburg music store Bill Coolen (now strictly an accordeon shop, I believe) where they let me play a very nice rosewood SC Signature in the backroom (priced at about DFL 8000 back then - you can barely get an Excel for that kind of money these days).
 
In any case, somebody did a lot of work to produce a monster, but it does look as if they had a set of proper Series electronics. If it is, then it's a very cheap set of Series I electronics at 500 euro. Verify that it's the proper stuff, buy this monster, and start saving up for a custom - you won't have to pay the premium for the electronics.

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Post by: bsee on March 06, 2008, 10:24:41 AM

The pics aren't great, but if those are real Series electronics in a playable instrument for 500 Euros, that seems an extraordinary deal.  
 
It looks a bit old, so the electronics may not be the latest rev of noise rejection.  That can be a $1000+ upgrade if you need it, plus shipping from and to Europe.  That could get pricey and make it less of a no-brainer purchase.

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Post by: basstard on March 06, 2008, 12:27:55 PM

Shape-wise, it looks like an attempt to copy an Alembic during an acid trip, after looking at Salvador Dali's paintings for a long time.

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Post by: artswork99 on March 07, 2008, 08:15:24 PM

Good analogy!

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Post by: johnbob on March 08, 2008, 09:28:20 AM

Hi...  Here are some more pictures.  This is the bass I bought for...well, it was more a trade for my old charvel guitar.  BC..I don't know what these initials mean.  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/49291.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/49292.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/49293.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/49294.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/49295.jpg)
  (Message edited by johnbob on March 08, 2008)

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Post by: 82daion on March 09, 2008, 08:55:14 PM

The pots and the PF-6 board are identical to those on my '75 Series I.
 
Looks like someone tried to build a bass around a set of really old Alembic electronics and didn't do so well with it.

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Post by: bsee on March 10, 2008, 02:30:11 AM

I don't know, looks like some pretty nice work to me.  Maybe it isn't Alembic factory pure, but I don't see anything twisted or out of balance enough to justify the negativity.  Maybe the electronics cavity is a bit cramped, but that's the worst I could say about it.  Considering when it was probably built, it's not that far from a Balance K in general shape.  Heck, if I could build like that, I'd probably be in the business.