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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: tbrannon on July 15, 2006, 07:13:44 PM

Title: 12 string Series I guitar on Ebay
Post by: tbrannon on July 15, 2006, 07:13:44 PM

Anybody got a spare $7K laying around? =)
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/1980-Alembic-Series-1-Electric-12-String-Guitar-w-OHSC_W0QQitemZ290007678072QQihZ019QQcategoryZ2384QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/1980-Alembic-Series-1-Electric-12-String-Guitar-w-OHSC_W0QQitemZ290007678072QQihZ019QQcategoryZ2384QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Title: 12 string Series I guitar on Ebay
Post by: David Houck on July 15, 2006, 07:29:43 PM

Very very nice!!

Title: 12 string Series I guitar on Ebay
Post by: bigredbass on July 15, 2006, 07:48:07 PM

What a gas!  So I'm looking at the control layout, is it the same as a Series Bass?  And TWELVE adjustable saddles?
 
J o e y

Title: 12 string Series I guitar on Ebay
Post by: bob on July 15, 2006, 07:57:04 PM

I can't quite figure out the saddles, Joey. I count only ten screws, and it seems clear that the two high pairs each use one saddle/screw.
 
Best I can tell (with my glasses on), there are really only six saddles overall, so I don't understand the double threaded screws. Maybe the threads are loose enough to let you angle them a little? Seems pretty unlikely.

Title: 12 string Series I guitar on Ebay
Post by: adriaan on July 31, 2006, 06:33:57 AM

The top B and E strings are double, not in octaves, so why would they need separate saddles? A little extra jangle wouldn't hurt either, I would think.

Title: 12 string Series I guitar on Ebay
Post by: u14steelgtr on July 31, 2006, 09:10:57 AM

Red flag #1: all of the saddles are adjusted all the way to one extreme of their range of travel.  
 
Red flag #2: The lack of dings, dents or scratches on a 25 year old instrument.  
 
Red flag #3: a starting bid of $6,450 (it seems too high to me).
 
Regards
-- Eugene