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Title: Series II?
Post by: dejan on June 09, 2006, 04:43:50 AM

Hi Guys,I've found this one on the web,I saved the picture but I don't remember the name of the site.ProbablyBunnybass.Goodbye(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/28974.jpg)

Title: Series II?
Post by: series_iii on June 09, 2006, 06:43:36 AM

well it is a bunnybass bass:
 
http://www.bunnybass.com/mia/04_archives/thumbs/alembicSII_body.jpg (http://www.bunnybass.com/mia/04_archives/thumbs/alembicSII_body.jpg)
 
unfortunately you need a subscription to browse their archive.  
 
as a side note, i bought my '76 series I fretless from them about 5 years ago.  i think they've changed hands since then.

Title: Series II?
Post by: dejan on June 09, 2006, 07:34:01 AM

Another beautiful Alembic at this japanese link
 http://www.mikigakki.com/category/details.php?item_id=2221500500533&Route=u&Cat_Id=04000000000 (http://www.mikigakki.com/category/details.php?item_id=2221500500533&Route=u&Cat_Id=04000000000)
BYE

Title: Series II?
Post by: malthumb on June 09, 2006, 07:39:52 PM

I used to own that one.  I bet I can make you guys groan.  Here goes.....
 
I bought it in like 1996 or 97 over the internet for $1,750 *******groan*******
 
I sold it in 2000 to Brian Barrett at The Low End for $1,950 *****groan*******.  Helped fund the purchase of my custom 5 string and the Series I that I got from Stanley Clarke.
 
Brian had it on eBay before the package even landed on his doorstep.  I think he got something like $2,300 for it *****sob*****  It wound up at Bunny Bass some time after that.  For a whole lot more cheddar than $2,300.  Oddly enough, I no longer own anything in this picture.  Not even the carpet.  (well maybe one of the guitar stands)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/28996.jpg)
 
 
Peace,
 
James

Title: Series II?
Post by: pmoran on June 10, 2006, 09:47:22 AM

the carpet looks like berber. you're better off w/o it. expensive and the first time a tiny thread comes loose and feeds into the beater bar of your vacuum, you've just ruined thousands of dollars in carpet which can't be rewoven or replaced in a patch job. wish i'd never put the stuff in my home, that's for sure. you're better off w/o the carpet, but not without those gorgeous basses. wow!

Title: Series II?
Post by: palembic on June 10, 2006, 02:48:40 PM

Brother James,
 
I think you just described in a nutshell the diasadvantages of your own MA'AM.
Oh well ...we have to move on!
 
Paul TBO