Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: bigideas on March 06, 2006, 09:56:11 PM

Title: How very interesting...
Post by: bigideas on March 06, 2006, 09:56:11 PM
i know it's not exactly an alembic but;
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-TOUCAN-BASS-WITH-ALEMBIC-PICKUPS_W0QQitemZ7396591323QQcategoryZ4713QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-TOUCAN-BASS-WITH-ALEMBIC-PICKUPS_W0QQitemZ7396591323QQcategoryZ4713QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
 
i have a Dan Dean book my dad bought around ten years ago and have always been fascinated by the bass he's pictured with inside. i knew it wasn't an alembic, but i just loved the shape. if you do a search for Toucan Bass on the net and you get a few references to Dan Dean and that's about it. and then all of a sudden here one is... and it's for sale.
Title: How very interesting...
Post by: keavin on March 07, 2006, 05:05:39 AM
very Cool looking Bass(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/25889.jpg)
Title: How very interesting...
Post by: ampeglb100 on March 07, 2006, 07:26:00 AM
Wow... that's the first book I used too when I started and I always gawked at the pictures of him with that bass thinking some day... I'll have a bass like that.  I never really went back to verify that he was/wasn't playing an actual Alembic and later just assumed he was.  Even this last year when I bought my first Alembic I thought finally, a life long (as far as playing bass goes) dream come true.  All lies!  haha
 
Andy
Title: How very interesting...
Post by: kungfusheriff on March 07, 2006, 08:47:57 AM
I know the seller, he's a good dude who just bought the bass a month ago...one of those bass 'ho types. I don't think he has too much in it, so the reserve shouldn't be that high.
KFS
Title: How very interesting...
Post by: longhorncat on March 07, 2006, 09:11:35 AM
I know the seller, he's a good dude who just bought the bass a month ago...one of those bass 'ho types. I don't think he has too much in it, so the reserve shouldn't be that high.
 
+1
Robert is good guy and only lives a few miles from me (I bought a Fender Geddy from him).  I don't know what his reserve is, but I was bidding on that bass when he popped the BIN.  I think he paid a little too much.  It looks like he installed new TI flats and gave it a good set-up.
 
Bill