Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => For Sale & Trade => Topic started by: axeshack on December 07, 2012, 10:02:10 AM
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I am new to this forum and would like to sell my early 80's Alembic Exploiter Guitar since it does not get played as much as it should. Beautiful instrument, all original including the pesky Kahler bridge. Maple top, bubinga body(looks like mahogany to me). A finer example would be very hard to find. Shoot me an offer or questions if interested.
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Post pictures please. Persons purporting pending parting of particular pieces parlay perfectly pictorially.
slawie
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What he said.
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Working on it. Stay tuned and I'll post as soon as I figure this out
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(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/145239.jpg)
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oOOoo Very Nice! Never been too into radical shapes, but I feel like I could adapt with the right electronics package... lol
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Very nice!
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Luvvvvv that body shape.
Always been an Explorer/ploiter/Spyder fan.
They are more balanced that one would think.
What's the weight on that bad boy, if you don't mind me asking?
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Oops censored myself for hijacking the thread.....
Jazzyvee
(Message edited by jazzyvee on December 11, 2012)
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Any interest in a beautiful guitar? Where are all the Alembic guitar players? Or, match this up with a bass exploiter for the ultimate holiday pairing
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It IS a nice guitar.... I'm curious what year it was made. I don't recall seeing this model Kahler until around '88-'89
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Any interest in a beautiful guitar? Where are all the Alembic guitar players? Or, match this up with a bass exploiter for the ultimate holiday pairing
I am all of those...Darn, it would be tough to sneak another guitar thought the door without selling one or two first.
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Let us know what you are looking for in price. Things move along from there usually.
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I am really open to offers around $2500. These don't come up for sale very often so it is hard to guage a market price. Thought I'd let folks who follow the Alembic market provide some guidance. It's a great guitar, so I'm not interested in wholesaling it.
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A serial number may help answer Mike Pace's question about the bridge. And potentially offer up a cross reference to the build information on that beauty of an instrument.
The serial number can generally be found stamped on the neck just above the 24th fret.
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Been down the serial number road with Mica to determine the exact build date. The only legible serial number is 112. There should be at least an additional letter. Removing the pickups provided no additional info to accurately date the guitar. For all you detective types I'll post ashot of the fret numbering and close up of the bridge. I find it hard to believe the value would change much it this proves to be an 84 or 89/90 guitar.
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(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/145664.jpg)
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(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/145667.jpg)
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The pots might be date stamped.
Have you tried getting an impression of the serial number by using paper and pencil? If not it might be worth a try. I also wonder if it was a four in front of the 112 as I see what looks like part of a numeric stamp.
Keith
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Looking at the trem rout, I wouldn't be surprised if this originally had a Floyd, which was swapped out at some point. These Kahlers are nice because you don't have to clip the ball end to clamp it.
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If it's 4112, the guitar is from '86 (serial number 86 XX 4112 USA) XX = model code, not sure what they used for an Exploiter guitar back then, I think it might be a single X or an E for Electrum.
The Alembic name on the pickup looks weird to me, maybe a transition phase between the blank pickups and the later (pre gold script) version:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/145733.jpg)
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Now that you draw attention to the pickups - it appears that the pickup height adjustment screws are a little wonky on the Exploiter. . .
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Any interest before it goes back into hibernation?