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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => For Sale & Trade => Topic started by: vincentfielder on October 14, 2010, 10:46:05 PM

Title: FOR SALE 1977 ALEMBIC BASS
Post by: vincentfielder on October 14, 2010, 10:46:05 PM

Registered Serial #916 series I 4 string
made of:
  -Peruvian Walnut top and back
  -Mahogany body core
  -Maple and Purpleheart neck
  -Medium scale length
  -Vermillion fingerboard
  -Mother of pearl fingerboad inlays
  -Walnut and Zebrawood peghead inlays
Made by Alembic-by seven cratfsmen
Less than 100 hours played with original strings in excellant condition!!
Was played with Dizzie Gillespie along with addy awarded radio/tv commercial jingles.
Hard shell baby blue case with purple velveteen lining-excellent condition.
One owner.
Serious inquiries only.
Asking $10,000.00

Title: FOR SALE 1977 ALEMBIC BASS
Post by: bluplirst on October 15, 2010, 12:03:07 AM

Wow, those are some old strings!  Do you have any pics?

Title: FOR SALE 1977 ALEMBIC BASS
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on October 15, 2010, 06:07:00 AM

Peruvian walnut?  Never heard of that one; sounds like a beauty.  Good luck with your sale, but be aware that used Series basses currently seem to be going for half that & less - if this is a sale of need you may need to come down some.  (I offer that only as a friendly heads-up and not to start talking you down, as I have no money.  But if I had money, I'd start trying to talk you down right about now )
 
Peter

Title: FOR SALE 1977 ALEMBIC BASS
Post by: gtrguy on October 15, 2010, 11:13:08 AM

In other words: 10K-no way....  The series one owned and played by the Doobie Brothers has been for sale at 6K for over a year with no luck.

Title: FOR SALE 1977 ALEMBIC BASS
Post by: uberbass on October 15, 2010, 06:57:30 PM

Where's that DOOBIE BROTHER's Series I bass lingering for sale?

Title: FOR SALE 1977 ALEMBIC BASS
Post by: uberbass on October 15, 2010, 07:12:29 PM

Need to see Dizzie bass pics with such a dizzy number attached to it. Agreeing with GTRGUY per your unrealistic asking price. By all means, you have to start somewhere, but it will soon occur to you that your asking price needs to be at least within the Earth's atmosphere if you're serious about liquidating. Otherwise, like Dizzie, you're just blowin' your horn, because potential buyers will be unable to hear you, since your price is coming from an outer space vacuum where sound cannot be detected. :0)

Title: FOR SALE 1977 ALEMBIC BASS
Post by: gtrguy on October 15, 2010, 08:11:25 PM

GBase
 
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Title: FOR SALE 1977 ALEMBIC BASS
Post by: lbpesq on October 16, 2010, 08:55:23 AM

My '77 Series I 12 string,  Big Irv (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8362), has Peruvian Walnut top and back.  Heck, I'd let it go for only $9K and you get 8 more strings!  Frivolous inquiries only.  lol
 
Bill, tgo