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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => For Sale & Trade => Topic started by: garethnh on October 29, 2009, 01:18:26 AM

Title: Alembic Exploiter 2003
Post by: garethnh on October 29, 2009, 01:18:26 AM
I have thought about this long and hard and she has to go to a good home. She has been sat in a corner since I got the Status Buzzard and that ain't fair on this quite remarkable instrument.
Got her last year from NY. Built in 2003 and I am the only owner. She was based on an Essence, but with a MASSIVE upgrade! Here is the spec:
 
top and back: Flame Maple  
accents: Purpleheart laminate and Maple pinstripe  
body: Walnut  
neck: 5-piece Maple and Purpleheart  
scale: 34 long  
fingerboard: Ebony  
inlays: Mother of Pearl  
body shape: Exploiter  
construction: Hollow core  
electronics: Signature volume, pan, filter x2, Q-switch x2, mono outout  
finish: Polyester gloss body, satin neck  
tailpiece: Solid brass bird  
birthday: December 5, 2003  
originally made for: Joey G's Music  
 
She comes in an Alembic hard case with the various tools needed for adjustments and she is in PERFECT condition - you want the sound of The Ox from the 70's? Here it is!
 
To buy this bass new, to the above specs, would be $9250 + $200 (case) + $150 (shipping) =$9600. This equates to ?5844.51. THEN (for the UK) you have to add 20% for import duties and V.A.T (?1168.90) - a grand total of ?7013.41 to buy this beast new.
I am looking for ?4000/E4455 for a quick sale   (a near 45% saving!) and any serious offers will be carefully considered. I'm not desperate for cash so I can wait for the right deal.
Payment by cash or bankers draft (item sent after funds cleared of course). Postage and packing is included to UK mainland, but will post to Europe.
 
Here are links to video's (all Who tracks!) I have made with her so you can see and hear her in action.
Pics: http://alembic.com/club/messages/397/52399.html?1215697122
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2bHWSFMls8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2bHWSFMls8)       Substitute
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_JNt-HZyaQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_JNt-HZyaQ)         Amazing Journey/Sparks
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOmJi7p9XXc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOmJi7p9XXc)        The Real Me
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYFNYj4STD4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYFNYj4STD4)        Dreaming From The Waist
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_rFDizw1iE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_rFDizw1iE)          Dangerous
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGK1hNTOjZs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGK1hNTOjZs)        Heaven and Hell
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE7wEq1TVks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE7wEq1TVks)       A Bit Of A 5.15 Bass Solo
 
Thanks for looking!
 
(Message edited by garethnh on October 29, 2009)