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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => For Sale & Trade => Topic started by: bsee on August 04, 2004, 01:56:50 PM

Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: bsee on August 04, 2004, 01:56:50 PM: Anyone interested in a MK standard, 34 scale, quilted maple top and red front LEDs? There's one out there for $2300. Ask if you want directions.
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: fungke on August 05, 2004, 04:23:12 AM: Hmm... I could live with a MK standard... tell me more

Cheers, Andy.
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: shakeyeraz on August 05, 2004, 11:54:03 AM: Especially at that price.
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: bsee on August 05, 2004, 03:04:12 PM: I think I provided the data to at least three people now. If it was a 32, I would have bought it. For anyone else, now that those others should each have had the opportunity to make contact if they wished to, here's the data:

It's at the Low End. That's www.thelowend.net (http://www.thelowend.net), and find it under used basses, at least until someone serious steps up to make the buy.

-Bob
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: bsee on August 05, 2004, 11:36:42 PM: So, has anyone bought this thing yet? It really looked like the kind of instrument that someone in the market would jump all over.
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: shakeyeraz on August 06, 2004, 03:26:31 AM: Bob - I just vchecked the ad and didn't see the price listed. Not that I'm going to jump at it since I already have an MK but where did you see the $2300?
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: bassman10096 on August 06, 2004, 03:34:21 AM: Yeah, really. What a nice bass and a good price. If I had not already gone the custom build route, I'd be seriously tempted (and, at that point, still financially able) to give this bass a try. And I do prefer 32 scales over 34! But - to each his own - I think this bass is a real opportunity for someone who can't/doesn't want to invest in new, but is looking for something special.

In fact, isn't this the kind of deal we in the club describe to newbies who can't overinvest but we want them to know they can still find the real gusto of owning an Alembic for an affordable price?

I think a lot of people are out of town or otherwise occupied. Late July-August is the worst time of year to sell used equipment.
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: bsee on August 06, 2004, 06:31:31 AM: shakeyeraz-

Gee, what do you think? The price isn't listed, so that means that I either made it up to be a jerk and fool or, wait a second... Damn, could I have asked the seller?

The scale length wasn't listed either, and if the answer I got back on that was 32, then you all would have been hearing about my new bass instead of this opportunity.
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: lowlife on August 06, 2004, 07:48:54 AM: Can anyone tell me what the Lowend is?
Is it a real store-front, or is it an eStore, maybe both?
I sent them an email asking for more data on the MK bass, but they haven't responded yet.
What part of the U.S. are they located in?

Ellery (Lowlife)
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: bsee on August 06, 2004, 08:43:55 AM: They are an 'e' store that's been around for at least two years. They are a dealer for new Benavente, and handle high-end used basses. You don't see a lot of crap on their site. I tried to buy some things from him last year, but both were on hold already by the time I made contact.

From their website:

The LowEnd
2932 Altruria Road
Bartlett, TN 38134
901-377-0088
901-233-0088
lowend@midsouth.rr.com (mailto:lowend@midsouth.rr.com)

When I send email, I usually get prompt responses with the following address info:

brian barrett [mailto:lowendmffm@yahoo.com (mailto:lowendmffm@yahoo.com)]
Brian Barrett
Shop. 901-377-0088
Cel. 901-233-0088
The LowEnd (Bass Guitar Shop)
http://www.thelowend.net (http://www.thelowend.net)

(Message edited by bsee on August 06, 2004)
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: rob on August 06, 2004, 10:00:10 AM: I bought a bass from him before...honest seller, fair prices. If you haven't received an e-mail back from him, you should shortly...I always got a reply same-day (inquired about many many other basses :-)
- Rob
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: lowlife on August 06, 2004, 10:15:24 AM: We wrote, then we spoke, and now I own the bass.
It will probably be here on Monday, if he ships today. Now the anxiety will set in.

Thanks to Bob and Rob for the info on the Lowend.

Ellery (Lowlife)
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: bsee on August 06, 2004, 10:22:09 AM: Great, Ellery! Congrats! You can buy me a beer if we're ever in the same place at the same time, assuming the bass is as nice as it looks. If it isn't, then maybe I'll buy you one.
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: lowlife on August 07, 2004, 06:03:36 AM: Bob, for some reason I'm not receiving the automatic posts from this discussion board or I would have seen your note yesterday. Don't know if it's my server or not, but I'm going to check.
Even if it doesn't look nice (although bad looking Alembics just don't exist) I'll buy you the beer anyway just for pointing me in the right direction.
OK now, 1 Canadian beer equals 1.32 American beers based on the current exchange rate, but due to the far lower alcohol content in American beer I'll only have to buy you half a glass.

Ellery (Lowlife)
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: lowlife on August 07, 2004, 06:08:38 AM: Double post, sorry.

(Message edited by lowlife on August 07, 2004)
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: alembic76407 on August 07, 2004, 07:17:36 AM: Ellery, didn't Coors just buy one of the big Canadian beer companys? by the way I got to spend a week in Montreal in 96, what a beautiful city, (in the summer)

David T
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: bassman10096 on August 07, 2004, 11:20:30 AM: Congrats Ellery! Now...the pictures??

Seriously, it's a great looking bass. Can't wait to hear more about it.

Bill
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: bsee on August 07, 2004, 11:32:49 AM: The pictures at the low end site are pretty nice. You could probably just look at/steal those. I love the look of the front LEDs!
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: rob on August 08, 2004, 06:14:43 PM: Ellery

You're drinking the wrong American beer! :-) I'm in Detroit, used to think I had to go to Windsor for something as good as a Molson Brador. Now with microbreweries, there is a huge assortment of great beer here (seek out anything from Bells :-). Cheers on the bass, glad to hear things worked out with LowEnd.

-Rob
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: lowlife on August 09, 2004, 03:35:11 AM: The bass should arrive around noon (EST) today. First I'm going to lock my office door, then I'm going to listen to it at low volume, then I'll take a few pictures. Tonight though, I'll be going home late for dinner. Senior management has already been advised that there is a project that requires my hands-on attention (LOL).

Ellery (Lowlife)
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: lowlife on August 09, 2004, 05:33:49 AM: David,
Coors merged with Molson, it wasn't a buy-out. They been brewing each others brands for a number of years under license, so the successfuly business relationship was already in place. It seemd only natural for the two to merge, at least from a Canadian perspective. U.S. Coors Silver Bullet: 2% Alcohol; Canadian Coors Silver Bullet: 6% Alcohol. Can you say belly up to the bar boys & girls?

Ellery (Lowlife)
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: lowlife on August 09, 2004, 09:47:25 AM: At annoyingly low levels, I am blown away by the sound. Having a brass sustain block under the bridge makes a huge difference also. LED's are very cool.
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Ellery (Lowlife)
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: bassman10096 on August 09, 2004, 10:51:30 AM: Hey Ellery: It's beautiful - thats for sure!!

Congratulations.

Bill
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: hollis on August 09, 2004, 11:34:53 AM: Gasp! Ditto on the congrats!

Enjoy
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: lowlife on August 09, 2004, 11:54:20 AM: There were supposed to have been 5 shots, but only 1 is posted. Let's try again. Ellery (Lowlife)
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/11842.jpg)

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Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: lowlife on August 09, 2004, 12:01:10 PM: Can't seem to get the server to accept more than 1 picture at a time.
Ellery (Lowlife)(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/11846.jpg)
Title: Quilted Maple MK standard
Post by: adriaan on August 09, 2004, 12:26:18 PM: Ellery,

Yummy bass! (As if you didn't already know that by now ...)

Could you make sure that you press the Enter key before adding a picture, and also after? If you don't, people have to scroll to the right to see the other pictures.

It also makes it more difficult to read all the entries on the thread, because the entire column width is widened to accommodate those pictures, and the lines of text follow the column width.

Thanks for sharing anyhoo!