Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Wanted & Wishing => Topic started by: a_martin on May 14, 2012, 03:41:02 PM
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Hey All,
I'm looking for a used California Special- 25scale, with three pups, preferably in blue, white, red, green, purple, orange, or clear dark woods - Transparent gold or yellow not so much. I'm willing to spend between 1600.00 and 2200.00 - USA dollars. I'm a bass player at heart but recently started having fun with guitars.
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I talked to a few people and my stated price range seems a little low. I'm willing to spend between 2000.00 and 2600.00 depending on condition.
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Arunas:
As you may have noticed, Alembic guitars don't show up used all that often. Cali Specials turn up on eBay once or twice a year. Your price is not unreasonable. One place you might try is Guitar Showcase in San Jose, CA. They had a green Cali Special on consignment from Steve Miller for quite a while. It might still be there. Otherwise, keep checking eBay, this site, and keep your ears open. One will always turn up sooner or later. Also, I beleive the Cali Special is like a Strat - 25.5 scale.
Bill, tgo
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Thanks for the advice Bill.
California specials certainly are less common, which is what makes pricing them accurately more difficult. I know of the greean Cali special at Guitar showcase. Several weeks ago I put in a bid but after a week the owner of the guitar (not the store) still hadn't back to the store - so i pulled my bid. I might try again in a few weeks.
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Thanks for the advice Bill.
California specials certainly are less common, which is what makes pricing them accurately more difficult. I know of the greean Cali special at Guitar showcase. Several weeks ago I put in a bid but after a week the owner of the guitar (not the store) still hadn't back to the store - so i pulled my bid. I might try again in a few weeks.