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Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: Manfred on February 16, 2005, 04:18:15 AM

If this is an Alembic copy:
http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=7301187664&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=7301187664&rd=1)
 
you can call this an Alembic copy as well, LOL
http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=69773&item=6154085165&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=69773&item=6154085165&rd=1)
 
Manfred
 

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: elzie on February 16, 2005, 06:22:31 AM

I wonder how that second one sounds???? It looks like a 3.4 scale.
 
 
Paul TGO

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: David Houck on February 16, 2005, 06:43:46 AM

As to how it sounds, it may depend on what you are burning.

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: lbpesq on February 16, 2005, 07:28:24 AM

I've heard one of these before.  It smokes!
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: serialnumber12 on February 16, 2005, 09:38:31 AM

heres another copy:   http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3782142541&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3782142541&rd=1)

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: 275hz on February 16, 2005, 11:56:07 AM

that smoking one caught me...............

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: jacko on February 17, 2005, 01:34:38 AM

That last one says 'exact replica'. Of what I wonder??
One interesting point though. I put one of those Schaller bridges on my precision years ago and it makes a heck of an improvement over the original.
 
graeme

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: grateful on February 17, 2005, 06:44:49 AM

I'm going to Amsterdam next week (one advantage of being in Europe Graeme!) so I'll try and listen out for one of those 3.4 thingies.  My bet is they probably hiss!!
 
Grateful, ago

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: adriaan on February 17, 2005, 07:46:38 AM

Grateful,
 
If you'll pardon my intrusion - just remember that getting high can be a pleasurable experience, like a moderate intake of alcohol, except that the cannabis you buy here over the counter is a lot stronger than the stuff you can illegally procure elsewhere. Anyway, do not light up if you're planning to do anything for which you wouldn't want to be under the influence of alcohol either. In both cases, the stimulant may enhance the experience, but it also numbs the senses.
 
And it smells awful.

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: grateful on February 18, 2005, 05:22:01 AM

Adriaan,
 
Thanks for the warning but I didn't say I was going to audition one of these things!!
 
Grateful, ago

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: adriaan on February 18, 2005, 05:31:38 AM

Ago,
 
Dare I ask what sensory experiences you are hoping to explore whilst in the Venice of the North?

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: grateful on February 18, 2005, 05:45:41 AM

Adriaan,
 
You have dared to ask, the question is, dare I answer?  I just love the gezellig experience.  Sorry my dutch is so poor but you guys speak English so well it kills the incentive!
 
Grateful, (Another Guitar One)

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: adriaan on February 18, 2005, 06:24:07 AM

Sometimes I get the feeling gezellig is a kind of extra-sensory perception that is part of the Dutch genome - it's really far off the trodden paths for most foreigners, but it sounds like you've come close.

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: grateful on February 19, 2005, 08:32:09 AM

Thanks Adriaan, I take that as a real compliment  from a native Netherlander.  It's something to do with your live and let live attitude I think.

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: wurlstratzer on February 20, 2005, 07:50:39 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7302493635&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
 
Greetings,
I'm new to the Alembic scene although admired Alembic guitars for many years, now looking to buy one. How rare/desireable is this guitar on ebay?

Title: Alembic Copy
Post by: David Houck on February 21, 2005, 06:09:39 PM

Hi Denny, welcome to the group.  There is already another thread started on this guitar.
http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/16603.html?1109028831 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=13098)
If you check out that thread you'll see that Val has listed the build info that the shop has on this guitar.  Series guitars don't come up on Ebay very often.  However, another '75 was sold on Ebay just last week.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2384&item=3781181792&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2384&item=3781181792&rd=1)
So that sale can give you a rough idea about what to expect the selling price to be.  One thing to keep in mind about older Series instruments; when the were made, they were extremely quiet, however technology has filled the air around us with all kinds of signals that were not in existence in the seventies.  Therefore many of these older Series instruments can have some noise, depending on where you happen to be playing.  You can send a Series instrument back to Alembic and have them upgrade the electronics to where it's dead quiet again; but it's not inexpensive.