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Title: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: lbpesq on July 19, 2018, 09:00:00 AM: The famous John Judge double neck bass is on eBay. BIN price of $60K!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Alembic-Double-Neck-John-Judge-Goliath-Bass-The-Legend/132710387576?hash=item1ee627cf78%3Ag%3AOPMAAOSw3dxbUKxR&_sop=10&_sacat=619&_nkw=alembic&_from=R40&rt=nc

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: StephenR on July 19, 2018, 09:11:18 AM: Does BIN stand for "buy it never"?
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Post by: Zut8083 on July 19, 2018, 09:44:40 AM: Interesting.
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: jwright9 on July 19, 2018, 09:54:50 AM: The seller is the Alebmic dealer in Denver.
Same guy that is selling "Twilight" featured custom.
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: gtrguy on July 19, 2018, 09:56:03 AM: "Serious buyers only"! At 60K, that's the understatement of the year!
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: hammer on July 19, 2018, 10:00:39 AM: I knew it was too good to be true. I recently got back from Russia and my Ebay is still showing some aspects of Russian influence. I initially thought the price was in Russian Rubles (60,000 Russian Rubles = $941 U.S dollars) including some pricing. Ha! If it looks too good to be true than it probably is not true.
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: jwright9 on July 19, 2018, 10:56:45 AM: I bet it is really comfortable, light and easy to manage!
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Post by: Philip-M-Bass on July 19, 2018, 12:15:08 PM: WOW,

Rare, can you say "understatement ! Beside the "Rex Bogue" played by John Mclaughlin, this is most stunning Twin neck ever made !! we could throw Greg Lake's "Zemaitis" in as well , But, you just look at the Alembic & you need to pick you jaw up off the floor !!
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Post by: dead_head on July 19, 2018, 01:00:07 PM: A real masterpiece...
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Post by: edwin on July 19, 2018, 04:41:51 PM: Hm, it's here in Denver. I wonder who has it.
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: Zut8083 on July 19, 2018, 05:12:41 PM: Based on his eBay handle matching his Forum name ("dinan" and "Dinan"), I think it's a "Carl".
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: sonicus on July 19, 2018, 11:21:19 PM: A nice instrument . In the early 1990s if I remember correctly I could have purchased 72-001 and was informed with full disclosure that repairs were required but passed on the transaction . The asking price was just a small fraction of the asking price of this swell Double neck. :)
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: Zut8083 on July 19, 2018, 11:33:28 PM: I think it sold in 2015 for a bit over $12.5K, including shipping. That might have been the transaction that brought Goliath to the Denver area for a spell.
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: hieronymous on July 20, 2018, 08:08:43 AM: As far as I know the current owner became a member here when he got this doubleneck a few years ago. I have corresponded with him during that time. Price-wise might as well throw it against the wall and see what sticks? If it does sell for this price, then I've got an earlier Alembic doubleneck for the bargain price of $30,000!
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Post by: jwright9 on July 20, 2018, 08:27:22 AM: http://www.apexaudiodenver.com/alembic.html
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: keith_h on July 20, 2018, 10:04:54 AM: Didn't' Christian (speicky) own the bass for a while?

Here is an older discussion thread about the bass and John.
http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=19014.0 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=19014.0)
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: senmen on July 20, 2018, 11:06:14 AM: Guys,
yes indeed Speicky did own this bass
I had the luck that Speicky let me playing that
bass once when I visited him.
Great bass!
Oliver (Spyderman)
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: bigbass on August 09, 2018, 07:50:43 PM: I wonder if they refixed the broken headstock. It looked questionable when I saw it last.
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: sonofa_lembic on August 10, 2018, 07:44:42 PM: I remember when Carl bought that bass. I also remember what it was bought for. It is an icon though, and if he has a Rotosound John Judge poster to go with it, that would be icing on the cake. I tried to find a poster for Carl that I used to see on the wall at Jensen Music in Santa Barbara back in the late 70's when I got my first Alembic, but alas, they had ripped it down many years prior. If you are over 50, you know how special this bass was to the young Alembic crowd.
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Post by: Philip-M-Bass on August 11, 2018, 04:53:43 AM: Man you are not kidding !

I remember removing mine from an issue of Guitar Player, always wishing it was in color !

No one knew who John Judge was, but we knew he had "the Bass of the ages" !
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: gtrguy on August 11, 2018, 11:07:59 AM: My old copy of Guitar Electronics for Musicians book has this pic of a John Judge guitar in it. He must have liked lots of knobs!
Title: Re: John Judge Bass on eBay - and it ain't cheap!
Post by: Philip-M-Bass on August 11, 2018, 11:38:51 AM: Mission Control !!!