Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: jazzyvee on August 06, 2018, 05:26:42 PM

Title: I hope no-one buys this thinking it is an alembic.
Post by: jazzyvee on August 06, 2018, 05:26:42 PM

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ALEMBIC-JJLB5-FWH-09-Used/183362919769?hash=item2ab1481d59%3Ag%3AH6MAAOSwFT9bZCEl&_nkw=alembic+bass&rt=nc (https://www.ebay.com/itm/ALEMBIC-JJLB5-FWH-09-Used/183362919769?hash=item2ab1481d59%3Ag%3AH6MAAOSwFT9bZCEl&_nkw=alembic+bass&rt=nc)


I have contacted the seller pointing them to this site to see what a proper alembic looks like.

Title: Re: I hope no-one buys this thinking it is an alembic.
Post by: adriaan on August 06, 2018, 05:31:13 PM

The first page on my mobile shows a black Yamaha bass, but if you click through you'll see an Elan 4 PJ in walnut.

Title: Re: I hope no-one buys this thinking it is an alembic.
Post by: jazzyvee on August 06, 2018, 05:37:13 PM

I only see the yamaha bass and from the description I would expect that to be a 5 string bass and Jimmy Johnson signature bass.  Maybe it's a listing put up in haste and posted the wrong pictures. But maybe they will change the listing soon after my prompt. :-)

Title: Re: I hope no-one buys this thinking it is an alembic.
Post by: David Houck on August 06, 2018, 05:49:56 PM

I'm only seeing the Yamaha pics, which do not match the description.  Perhaps seller, a music store, is paying someone who knows nothing about instruments to post their listings.

Title: Re: I hope no-one buys this thinking it is an alembic.
Post by: keith_h on August 07, 2018, 05:28:26 AM

I'm seeing redirects Chinese counterfeit off P basses. Looking at the account I suspect it is a fake US front for Chinese counterfeiters as everything says they are imported to the US.