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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: edwardofhuncote on April 07, 2019, 05:21:52 AM

Title: Unusual Spoiler on ebay (Japan)
Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 07, 2019, 05:21:52 AM: Beautiful quilted maple Spoiler, but with purpleheart neck laminate upgrades, and the body looks slightly different too... something about the horns and proprtions. Custom order? There isn't a lot of info in the description.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F173865358234
Title: Re: Unusual Spoiler on ebay (Japan)
Post by: adriaan on April 07, 2019, 07:54:15 AM: It's the small-body Spoiler, it should have an R in the serial number.
Title: Re: Unusual Spoiler on ebay (Japan)
Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 07, 2019, 08:18:48 AM: Thanks for confirmation Adriaan... :) so is the 'R' another Rokkomann designation? (like the Strat-shaped guitar from Friday's lesson) I can't quite zoom in far enough with the mobile app but in one of the pictures there is the original build sheet. If I squint one eye it looks like an 87-something. Indeed it does look like an R stamped in the fingerboard. Looky-there!
Title: Re: Unusual Spoiler on ebay (Japan)
Post by: hammer on April 07, 2019, 10:37:42 AM: Is it my eyes, my monitor, or is there a hole in the back plate. Regardless, at $3,500 plus for a Spolier it's a bit of a pricing exaggeration
Title: Re: Unusual Spoiler on ebay (Japan)
Post by: keith_h on April 07, 2019, 12:47:56 PM: I imagine that is a good price for a Spoiler in Japan where it is located.
Title: Re: Unusual Spoiler on ebay (Japan)
Post by: pauldo on April 08, 2019, 02:32:34 AM: Quote from: hammer on April 07, 2019, 10:37:42 AM
Is it my eyes, my monitor, or is there a hole in the back plate. Regardless, at $3,500 plus for a Spolier it's a bit of a pricing exaggeration

Brian,
I’m the wrong guy to speak when it comes to vision... but to these old eyes it almost looks like a patch of some type of corrosion? Seem odd if it were a ‘blown out’ hole, plus the screw is there...

Paul (who is way over due for a trip to an optometrist) (and tipping his hat to Peter! ;D )
Title: Re: Unusual Spoiler on ebay (Japan)
Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 08, 2019, 02:42:22 AM: I see it too... the whole backplate looks odd; it may be a reflection or it may be broken out around the screw. There's also another bb-sized spot that could be a hole... or just another spot. If that bass were mine, a brass replacement would be in order. ;)

I didn't really give much thought to the price because it was in Japan, where the asking price of Alembics seems to be a bit more inflated. Just thought it was a cool, kinda' unusual bass. :)
Title: Re: Unusual Spoiler on ebay (Japan)
Post by: keith_h on April 08, 2019, 05:27:07 AM: I'm with Paul in thinking it is corrosion. If it were a hole I would expect to see part of the control cavity rabbet and the silver paint coating the interior. In any event I would ask for a photo of the plate by itself and of the control cavity were I interested in the bass.
Title: Re: Unusual Spoiler on ebay (Japan)
Post by: mica on April 08, 2019, 05:49:38 PM: The backplate looks like plastic with the original protective paper in place. By now it will be hard to remove, hence the aborted attempt.