Alembic Guitars Club

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Title: Alembic Balance K 5 lefty on reverb
Post by: goran on June 29, 2019, 02:05:07 AM

https://reverb.com/item/25778066-alembic-lefty-mark-king-signature-standard-2003-deep-dark

Title: Re: Alembic Balance K 5 lefty on reverb
Post by: southpaw on July 10, 2019, 03:04:27 PM

A beautiful bass, but one item concerns me:  The pictures show the bass in its original custom padded hard shell case but in the description the owner states:  "I will provide a padded gig bag for shipping."   
Why keep the case?  A stunning custom made Alembic with delicate end points in a gig bag? The possibility of another shipping nightmare story... Let's hope not.  All the best to the current and future owner of this beautiful instrument.

Title: Re: Alembic Balance K 5 lefty on reverb
Post by: adriaan on July 10, 2019, 11:43:27 PM

This one appears to be the original Balance shape. The Balance-K has a more slender waistline.

Title: Re: Alembic Balance K 5 lefty on reverb
Post by: jwright9 on July 12, 2019, 01:34:23 PM

Yes, very odd. I was about to buy this bass. Worked out a deal with the seller. Everything looked good and then he told me that he would be including a gig bag, not the hard case.
I told him that I needed the hard case and he refused. When I told him that was a deal breaker he said he didn't care. No deal.
I just can't figure out why he would want to keep the case. He didn't explain.