Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: gtrguy on March 11, 2022, 10:32:33 AM

Title: "Alembic" guitar on CL. Hey, the price is right!
Post by: gtrguy on March 11, 2022, 10:32:33 AM

"Alembic" guitar on CL. Hey, the price is right!


https://killeen.craigslist.org/msg/d/killeen-alembic-guitar/7454287718.html

Title: Re: "Alembic" guitar on CL. Hey, the price is right!
Post by: jazzyvee on March 11, 2022, 11:52:16 PM

Dodgy photo and tagline but if it’s just pickups and electronics, it’s worth buying at that price and flipping the body. I bought a guitar just for the alembic goodies inside and put them in my strat. Sold the body and effectively the pickups just cost me the petrol. :-)

Title: Re: "Alembic" guitar on CL. Hey, the price is right!
Post by: adriaan on March 12, 2022, 12:41:08 AM

It appears to be one of the "Texas pawn shop specials", as in very cheap Fender copies with the name "Alembic" in rub-on lettering (see the shot of the headstock). The seller is indeed in Texas. I would be surprised if the electronics are the genuine article.

Title: Re: "Alembic" guitar on CL. Hey, the price is right!
Post by: jazzyvee on March 12, 2022, 01:30:41 AM

Good point

Title: Re: "Alembic" guitar on CL. Hey, the price is right!
Post by: gtrguy on March 12, 2022, 11:15:18 AM

It's just a copy of a copy of a cheap guitar.

Title: Re: "Alembic" guitar on CL. Hey, the price is right!
Post by: xlrogue6 on March 13, 2022, 06:07:49 PM

Quote from: gtrguy on March 12, 2022, 11:15:18 AM

It's just a copy of a copy of a cheap guitar.

I disagree--it's a genuinely cheap guitar, in the worst sense.

Title: Re: "Alembic" guitar on CL. Hey, the price is right!
Post by: jazzyvee on March 14, 2022, 12:58:12 AM

Would anyone really fall for that?