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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: BeenDown139 on February 15, 2024, 03:04:18 AM

Title: nice balck exploiter jsut poppedd up on reverbb
Post by: BeenDown139 on February 15, 2024, 03:04:18 AM
https://reverb.com/item/79248688-alembic-explorer-series-ii-owned-by-dusty-hill-1983-black

pretty sure it's actually a series I but why quibble?  lots cheeper than a spyder these days.  make somebody a nice player.  pretty sure i'm outta the bass market.  something like this coming along almost makes me wanna re-think that decision..  almost.
Title: Re: nice balck exploiter jsut poppedd up on reverbb
Post by: hieronymous on February 15, 2024, 09:48:32 AM
I would love to own another Exploiter - my first was Alembic was a Spoiler/Exploiter - I also loved the black one on the cover of Stanley Clarke's Find Out! album. But I would need to know that I could use it live, because it's a waste to just have at home - plus, even when I lived in a pretty big house, I would always bump it into door jambs...
Title: Re: nice balck exploiter jsut poppedd up on reverbb
Post by: edwardofhuncote on February 15, 2024, 11:19:45 AM
Gone.
Title: Re: nice balck exploiter jsut poppedd up on reverbb
Post by: BeenDown139 on February 16, 2024, 06:53:30 AM
i'd really be surprised if a player bought it.  at that price it's probably either in flipsville only to return with a 2x markup or in somebody's collection never again to see the light of day.  imho, of course.  ymmv.  past results do not indicate future performance and all that rot.
Title: Re: nice balck exploiter jsut poppedd up on reverbb
Post by: gearhed289 on February 16, 2024, 08:06:45 AM
I've already got a '83 Exploiter anyway.  ;D
Title: Re: nice balck exploiter jsut poppedd up on reverbb
Post by: keith_h on February 19, 2024, 11:37:53 AM
Wasn't that one of the basses that was damaged in a flood along with other ZZ Top instruments? If it is I'd give the electronics and neck a good going over before purchasing ZZ Top provenance or not.