Author Topic: 8 String Exploiter for a good price (Read 206 times)

sjhoffma · « **on:** September 26, 2013, 09:48:41 AM »

http://www.gbase.com/gear/alembic-exploiter-8-string-bass-1987-reddish

sjhoffma · « **Reply #1 on:** September 26, 2013, 12:19:49 PM »

That was fast! SOLD lol

Anyone here snag it?

ojo · « **Reply #2 on:** September 26, 2013, 03:20:32 PM »

That was a good price, though this caught my eye:
The bass weighs 10.8 pounds

bigredbass · « **Reply #3 on:** September 26, 2013, 10:24:46 PM »

. . . . and I bet 5.4 pounds of it were the EIGHT Schaller M4 keys on that big head. It looks better this way, but 4 smaller keys for the octave-up strings might have been the smarter way to go.

J o e y

pace · « **Reply #4 on:** September 27, 2013, 05:40:50 PM »

Gotta ask what it went for..... ?!?

...... guess it doesn't matter.... anyway.....

elwoodblue · « **Reply #5 on:** September 28, 2013, 04:02:02 AM »

I saw $2100 on that page,
I was expecting to see it closer to 3,
I gotta get an Alembic 8 someday.

elwood

elwoodblue · « **Reply #6 on:** October 02, 2013, 08:20:01 AM »

A different eight just hit ebay,
Those are soooo cool:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-Alembic-bass-8-string-distilate-expoiter-/181230096028?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a3227ce9c

smuprof · « **Reply #7 on:** October 06, 2013, 12:03:12 PM »

I found one on ebay a couple of years ago just like the one currently available and snagged it for around $3k - good starting bid on the one currently available.

You can see pictures of mine from the recent Texas jam. It was pretty popular with everyone.

Someone needs to grab this at that price - mine makes me smile every time I play it.