That bass looks exactly like one I ordered over the phone from Susan a very long time ago, when I was in Washington State. The case even looks similar to the beige Anvil I had Alembic order. I doubt it is, as I was thinking I ordered it before 80 (I am severally chronologically impaired) and it is being sold in the wrong state, but we all know how these basses can move around the country - fast! If it is, I suppose I will have to borrow against my 401K, as if it is, it has graphite rods embedded in the neck, a Circassian walnut core, gold logo, gold Schallers, and a few other nifty 'upgrades,' besides the Macassar ebony lams on it. I sold it cheap to a Grandview kid (young, motivated player), and have wanted it back many times over the years. I'll post the serial number to get its history and ask if I was the original purchaser, but I know I will not get an answer until well after the auction is over. I'll ask the seller about the case, which would have a sheet plate rivieted over a section of it where an idiot placed my bass in front of an old in-wall electrical heater and it caught fire - we are talking me running outside screaming in the middle of the night with flames coming off it to wet it down in the rain and put out the fire. Not a blemish to speak of on the bass. I have some great memories of my old first Alembic. I would pay a lot to have it back.
