Author Topic: Exploiter 6 string guitar in Seattle. (Read 172 times)

svlilioukalani · « **on:** February 02, 2011, 01:47:04 AM »

There is an Exploiter 6 string guitar with a whammy bar hanging on the wall at Guitarville, 206-363-8188. It is in nice shape. And it must be very sad there; cause it is on the wall next to a bunch of Squires and cheep Dean Guitars. It is not on there web sight.

bsee · « **Reply #1 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:56:19 AM »

does it have a price tag? Tell them that if they put it on their website and the price is reasonable, it will probably sell in a week or less.

briant · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2011, 06:01:58 PM »

I just spoke with them. It's an '82 and it's a consignment. Apparently in great condition. They know nothing about the woods it is made from. They're asking $2500.

lbpesq · « **Reply #3 on:** February 08, 2011, 07:36:34 PM »

I believe it's on ebay right now.

Bill, tgo

jacko · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2011, 04:41:12 AM »

here's the link

graeme

bsee · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2011, 06:09:22 AM »

Looks like an Electrum in flat-sawn zebra wood over mahogany. Pretty guitar!

svlilioukalani · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2011, 09:47:29 AM »

That's the same ax. Had an 1,800 price tag on it a month ago. They don't understand Alembic. Or quality for that matter; there Fender and Gibson boys.

briant · « **Reply #7 on:** February 14, 2011, 11:25:23 AM »

Currently sitting at $2000 and reserve has not been met.

Don't these instruments generally go for ~$1500? I'm actually very curious since the guitard player in one of my bands might be interested in the future.

elwoodblue · « **Reply #8 on:** February 14, 2011, 12:34:00 PM »

This might be a guitar I bought in 2002 for $900 and sold in seattle a few years later,
I agree briant, 1500 sounds more like current market value...maybe the economy is picking up?

bsee · « **Reply #9 on:** February 14, 2011, 12:55:39 PM »

You're kidding, right? Good luck finding any Alembic guitar under $2K these days. In the bass world, the Exploiter body shape adds significant value. That's especially true at the lower end of the scale. A Spoiler / Exploiter could get $2000-2500 when a stock Spoiler was more like $1200-1500. I don't think it was ever as significant on the guitar side, but there are probably a lot fewer of them to make a market.

I'm not a big fan of profiteering. If you offer it for a price, you should honor it. Of course, if no one buys it, feel free to change the offer. That seems to be happening here, and I wouldn't be surprised if this passed $2500 before it's done. Kind of greedy to push the reserve past the old asking price, but it's not against any laws I am familiar with. It's a consignment deal, so it's not necessarily the shop that's setting the price and reserve.