Hi there Alembic fans. I was watching an Alembic Rogue 6 String (Vermillion wood finish) on Ebay UK.(Look it up yourself by putting item no. 180408481420 into the SEARCH on Ebay.co.uk.) The auction finished about 20.00 (British Summer Time - GMT+1)yesterday 27Sept. 2009. The asking price was a bargain at ?1,500 pounds Sterling (equivalent to about ?1,667 Euro or $2,383 US Dollars). This was a real bargain price for a bass model which is now quoted at $9,100 new on the Alembic price list.I expected that there would be great interest in such a beautiful instrument, especially amongst European players, for whom the fact that the bass was located in the UK would mean no import duty to pay if imported into another EU state. SURPRISINGLY, THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE OFFER AND NO LAST MINUTE FLURRY OF ACTIVITY FROM AUCTION SNIPERS !.
Can anyone hazard a guess as to the apparent lack of demand. Is it the generally recessionary times that we're in ? Or is it that selling a 6-string bass is considerably more difficult proposition than selling a 5-string (most 4-string bassists will easily chance a 5-string, but will shy away from the challenge presented by a 6-string.) A friend of mine who is a professional full-time bassist (and a very accomplished player) recently bought a beautiful 7-string bass (not an Alembic) but found, after about two weeks trying, that he was unhappy with the demands that this bass was making on his skill and decided to terminate the experiment ! Comments please | :-)
