Author Topic: How very interesting... (Read 239 times)

bigideas · « **on:** March 06, 2006, 09:56:11 PM »

i know it's not exactly an alembic but;

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-TOUCAN-BASS-WITH-ALEMBIC-PICKUPS_W0QQitemZ7396591323QQcategoryZ4713QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

i have a Dan Dean book my dad bought around ten years ago and have always been fascinated by the bass he's pictured with inside. i knew it wasn't an alembic, but i just loved the shape. if you do a search for Toucan Bass on the net and you get a few references to Dan Dean and that's about it. and then all of a sudden here one is... and it's for sale.

keavin · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2006, 05:05:39 AM »

very Cool looking Bass

ampeglb100 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2006, 07:26:00 AM »

Wow... that's the first book I used too when I started and I always gawked at the pictures of him with that bass thinking some day... I'll have a bass like that. I never really went back to verify that he was/wasn't playing an actual Alembic and later just assumed he was. Even this last year when I bought my first Alembic I thought finally, a life long (as far as playing bass goes) dream come true. All lies! haha

Andy

kungfusheriff · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2006, 08:47:57 AM »

I know the seller, he's a good dude who just bought the bass a month ago...one of those bass 'ho types. I don't think he has too much in it, so the reserve shouldn't be that high.
KFS

longhorncat · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2006, 09:11:35 AM »

I know the seller, he's a good dude who just bought the bass a month ago...one of those bass 'ho types. I don't think he has too much in it, so the reserve shouldn't be that high.

+1
Robert is good guy and only lives a few miles from me (I bought a Fender Geddy from him). I don't know what his reserve is, but I was bidding on that bass when he popped the BIN. I think he paid a little too much. It looks like he installed new TI flats and gave it a good set-up.

Bill