Uli:
I'm in no way disparaging this guitar or commenting on its intrinsic value. . If anything, I've had to wipe the drool off my keyboard after staring at the pics. I'd love to pick up an Alembic 12 string. I'm just going by what Alembic guitars bring on the open market, not based on full replacement cost. For example my Electrum would cost about $5500-6000 if you ordered it today. I bought it last year for $1200 and $1200-1500 seems about what they bring on the used market. And I didn't then have to bring it to Alembic for an upgrade. Certainly it absolutely kicks ass on anything else out there I could get for $1200. But that won't result in my being able to sell it for $3000 if I wanted to. (Even though I believe it would match up favorably with any $3000 guitar out there too). Factoring in the upgrade and a power supply, the 12 string would cost the buyer at least $8000. I realy don't think it would bring nearly that much on ebay. Of course if the seller (it's a consignment sale) wants to wait for just the right person to come along, they might get $6000 for it, especially if the buyer doesn't know that it needs a $1500 electronics upgrade or a new power supply. However, I would think that someone knowledgeable enough to appreciate this guitar for what it is would probably also be hip to the upgrade and power supply. I guess the seller could hope for a trust fund baby with an impulse. But the wait could be quite long.
Bill, tgo
(Message edited by lbpesq on September 18, 2005)
