Author Topic: The first $1,000,000.00 alembic bass!  (Read 853 times)

jazzyvee

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The first $1,000,000.00 alembic bass!
« on: April 16, 2017, 02:51:21 AM »

Is this the highest price ever listed for an alembic instrument!
I have a 1980 series I so really, I should be able to sell mine for a few dollars more than that and retire nicely!!!  ;D ;) ;D :o ::)

Million Dollar Alembic


https://www.guitarbroker.com/product/1979-alembic-series-ii-stanley-clark/

If that is worth a million can you imagine what #12 is worth.


I can see a business opportunity here if only I can persuade Mica to make me some NOS vintage looking alembics with realistic fake serial numbers although somehow I think that would be much harder than trying to raise the $1m to buy this one with a loan from an unemployed Yorkshire coal miner.  :-)


I hope it's just commas in the wrong place in the sale price. :-)
« Last Edit: April 16, 2017, 03:12:35 AM by jazzyvee »
The sound of Alembic is medicine for the soul!
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_ktwins.html

rv_bass

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Re: The first $1,000,000.00 alembic bass!
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2017, 03:55:46 AM »
Looks a lot like this 78 Series I, which is selling for quite a bit less :)

https://reverb.com/item/4565579-alembic-series-i-1978

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Re: The first $1,000,000.00 alembic bass!
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2017, 04:01:14 AM »
Looks like old #73-33 in one of the pictures with it.

dtothec

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Re: The first $1,000,000.00 alembic bass!
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2017, 04:45:21 AM »
Every bass on that page is $1,000,000 I've always sold them for a lot less! I feel so dumb! Lol!
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tx196059

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Re: The first $1,000,000.00 alembic bass!
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2017, 05:58:52 AM »
This gentleman has listings on Reverb, Ebay, and his own site referenced above. He mostly asks a lot initially for his guitars, but it has been mentioned on another thread that he is easy to work with on price. Offer him $750,000, and I bet $1,000,000 he takes it. Everybody wins  :)

bigredbass

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Re: The first $1,000,000.00 alembic bass!
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2017, 11:59:17 PM »
Just be sure THEY pay the shipping insurance . . . . . .

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Re: The first $1,000,000.00 alembic bass!
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2017, 01:50:03 PM »
Or you could make do with this one in my neighbourhood, for the unprincely sum of $6500 Canadian!
79 1469 USA
« Last Edit: April 17, 2017, 01:52:21 PM by CaseyVancouver »