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jazzyvee

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I hope no-one buys this thinking it is an alembic.
« on: August 06, 2018, 05:26:42 PM »
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ALEMBIC-JJLB5-FWH-09-Used/183362919769?hash=item2ab1481d59%3Ag%3AH6MAAOSwFT9bZCEl&_nkw=alembic+bass&rt=nc


I have contacted the seller pointing them to this site to see what a proper alembic looks like.
« Last Edit: August 06, 2018, 05:30:44 PM by jazzyvee »
The sound of Alembic is medicine for the soul!
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_ktwins.html

adriaan

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Re: I hope no-one buys this thinking it is an alembic.
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2018, 05:31:13 PM »
The first page on my mobile shows a black Yamaha bass, but if you click through you'll see an Elan 4 PJ in walnut.

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Re: I hope no-one buys this thinking it is an alembic.
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2018, 05:37:13 PM »
I only see the yamaha bass and from the description I would expect that to be a 5 string bass and Jimmy Johnson signature bass.  Maybe it's a listing put up in haste and posted the wrong pictures. But maybe they will change the listing soon after my prompt. :-)
The sound of Alembic is medicine for the soul!
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_ktwins.html

David Houck

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Re: I hope no-one buys this thinking it is an alembic.
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2018, 05:49:56 PM »
I'm only seeing the Yamaha pics, which do not match the description.  Perhaps seller, a music store, is paying someone who knows nothing about instruments to post their listings.

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Re: I hope no-one buys this thinking it is an alembic.
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2018, 05:28:26 AM »
I'm seeing redirects Chinese counterfeit off P basses. Looking at the account I suspect it is a fake US front for Chinese counterfeiters as everything says they are imported to the US.