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Quasar1

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Series 1, Beauty with power supply
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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2026, 02:10:05 PM »
That is a real beauty. Can’t see the price though. Is it long scale?
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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2026, 02:15:22 PM »
"Prezzo Su Richiesta" translates as "Price on demand", so you'll have to contact the seller. They also list a Distillate in a Stanley shape - https://www.mercatinomusicale.com/mm/a_alembic-distillate-mint-with-ohsc_id8247911.html

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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2026, 02:49:16 PM »
Google translation:

From my personal collection I sell amazing Alembic series 1 from the late 70s, maniacally well kept and played only in homes/studios. Complete with original case, power supply and cables. I think it's useless to describe the Rolls Royce of the electric bass. THE BEST BASS IN THE WORLD. Unobtainable in these conditions and at this super-price. Look at Reverb and other marketplaces.

Obviously no exchanges, swaps. No photo hunters, little Moses, etc.

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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2026, 02:50:07 PM »
Looks like a 79 or 80 bass or thereabouts

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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2026, 03:47:01 PM »
Does this that website have an English language page?  Thanks :)

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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2026, 06:17:39 PM »

#80-1652 is long-scale, according to this older thread-
https://club.alembicguitars.com/index.php?topic=25331.msg253947#msg253947
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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2026, 06:30:16 PM »
Greg. The information you keep in your noggin is scary at times!  ;D   I can’t remember if I ate a breakfast this morning.
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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2026, 07:01:51 PM »
And yet, I can't manage to defeat the font size glitch when copy/pasting links...


Maybe there is a future for me as an AI bot.

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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2026, 08:38:31 PM »
And yet, I can't manage to defeat the font size glitch when copy/pasting links...

that's one of the endearing things about this site imho.  kinda gives it that wood-fired vibe.
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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #10 on: Yesterday at 04:25:09 AM »
Just wondering if anyone has found an English translation page for this site? Thanks.

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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #11 on: Yesterday at 04:36:29 AM »
Just wondering if anyone has found an English translation page for this site? Thanks.
Depending on which browser you use, the translation might be a function in the browser itself. Google Chrome shows a translation button to the right of the address bar.

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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #12 on: Yesterday at 06:42:25 AM »
Thanks, Adriaan, using Chrome worked!

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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #13 on: Yesterday at 07:26:43 AM »
The finish crazing on this one is very much like the Omega-cut Series bass [Artgeckko] restored. I believe it's a very near-neighbor, sequentially.

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Re: Series 1, Beauty with power supply
« Reply #14 on: Today at 12:28:33 AM »
Living in Italy, too, I can say the bass has been on that marketplace for years...
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