Author Topic: 77 Series 1 on ebay whats your thoughts  (Read 114 times)

alembic_plyr

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77 Series 1 on ebay whats your thoughts
« on: November 19, 2007, 01:51:19 PM »
Im thinking of buying this bass, Give me your thoughts of the bass, Feed back would be nice!

glocke

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77 Series 1 on ebay whats your thoughts
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2007, 03:29:56 PM »
Im sure others think differently, but this is kind of a hard call, you dont see too many series basses come up for sale, and the price is ALMOST reasonable considering that it has been around the block more than a few times, probably needs updated electronics, a fretjob, and god knows what else.  
 
I guess you need to ask yourself if your comfortable paying that price for a bass that sounds like it may need some work, and a trip back to Alembic to have that done.  If you dont mind doing that than go for it.  
 
I personally wouldnt want to deal with the possibility of having to ship a bass back out to have work done it. Iwould wait and spend more on something that wouldnt need to be worked on right away.

keavin

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77 Series 1 on ebay whats your thoughts
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2007, 03:22:10 AM »
Looks clean & unused I'd go for it if i were you plus its vintage!......but try to talk him down a bit!

terryc

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77 Series 1 on ebay whats your thoughts
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2007, 03:42:31 AM »
looks okay in the pics..glocke - you never know, it might have had an extremely easy life in someones lounge.

glocke

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« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2007, 05:49:31 AM »
yeah, thats true. I didnt mean to sound like an alarmist.  It does look very clean, but I was just going by the sellers comments regarding the fret wear and usage.
 
Anyway, after looking at the posting again, it really does sound like a fair deal.  But I would try to talk him down a bit.

terryc

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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2007, 06:14:46 AM »
Always barter..if he is desparate to sell the bass he will drop the price