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sjhoffma
Advanced Member Username: sjhoffma
Post Number: 318 Registered: 5-2008
| Posted on Monday, October 14, 2013 - 1:03 pm: | |
http://www.gbase.com/gear/alembic-guitar-1980-natural Just called them up. I shouldn't have gotten any hopes up on the asking price because it is Rudy's, but its on consignment for $10,750. Guy on the phone was VERY nice and helpful though. I guess it belongs to a friend of the store. We'll see how long it sits. |
jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee
Post Number: 3667 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Monday, October 14, 2013 - 1:36 pm: | |
Very nice guitar but I think $10,750 is quite a lot especially considering I paid significantly less than that for this much newer 2002 Series I guitar 3 years ago and it was on consignment sale at GuitarRez. http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_dragonmagic.html It would be interesting to see what Bill TGO thinks as he is on the ball with these things. Jazzyvee (Message edited by jazzyvee on October 14, 2013) |
lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq
Post Number: 5564 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Monday, October 14, 2013 - 1:56 pm: | |
I think at that price it's going to sit on consignment for a LONG time. Alembic refers to this as MSG - Medium Scale Guitar. It not only has a smaller body than the standard point, but also has the "Gibson" scale length of 24 3/4" as opposed to the "Fender" scale of the standard point body guitars - 25 1/2". These have been going on eBay in the $2500-$3500 range, with perhaps up to $4000 for a truly unique example. Rudy's is a great shop, one of the few old 48th street shops still left. They do tend to ask top dollar for their vintage instruments. The last time I was there, around two years ago, they had several pre-CBS strats for which they were asking $40-$50K. Bill, tgo |
jalevinemd
Senior Member Username: jalevinemd
Post Number: 889 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Monday, October 14, 2013 - 5:18 pm: | |
There's wishful thinking and then there's just plain insanity. And the worst part is that you'd come off sounding like a complete douche to them even if you made a MORE than generous offer. |
hydrargyrum
Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum
Post Number: 1188 Registered: 3-2004
| Posted on Monday, October 14, 2013 - 7:08 pm: | |
Ouch. That's just way too much to realistically expect. Pretty guitar though. |