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jalevinemd
Intermediate Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 180
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 8:10 pm:   Edit Post

Okay, Alembic police...go to work. If this one is legit, I'd be VERY interested.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2384&item=7333001018&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
pace
Intermediate Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 158
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 8:36 pm:   Edit Post

I was expecting an "Elan" from some location in Texas..... :-)

Maybe I had too much to drink tonight, but Im hard pressed to cry foul.....
jlpicard
Advanced Member
Username: jlpicard

Post Number: 213
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 10:23 pm:   Edit Post

Looks like an Alembic to me. However, I was not aware that they did the square battery cover back then. My 80' has the round cover but maybey it was square on guitars? A question for the makers!
bracheen
Senior Member
Username: bracheen

Post Number: 752
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 3:15 am:   Edit Post

I didn't see anything suspicious. There's even a serial number listed. Looks like a very nice guitar to me.

Sam
smichaels
Junior
Username: smichaels

Post Number: 39
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 7:56 am:   Edit Post

I have dealt with this seller in that past. Top notch guy in my opinion...also has a very large Alembic guitar collection.
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 1956
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 2:14 pm:   Edit Post

Very nice!
poor_nigel
Senior Member
Username: poor_nigel

Post Number: 510
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 5:32 pm:   Edit Post

My 75 bass has a square battery cover, so no problem there. FYI.
jalevinemd
Intermediate Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 181
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 6:55 pm:   Edit Post

I've thrown my hat into the ring...let the games begin!
bracheen
Senior Member
Username: bracheen

Post Number: 754
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 5:52 am:   Edit Post

Good luck, whenever I see a guitar like that it makes me want to learn to play one. The current custom of the month has started that lust also.

Sam
dela217
Senior Member
Username: dela217

Post Number: 517
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 7:03 am:   Edit Post

That is definately the real thing. I know this guy and have bought Alembics from him in the past. He can be trusted and has lots of Alembic knowledge. He is just a bit shy when dealing with folks. Great guy. He and I traded snail mail for years before I was able to purchase Alembic 73-30 from him.

Now, if the guitar he is selling (75-213) was a bass, my hat would be in the ring too!! That is exactly what I am looking for in a bass. I have been hoping at a 75ish zebra topped bass like that would pop up for sale.
jalevinemd
Intermediate Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 183
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 5:28 pm:   Edit Post

Michael,

That does raise my confidence level. It's still quite nerve-racking, however, investing this kind of money on something sight-unseen. Sure wish I lived close by enough to take a look in person.
jalevinemd
Intermediate Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 184
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 9:02 pm:   Edit Post

The seller pulled the guitar from ebay. I'm not sure why. I've sent him an e-mail.
jorge_s
Member
Username: jorge_s

Post Number: 52
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 2:39 pm:   Edit Post

That was strange. I was keeping an eye on this one. Although I wasn't going to try to outbid a fellow Alembician. I would like to know what the "error in the listing" was.
jalevinemd
Intermediate Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 185
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 3:36 pm:   Edit Post

The seller e-mailed me back...quite a nice guy. Apparently a friend of his asked to buy the guitar when he saw it on ebay. So he pulled it. I'd have done the same. He was nice enough to offer to send some pics of an almost identical '76 Series I. So, I'll wait for those.

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