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Author Message dtothec Junior Username: dtothec Post Number: 20 Registered: 3-2015 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 7:29 am:    Found this today on ebay, a little misleading! http://www.ebay.com/itm/OHagan-RARE-Bass-Alembic-Dimarzio-Pickups-Schaller-/271824987679 jcdlc72 Senior Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 423 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 7:41 am:    This is ugly and wrong in so many ways... sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4055 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 7:46 am:    Yet another ABUSE of the Alembic name ? lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 6005 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 9:08 am:    Let's see, the manufacturer went out of business 30 years ago, and it needs a new truss rod. But it is "un-often seen"! WOW! and only $500! But it really is amazingly like an Alembic. Both have strings, knobs, little switches, and a cone-head. A virtual doppelganger! hehehehe Bill, tgo jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4453 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 9:44 am:    April Fool joke? dtothec Junior Username: dtothec Post Number: 21 Registered: 3-2015 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 10:02 am:    Jazzy I think you hit the nail on the head, got to be! adriaan Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 3228 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 12:08 pm:    These O'Hagan basees have popped up before. If you squint real hard, there is a vague resemblance to a Small Body with an Omega cut. Not an April Fool joke, this one. hifiguy Senior Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 443 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 12:16 pm:    DERP! elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1579 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 1:15 pm:    I saw something similar recently... ...This. lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 6008 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 1:18 pm:    Definitely an Alembic! I mean, it has an omega, right? Bill, tgo fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1649 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 1:38 pm:    That one is definitely not worth $17, more likely somewhere around $10 Looks like the hardware has been replaced with non brass parts and either the bookmatch or the Omega is centered poorly... Factory second maybe? Hal (Tomahawk) has a bass similar to the one from the op. (heavily modified) elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1580 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 2:00 pm:    I'd love to have one of these with some center lams-