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dtothec
Junior
Username: dtothec

Post Number: 20
Registered: 3-2015
Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 7:29 am:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

April Fool joke?
dtothec
Junior
Username: dtothec

Post Number: 21
Registered: 3-2015
Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 10:02 am:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

DERP!
elwoodblue
Senior Member
Username: elwoodblue

Post Number: 1579
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 1:15 pm:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

I'd love to have one of these with some center lams-

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