How very interesting...

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Author Message bigideas Member Username: bigideas Post Number: 71 Registered: 1-2004 Posted on Monday, March 06, 2006 - 9:56 pm:    i know it's not exactly an alembic but; http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-TOUCAN-BASS-WITH-ALEMBIC-PICKUPS_W0QQitemZ7396591323QQcategoryZ4713QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem i have a Dan Dean book my dad bought around ten years ago and have always been fascinated by the bass he's pictured with inside. i knew it wasn't an alembic, but i just loved the shape. if you do a search for "Toucan Bass" on the net and you get a few references to Dan Dean and that's about it. and then all of a sudden here one is... and it's for sale. keavin Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 752 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 5:05 am:    very Cool looking Bass ampeglb100 Member Username: ampeglb100 Post Number: 51 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 7:26 am:    Wow... that's the first book I used too when I started and I always gawked at the pictures of him with that bass thinking "some day... I'll have a bass like that". I never really went back to verify that he was/wasn't playing an actual Alembic and later just assumed he was. Even this last year when I bought my first Alembic I thought "finally, a life long (as far as playing bass goes) dream come true". All lies! haha Andy kungfusheriff Senior Member Username: kungfusheriff Post Number: 495 Registered: 8-2003 Posted on Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 8:47 am:    I know the seller, he's a good dude who just bought the bass a month ago...one of those "bass 'ho" types. I don't think he has too much in it, so the reserve shouldn't be that high. KFS longhorncat Junior Username: longhorncat Post Number: 50 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 9:11 am:    "I know the seller, he's a good dude who just bought the bass a month ago...one of those "bass 'ho" types. I don't think he has too much in it, so the reserve shouldn't be that high." +1 Robert is good guy and only lives a few miles from me (I bought a Fender Geddy from him). I don't know what his reserve is, but I was bidding on that bass when he popped the BIN. I think he paid a little too much. It looks like he installed new TI flats and gave it a good set-up. Bill