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longhorncat
Intermediate Member
Username: longhorncat

Post Number: 127
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Monday, December 25, 2006 - 9:21 pm:   Edit Post

1983 Alembic Distillate 4-string Bass

top: Bird's-eye Maple
body: Mahogany
neck: Maple with Purpleheart, 32" medium scale
fingerboard: Ebony with pearloid oval inlays
peghead veneers: Maple w/ Sterling Silver logo
pickups: AXY electronics: DS-1
controls: volume, pickup selector, filter, Q switch, bass cut/flat/boost, treble cut/flat/boost
birthday: May 11, 1983

Looks, plays, and sounds great.

Some more pictures: here, here, and here.

$2150 plus shipping


longhorncat
Intermediate Member
Username: longhorncat

Post Number: 128
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Friday, January 12, 2007 - 11:15 pm:   Edit Post

Asking $1950 plus shipping.
tbrannon
Advanced Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 292
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Friday, January 12, 2007 - 11:23 pm:   Edit Post

Lovely bass-

I like the pickup selector out there on the lower horn. If I had the cash and needed a 4 string I'd be sorely tempted.

Good luck.
j_gary
Advanced Member
Username: j_gary

Post Number: 235
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 4:43 am:   Edit Post

Very nice, pardon my ignorance, she appears very similar to the Spoiler. Would you be able to comment on the differences?
fc_spoiler
Senior Member
Username: fc_spoiler

Post Number: 431
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 5:55 am:   Edit Post

Electronics - Spoiler has Volume, filter, Q switch and pick up selector
Body shape - obvious, take a look in the "showcase" section or look at my profile.
Pegheadshape - Spoiler has the "Cone" shape
Neck laminates - Spoiler has 3 piece maple neck

My Spoiler examples are for the "Standard" Spoiler specs. There are Spoilers with other body shapes etc. as custom options, but that's possible for almost all models.

(Message edited by fc_spoiler on January 13, 2007)
j_gary
Advanced Member
Username: j_gary

Post Number: 236
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 8:33 am:   Edit Post

Thanks fc!
southpaw
Intermediate Member
Username: southpaw

Post Number: 121
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 5:26 pm:   Edit Post

The Distillate electronics are the same as the modern day Europa electronics with the one difference being a pan knob on the Europa has replaced the pickup selector switch.
1983_distillate
New
Username: 1983_distillate

Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2007
Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 1:20 pm:   Edit Post

Did it sell?
Just signed up....trying to figure out the value of my distillate.
Considering they were list 2200 new, I was hoping they had gone up in value.
Actual sale price at local store was 1700 + tax= $1948.
That was A LOT of money in 1983, when I got mine.
In today's dollars, that should = about 5 X that.

So, it seems, that they haven't kept up with inflation :-(
I love the curly maple!
Mine's a darker color...
longhorncat
Intermediate Member
Username: longhorncat

Post Number: 130
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 1:34 pm:   Edit Post

Yes, it sold for $1900.
That's a little below average.

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