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tmoney61092
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Username: tmoney61092

Post Number: 277
Registered: 9-2008
Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 5:48 pm:   Edit Post

figured someone out there would be all over this one

http://atlanta.en.craigslist.org/atl/msg/1482870598.html

~Taylor Watterson
88persuader
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Username: 88persuader

Post Number: 355
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 6:00 pm:   Edit Post

I contacted the lister and he hasn't replied. I'm not an epic fan but for that price i'd buy it for sure.
adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 2363
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 1:05 am:   Edit Post

Appears to be the same one as posted under Wanted & Wishing - 100 bucks less, and an e-mail address.

Sorry for the rhyming - it's getting close to December 5 here in the Netherlands.
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 2515
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 4:34 am:   Edit Post

What's the significance of december 5th Adriaan?

Graeme
adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 2365
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 5:01 am:   Edit Post

December 6 is Saint Nicolas Day - patron saint of Amsterdam, sailors and small children (in whichever order you prefer). He arrives mid-November in his steamboat from Spain, usually in a picturesque old harbour town - it's one of the TV events of the year over here.

The night of December 5 is Boxing Evening: people exchange gifts packed up as something else, but always accompanied by a doggerel verse. Little children get their presents the next morning.
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4177
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 8:20 am:   Edit Post

Ooops!


Bill, tgo

(Message edited by lbpesq on December 02, 2009)
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4178
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 8:21 am:   Edit Post

I'm grabbing this one. I'll be offering it to the bass player in my band. He currently plays a fretted Epic 5 and recently started playing an upright, so I thought he'd like to check out a fretless Epic.

Bill, tgo
sonicus
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Username: sonicus

Post Number: 544
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 8:45 am:   Edit Post

Good catch! I bet he will be able to get a nice fretless growl from this one ___
88persuader
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Username: 88persuader

Post Number: 356
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 2:36 pm:   Edit Post

Did you get it Ibpesq? I've tried to contact the owner to ask about it and see photos several times and received no reply.
88persuader
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Username: 88persuader

Post Number: 357
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 9:15 pm:   Edit Post

Well another day passes and the owner hasn't contacted me. Perhaps it's sold? In any event I give up. Guess it wasn't meant to be.
mike1762
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Username: mike1762

Post Number: 394
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Thursday, December 03, 2009 - 6:55 pm:   Edit Post

I got a response today. Bill, why did you decide not to buy???
88persuader
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Username: 88persuader

Post Number: 358
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 03, 2009 - 8:03 pm:   Edit Post

Why haven't I gotten a reponse? Strange!

Well Mike if you buy post photos so I can see what I missed out on.
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4182
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, December 04, 2009 - 6:45 am:   Edit Post

I spoke with the seller by phone on Tuesday. We agreed. He was supposed to be checking with UPS on shipping costs and then getting back to me. If he's now selling to someone else it's news to me. I'm sitting here waiting for his email with the final price!

Bill, tgo
mike1762
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Username: mike1762

Post Number: 395
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Friday, December 04, 2009 - 4:11 pm:   Edit Post

For some reason my brain saw "Essence" when I read "Epic", so I'm actually NOT interested in this bass. The seller didn't tell me he already had a deal with Bill. However, this was all via a brief Email exchange. But I would proceed with caution. I actually asked him to take a photo of the bass with a current newspaper (with the date clearly visible) also displayed in order to verify that he actually had the bass.
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 8997
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 6:08 pm:   Edit Post

So, what happened on this?
88persuader
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Username: 88persuader

Post Number: 360
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 7:17 pm:   Edit Post

I'd like to know too. The owner NEVER got back to me.
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4200
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 8:45 pm:   Edit Post

I just sent payment, so the bass should soon be back in California. I'm looking forward to messing around with it as the only fretless instrument I have ever played was a violin on which I sort of learned how to play "Fiddler on the Roof" when I was around 11 and we put on the show in summer camp.

Bill, tgo
tmoney61092
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Username: tmoney61092

Post Number: 292
Registered: 9-2008
Posted on Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 1:10 pm:   Edit Post

congradulations Bill, i'm sure she will be a a great joy to play

~Taylor Watterson
sonicus
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Username: sonicus

Post Number: 571
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 1:27 pm:   Edit Post

CONGRATULATIONS Bill,

This one will be a nice GROWLER with that LOW B .

HOWEVER____!!! When I had a 5 string I used to string it with a
HIGH C instead of The LOW B!!! Check that out , you might like that tuning_

Happy Holidays to you You and your Family Bill!!!

Wolf ______
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4254
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 2:32 pm:   Edit Post

The bass arrived yesterday. Not in the best shape. As I posted in another thread, it's filthy, heavily tarnished, missing some screws, wrong screws, bubbling tuners, broken knob, and no strings on it. But it is, after all, an Alembic. I'll take some "before" pics tonight and hope to clean it up over the holidays. Then I'll post "before" and "after" pics.

Bill, tgo
flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 2317
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 4:48 pm:   Edit Post

whats a bubbling tuner?
is that the machine that lawrence welk had behind the band?
or
was it don ho's tiny bubbles tuner?
or
was it bubbles the chimp's tuner?
dadabass2001
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1337
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 7:40 am:   Edit Post

I think it's tuna from Boston, brought to a boil.

Mike
88persuader
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Username: 88persuader

Post Number: 365
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 12:41 pm:   Edit Post

If it's not too expensive to bring it back you still got a good deal for $900. Enjoy and being a person also interested in originally buying this instrument I'd love to see the before and after photos. Also it's Christmas Eve so MERRY CHRISTMAS!
dlbydgtl
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Username: dlbydgtl

Post Number: 82
Registered: 7-2008
Posted on Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 1:57 pm:   Edit Post

Like Charlie Brown's Christmas tree, it just needs a little love...

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