| Author | Message | ||
| tmoney61092
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 277 Registered: 9-2008 |
figured someone out there would be all over this one http://atlanta.en.craigslist.org/atl/msg/1482870598.html ~Taylor Watterson | ||
| 88persuader
Advanced Member Username: 88persuader Post Number: 355 Registered: 5-2004 |
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
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2363 Registered: 6-2002 |
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
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2515 Registered: 10-2002 |
What's the significance of december 5th Adriaan? Graeme | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2365 Registered: 6-2002 |
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
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4177 Registered: 7-2004 |
Ooops! Bill, tgo (Message edited by lbpesq on December 02, 2009) | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4178 Registered: 7-2004 |
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
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 544 Registered: 5-2009 |
Good catch! I bet he will be able to get a nice fretless growl from this one ___ | ||
| 88persuader
Advanced Member Username: 88persuader Post Number: 356 Registered: 5-2004 |
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
Advanced Member Username: 88persuader Post Number: 357 Registered: 5-2004 |
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
Advanced Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 394 Registered: 1-2008 |
I got a response today. Bill, why did you decide not to buy??? | ||
| 88persuader
Advanced Member Username: 88persuader Post Number: 358 Registered: 5-2004 |
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
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4182 Registered: 7-2004 |
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
Advanced Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 395 Registered: 1-2008 |
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
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8997 Registered: 5-2002 |
So, what happened on this? | ||
| 88persuader
Advanced Member Username: 88persuader Post Number: 360 Registered: 5-2004 |
I'd like to know too. The owner NEVER got back to me. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4200 Registered: 7-2004 |
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
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 292 Registered: 9-2008 |
congradulations Bill, i'm sure she will be a a great joy to play ~Taylor Watterson | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 571 Registered: 5-2009 |
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
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4254 Registered: 7-2004 |
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
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2317 Registered: 4-2004 |
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
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1337 Registered: 6-2002 |
I think it's tuna from Boston, brought to a boil. Mike | ||
| 88persuader
Advanced Member Username: 88persuader Post Number: 365 Registered: 5-2004 |
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
Member Username: dlbydgtl Post Number: 82 Registered: 7-2008 |
Like Charlie Brown's Christmas tree, it just needs a little love... |
