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Author Message serialbass New Username: serialbass Post Number: 1 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 12:59 am:    Hi all, I am new here and have seen this nice Series on ebay Germany. Do you Alembic-experts think its a good deal? Since long time I am searching for an Alembic http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270517362838&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2404 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 2:40 am:    That is an EXTREMELY low price, especially in Europe. The only concern is the repaired crack "at the end of the neck" - I wonder which end, and you should ask for a detailed photo. It looks to be very clean and in excellent shape. The zebrawood is very evenly striped, and mounted in the V-formation which may or may not be to your taste. It also has the non-adjustable nut, which should be fine, but it limits the tweakability somewhat. If I was looking for a Series I 4 string, I guess I would bid rather than babble here. (Message edited by adriaan on January 26, 2010) dluxe Member Username: dluxe Post Number: 51 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 8:22 am:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS6GUqUghA8 Some photo's and sound clips of the bass. harald_rost Intermediate Member Username: harald_rost Post Number: 189 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 12:11 am:    Welcome on board Kilian. Series basses appear very rarely on Ebay or other used marketplaces here in Europe. I was looking for long years and finally bought one from USA. I remember one some months ago at Ebay here which was sold for about 2.500 Euro. This will be about the final price for this one I believe. Yes the "repaired crack" is an important issue. It is not visible one the photos. I would ask for a pic from the back of the peghead to be sure that the neck is o.k. and was not cracked. One other thing is that there are wrong strings on it (probably short scale) but that doesn't matter. Harald adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2406 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 1:18 am:    The repaired crack is kind of shown in the YouTube clip. It doesn't appear to be covered with any finish, but I'm no expert so I have no idea if that would pose a problem. serialbass New Username: serialbass Post Number: 2 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 1:51 am:    Thanks so lot guys, I will ask the seller for pics from headstock and also why there a wrong strings on it. Maybe I try to bit...I think this Bass must gone for under 2k Kilian serialbass New Username: serialbass Post Number: 3 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 4:20 am:    Seen this video on youtube Plays Mark King the same Alembic bass? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzugTJ3l8Ds&feature=related adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2407 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 4:29 am:    MK is known to play 32" scale Series I basses, so in that respect it is 'the same'. harald_rost Intermediate Member Username: harald_rost Post Number: 190 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 4:59 am:    Ha, the bass went for 2.500 Euros - what'd I say. I should change my job to become a prophet.