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svlilioukalani
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Username: svlilioukalani

Post Number: 82
Registered: 6-2008
Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 1:47 am:   Edit Post

There is an Exploiter 6 string guitar with a whammy bar hanging on the wall at Guitarville, 206-363-8188. It is in nice shape. And it must be very sad there; cause it is on the wall next to a bunch of Squires and cheep Dean Guitars. It is not on there web sight.
bsee
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Username: bsee

Post Number: 2523
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 9:56 am:   Edit Post

does it have a price tag? Tell them that if they put it on their website and the price is reasonable, it will probably sell in a week or less.
briant
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Username: briant

Post Number: 538
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2011 - 6:01 pm:   Edit Post

I just spoke with them. It's an '82 and it's a consignment. Apparently in "great" condition. They know nothing about the woods it is made from. They're asking $2500.
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4741
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2011 - 7:36 pm:   Edit Post

I believe it's on ebay right now.

Bill, tgo
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 2852
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2011 - 4:41 am:   Edit Post

here's the link

graeme
bsee
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Username: bsee

Post Number: 2531
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2011 - 6:09 am:   Edit Post

Looks like an Electrum in flat-sawn zebra wood over mahogany. Pretty guitar!
svlilioukalani
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Username: svlilioukalani

Post Number: 87
Registered: 6-2008
Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2011 - 9:47 am:   Edit Post

That's the same ax. Had an 1,800 price tag on it a month ago. They don't understand Alembic. Or quality for that matter; there Fender and Gibson boys.
briant
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Username: briant

Post Number: 546
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011 - 11:25 am:   Edit Post

Currently sitting at $2000 and reserve has not been met.

Don't these instruments generally go for ~$1500? I'm actually very curious since the guitard player in one of my bands might be interested in the future.
elwoodblue
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Username: elwoodblue

Post Number: 1186
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011 - 12:34 pm:   Edit Post

This might be a guitar I bought in 2002 for $900 and sold in seattle a few years later,
I agree briant, 1500 sounds more like current market value...maybe the economy is picking up?
bsee
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Username: bsee

Post Number: 2538
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011 - 12:55 pm:   Edit Post

You're kidding, right? Good luck finding any Alembic guitar under $2K these days. In the bass world, the Exploiter body shape adds significant value. That's especially true at the lower end of the scale. A Spoiler / Exploiter could get $2000-2500 when a stock Spoiler was more like $1200-1500. I don't think it was ever as significant on the guitar side, but there are probably a lot fewer of them to make a market.

I'm not a big fan of profiteering. If you offer it for a price, you should honor it. Of course, if no one buys it, feel free to change the offer. That seems to be happening here, and I wouldn't be surprised if this passed $2500 before it's done. Kind of greedy to push the reserve past the old asking price, but it's not against any laws I am familiar with. It's a consignment deal, so it's not necessarily the shop that's setting the price and reserve.

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