Hello fellow Alembics!
 
I am selling my special custom Alembic Distillate. I has only been played approx.10 hours since it's super customization- it is totally and absolutely in new condition. No scratch's or dings or marks.
Please email me for pictures- the  file size of my pictures are 561kb- which are too big to upload to this site.
 
Email: agureg@yahoo.com
Phone: 310-487-2026
 
Description:
 
Quilted Maple front and back*
LEDS along the Neck**
Chrome Hardware***
Side Mounted Jack instead of the traditional front mount.
Original Distillate Horn.
New Condition Alembic Case.
 
Price: $5800 Firm.
Thanks!

If you email the pictures to me, I'll resize and post them for you.

Here are some pictures that Ara asked that I post.  

 

 

Hi, here are some pic's of Ara's Distillate. I met Ara late last year and purchased an absolutely pristine Distillate with a Koa top from him.   Dave, since I had these pics, I thought I would go ahead and post them. Ara is a stand up, honest guy. I can't be more pleased with the Koa Distillate I got from him.

 

 

Well Dave, you beat me by 7 min., how about that!
 
(Message edited by jedisan on February 18, 2009)

Hee hee!!

Is that Control Cavity backplate Gold Plated?
The one on my Europa is Gold Plated even though the hardware is not.
 
Jazzyvee

Hello Jazzyvee-
 
The control cavity backplate is chrome- perhaps the picture or room lighting has made the backplate appear gold.

This is a very nice bass.
Is it a shortscale bass?

Standard scale for a distillate is medium.  It's certainly a very nice distillate, but at $5800...well, that's about double what a distillate in nice shape - such as this one - seems to be going for currently.
 
(Message edited by pas on February 22, 2009)

yes, its too expansive, I think....
agureg, for the half price I will buy it
:-)

For $2750 I'd consider it too. Nice bass.

While Paul is generally right about the going price for Distillate basses, this is like none of those.  The hardware is plated and there are side LEDs, neither of which is on the typical $2K Distillate.  Additionally, this bass looks like it is either a lot newer than the early 80s, or has been back to the factory for a refinish job, though the year of manufacture wasn't specified.  The seller says there isn't a scratch on it, and it certainly appears to be like new in the pics.
 
I think a lot of us have some level of sticker shock on used Persuader/Spoiler/Distillate basses.  If you look back just two or three years, Persuaders and Spoilers were available for under $1000 up to maybe $1200, and Distillates would regularly trade for $1000 up to $1500 for a minty one.  The used Alembic economy has changed since then and a Distillate under $2K is a rarity, though I can't remember one ever being sold in a private transaction for more than $3K in the US.  
 
-bob

Your honor, I rest my case.

I bought my Distillate this past fall from fellow member $2000. Occasionally one shows up on ebay for $2200 to $2800 no bids