Here is a VERY bad fake being offered on CL:  http://hattiesburg.craigslist.org/msg/1744567268.html

Mike, thanks for bringing this to the attention of the club.  Here are Mica's comments on fake/counterfeit Alembics.
 
(Message edited by artswork99 on May 17, 2010)

Fake AND ugly!

Hey Art
I Emailed him that post after I saw the listing.  We will see if he does the right thing.  I got the impression that he really thinks it's an Alembic.

Thanks Mike!  It's hard for some to understand when they have a bass with a decal on it.  The last time I remember seeing one of these the seller participated here and responded favorably once it was understood.  I hope we have a good outcome this time as well.  It's hard for a buyer that may not know where to find such information and CL is even more vast than the eBay route.

Asking $200 OBO indicates to me that the seller knows what they have.  
 
I have a real Alembic of Santa Rosa that is uglier than that bass. But ugly as it is I do think that it plays well.  
 
-E

Most kids (and even some big-boy players) only have a passing familiarity with Alembic and just know what the headstock says.  If you had given me that bass 30 years ago, I would have thought I had an Alembic... of course I was pretty STUPID 30 years ago.  The ad is still up; therefore, a call from Mica might be in order.

Caveat Emptor...

it's a shame ive seen one of those sell for $800.00

yes sad... that's why we try to help here!

Well, the author decided to delete the listing after I informed them about what they were selling. Thanks everyone.  
 
I hope they reply to my email about information how they obtained the instrument. I would so love to talk to the man making these.

Well, shoot... I was too late to see the post, as it had been deleted already. I really would have liked to have seen this one. Maybe next time the OP who finds the listing on CL, can do a copy and paste of the image and text, so we can all have a chance to see the content. Just a thought.
 
(Message edited by jedisan on May 18, 2010)

Maybe it was here or talkbass (I don't remember which), that had a thread that orginated from CL listing about this particular bass being for sale at a pawn shop in Texas not long ago......

It was something like this:  

 

  Though I think another Font was used.

Wow, that is not even a fake - that's just sticking the lipstick on a pig.  Who, on doing the most basic Google research, would believe this beater bass could possibly be an Alembic??  In the words of Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, this one is BUSTED!