I bet this won't last long:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Alembic-Distillate-bass_W0QQitemZ160129892951QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

BIN already - done. (Not me.)

now, that's weird... the winner has the same eBay-nickname as our precarius ;-)
 
congrats !

Thanks- I posted it this morning and by the time I got to work, I had to get it. I'll probably end up selling my 1976 Series 1. A long scale Alembic is just a little more than I can handle comfortably.
Mike

Congrats!!  Nice bass!