Epic 4 with $995 Buy it now price, and a Best Offer feature.  You might be able to get this at a pretty nice price, who knows?
 
Looks to be mahogany/maple- tough to tell.
 
Thought I'd throw it up here; didn't see that anyone else had.
 
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/Alembic-Bass-Guitar-Case_W0QQitemZ7363880903QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

A fully functional Alembic for under a kilobuck is very tempting indeed...beats a Garbage Center/Sam's A** special hands down!

Garbage Center has a beat-up Epic 4 for $899
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/Alembic-Epic-4-String-Bass-with-Case-NR_W0QQitemZ7365529245QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem