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Title: Not an Alembic
Post by: dtothec on April 01, 2015, 07:29:45 AM

Found this today on ebay, a little misleading!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OHagan-RARE-Bass-Alembic-Dimarzio-Pickups-Schaller-/271824987679 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/OHagan-RARE-Bass-Alembic-Dimarzio-Pickups-Schaller-/271824987679)

Title: Not an Alembic
Post by: JuancarlinBass on April 01, 2015, 07:41:50 AM

This is ugly and wrong in so many ways...

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Post by: sonicus on April 01, 2015, 07:46:52 AM

Yet another ABUSE of the Alembic name ?

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Post by: lbpesq on April 01, 2015, 09:08:55 AM

Let's see, the manufacturer went out of business 30 years ago, and it needs a new truss rod. But it is un-often seen! WOW! and only $500! But it really is amazingly like an Alembic. Both have strings, knobs, little switches, and a cone-head. A virtual doppelganger!

hehehehe

Bill, tgo

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Post by: jazzyvee on April 01, 2015, 09:44:54 AM

April Fool joke?

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Post by: dtothec on April 01, 2015, 10:02:50 AM

Jazzy I think you hit the nail on the head, got to be!

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Post by: adriaan on April 01, 2015, 12:08:40 PM

These O'Hagan basees have popped up before. If you squint real hard, there is a vague resemblance to a Small Body with an Omega cut. Not an April Fool joke, this one.

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Post by: hifiguy on April 01, 2015, 12:16:15 PM

DERP!

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Post by: elwoodblue on April 01, 2015, 01:15:42 PM

I saw something similar recently...
...This (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Over-Sink-Cutting-Board-With-Cut-Out-Hole-/391077347867?pt=Kitchen_Tools_Gadgets&hash=item5b0e06c21b%20target=_blank).

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Post by: lbpesq on April 01, 2015, 01:18:06 PM

Definitely an Alembic! I mean, it has an omega, right?

Bill, tgo

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Post by: FC Bass on April 01, 2015, 01:38:22 PM

That one is definitely not worth $17, more likely somewhere around $10
Looks like the hardware has been replaced with non brass parts and either the bookmatch or the Omega is centered poorly... Factory second maybe?

Hal (Tomahawk) has a bass similar to the one from the op. (heavily modified)

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Post by: elwoodblue on April 01, 2015, 02:00:34 PM

I'd love to have one of these with some center lams-

(http://club.alembicguitars.net/Images/395/208094.jpg)

Alembic Guitars

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