Stingray5 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Nice looking Thunder 3 though not sure if the modifications with the controls will help or hinder the seller attaining his BIN price of £450...? (started at £360) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230419822071"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=230419822071[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 It does look pretty... I'm not sure I buy the guff about "the wife got me another bass therefore this has to go" as he has quite a few different makes of bass spare parts in his [url="http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=hodanu1&ftab=FeedbackAsBuyer"]previously bought[/url] items. Who knows? Anyway [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120493453229"]here's[/url] the original auction where he bought it for [b]350[/b] a month ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 What's that stuff about "not Alembic"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allighatt0r Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 [quote name='Conan' post='701238' date='Jan 5 2010, 08:02 AM']What's that stuff about "not Alembic"? [/quote] It's so it pops up if someone searches for "alembic bass". Clever sales technique! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 [quote name='allighatt0r' post='701520' date='Jan 5 2010, 12:56 PM']It's so it pops up if someone searches for "alembic bass". Clever sales technique![/quote] Cause often, when you are out to buy an Alembic, you settle for a Westone Thunder instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 [quote name='Conan' post='701238' date='Jan 5 2010, 08:02 AM']What's that stuff about "not Alembic"? [/quote] Ebay call that "keyword spamming" and can pull your auction, plus f*ck with your future listings' searchability if you do it. With basses & guitars however, it only applies when you use the words "Gibson", "Fender" or "Rickenbacker". Odd, that. Anyway, I'd think £250 - £300 would be a fair price for this, given that it's not original & the mods are irreversible - it presumably has had the jack moved to the body edge & the electronics will have been changed. I have a vague recollection of one of these with buggered original electronics going through a while ago - bet it was this one, now retrofitted with a nice new Artec 3-band EQ. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) I've got a very original fretless one of these, complete with original case, and it's a 'cold, dead fingers' case. Very peculiar pre-amp. Centre detente. Anti-clockwise boosts bass, clockwise boosts mids. Passive treble roll-off. Switch puts both pup individually parallel/series (although they both look like humbuckers, the neck is actually a P and the bridge is a side-by-side 2 coil humbucker); switch for active/passive; push/pull on Vol for in/out of phase. 18V electrics. Thru-neck. Beautifully made. Ebony fingerboard, no lines Currently, not for sale. G. Edited June 17, 2011 by geoffbyrne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='701704' date='Jan 5 2010, 03:17 PM']Cause often, when you are out to buy an Alembic, you settle for a Westone Thunder instead.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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