Stingray5 Posted January 5, 2010 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
Ou7shined Posted January 5, 2010 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
allighatt0r Posted January 5, 2010 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
Mr. Foxen Posted January 5, 2010 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
Bassassin Posted January 5, 2010 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
geoffbyrne Posted January 5, 2010 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
nick Posted January 5, 2010 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
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