Very rare Alembic Series 1 bass, 1976, Graphite neck, flame Walnut top, flame walnut back, rosewood fingerboard with case
Bass has mother of peal inlay McVie bottom of finger board
Bass comes from John McVie of Fleetwood Mac and will come with a letter stating so
Please ask all questions before bidding
Listing several other basses belonging to John
Current price from Alembic to to build this bass is 26,500.00, I have a quote from them Bass was custom made for John and it is the only one like it
This is from Alembics web site:
1976 We developed with Geoff Gould, founder of Modulous Graphite Instruments, the first graphite neck through body necks.
The first two basses made in this fashion were sold to Stanley Clarke and John McVie of Fleetwood Mac in June of 1976. This is the same year that we made a custom bass for John McVie that had a stainless steel fingerboard with no frets. Rather than call it a fretless bass, I preferred the term "continuously fretted " bass.
I wonder if John is thinning down his collection a wee bit...