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[eb2]

Word up!

Speaking of checking, I was severley out-bid but the thing didn't meet the reserve.  I thought a bit more than $3Gs would have happened, but welcome to the new economy.  Prices are dowwwwwn.

[gweimer]

Word up!

Speaking of checking, I was severley out-bid but the thing didn't meet the reserve.  I thought a bit more than $3Gs would have happened, but welcome to the new economy.  Prices are dowwwwwn.

The one that went for $3900 last month was an anomaly, and I think people are assuming that the market is up on these.  I'm still of the opinion that $2500-3000 is the cap for these.  The mention of one priced at $7000 (taking bets that it's Chicago Music Exchange on that one) is outrageously out of line.  The seller of this Embassy should have taken the $3050.

[Dave W]

Agreed. I figured his reserve was probably 3.5-4K and that it wouldn't be reached. But if he really wants to sell, the market will teach him what it's really worth.

[MARICOPAA]

Scott Silver owns Chicago Music Exchange and his prices are generally top of the top of the top. maybe it's a place to start negotiating. Since prices are shifting so much and so quickly some high end/volume dealers of vintage gear are resorting to super high asking prices so they don't get caught below a price surge. That being said...'Yeah Right...$7K for an Embassy...you are dreamin' ;-))

Maverick Music has had what they call a 1962 Epiphone Rivoli (actually it is a 1964) for $5995 for months & months. Too much money plain and simple...then again he almost sold it for that. Key word being 'almost...didn't happen. The again, I have not seen a solid clean 1964 or earlier Rivoli for sale publicly for quite a while.

I think really highly of 60's Embassy basses and so I think they are worth between $3-4K. I think they sound better than Thunderbirds and are clearly somewhere in the vicinity of half the price. They have TONE! But I'm prejudiced having discovered them when I was 18 years old...had one since 1970...they are great basses & I am old!

[eb2]

I would think an original and un-cracked Embassy is so rare, and kool, that they should be in the $5g range.  T-birds are relatively common in comparison and Gibson bass fans being as peculiar as they are, the name on the headstock shouldn't matter a bit.  But that is me, and vintage dealers are different and name means more.  I am old enough, and passed on my first Embassy around the tail end of the Carter administration.  I have passed on at least 5 times as many Tbirds - I never learn - but always felt the Embassy was a better balanced bass, with a lighter, if not more fragile, feel.  And real nice tone.

Chicago Music used to have a very early natural Ravioli with banjo pegs as I recall, back when they were on Clark.  Back then maybe they were asking a few grand.  Way too much then, but only time I saw one that old.  The had an EB0 for years with some freaky owner-modified banjo pegs for a few grand more than everyone else.  That being said they were always more reasonable than the Mandolin Brothers out on Fantasy Island, and Gruhn on everything but Gibson basses.