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Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: Enzo on October 10, 2015, 07:24:27 PM

Found this Series I pointer shape in a Guitar Center in OH. Tree of life inlays, 2 connectors and 3 strange dots maybe covering 2 holes used who knows for what?  Very nice example. http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/ALEMBIC/Vintage-1975-Series-I-Bass-Koa-Electric-Bass-Guitar.gc (http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/ALEMBIC/Vintage-1975-Series-I-Bass-Koa-Electric-Bass-Guitar.gc)

Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: room037 on October 11, 2015, 12:35:35 AM

This bass is Andy West preowned bass.
Top wood is not Koa, it is Zebra wood.
The bass was found on eBay 2012.
It had polyphonic PU for synth drive on near the front of bridge PU. But now it is missing.
Ex.connector was assembled for it, that I think.
 
Eiji

Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: ed_zeppelin on October 11, 2015, 01:04:38 AM

I found this pic. It looks pretty ratty and could use a good cleaning, but the bass seems okay.  
 
No tree of life inlay, but the selector was already missing the knob, the hex pickup is intact and Andy West appears to only have four fingers on his left hand.  
 

Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: elwoodblue on October 11, 2015, 04:30:45 AM

I found this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny837E635D0 target=_blank)...but it appears the bass has been replaced with a young Jodie Foster  

Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: keith_h on October 11, 2015, 04:47:28 AM

I don't know for sure when the Tree of Life was added but my guess is it was when the neck was repaired after breaking on tour in the early 80's.  
 
Andy talks about the bass  here (http://www.andywest.com/alembic.html).
 
Keith

Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: lbpesq on October 11, 2015, 08:04:33 AM

I too thought this was a pic of Mr. Mike.  lol
 
Bill, tgo

Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: keith_h on October 11, 2015, 08:27:31 AM

Here's some footage of him playing it.  
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOlxUqXDEHA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOlxUqXDEHA)
 
Keith

Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: Enzo on October 11, 2015, 11:22:37 AM

It also appears having mid/late '80s pickups with 'Alembic' engraved on them.

Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: rockerdebassman on October 11, 2015, 02:07:50 PM

Thanks for this interesting pointers.
 
Dregs were a great band.

Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: hifiguy on October 11, 2015, 05:58:37 PM

Ahh, Michael O'Donoghue.  Loved his work in the Lampoon and on SNL.  He left us far too early.

Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on October 12, 2015, 03:08:47 PM

Read an interview once where Lorne Michaels described M.O'D.'s sense of humor:
 
They're sitting around when Michael gets a call from his dad - Michael, I'm afraid I have some bad news; your mother lost her toe.
 
Michael, without missing a beat - Did you look behind the refrigerator?
 
Peter

Title: '75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors
Post by: hifiguy on October 12, 2015, 03:25:20 PM

That was typical O'Donoghue.  Weird and bleak but _incredibly_ funny.