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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: rustyg61 on July 18, 2013, 03:10:20 PM

Title: 1984 Spoiler 4 String
Post by: rustyg61 on July 18, 2013, 03:10:20 PM

http://houston.craigslist.org/msg/3944553030.html

Title: 1984 Spoiler 4 String
Post by: sonicus on July 18, 2013, 06:15:09 PM

Nice Bass ! I wonder if the top is Bubinga ?   For that  price the new owner will be dancing around in circles  in celebration !

Title: 1984 Spoiler 4 String
Post by: rustyg61 on July 18, 2013, 09:04:05 PM

That's what it looks like to me Wolf. I just emailed the seller to ask if he had any info on the build or the serial number.

Title: 1984 Spoiler 4 String
Post by: that_sustain on July 19, 2013, 01:37:56 AM

Whoa...is that a (gulp) non-laminate body?  I think I like this one better than the '90 Persuader that was also posted today(and that's sayin' something).

Title: 1984 Spoiler 4 String
Post by: FC Bass on July 19, 2013, 10:15:33 AM

I Think they made the Solid Koa Spoilers 'till 1983, I've seen some 83 Spoilers with Mahogany body + top.

Title: 1984 Spoiler 4 String
Post by: rustyg61 on July 19, 2013, 08:49:13 PM

I got the serial number from the seller & looked it up, so here's the info on the bass -
 
http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/63392.html?1239236748 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=5644)
 
SN 84S3167USA
 
top: Bubinga  
body: Mahogany  
neck: 3-piece Maple  
scale: 32 medium  
fingerboard: Ebony  
inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals  
electronics: Spoiler (volume, filter, Q-switch, rotary pickup selector switch, mono output)  
originally made for: Sam Ash Music, Hempstead, NY  
birthday: May 8, 1984

Title: 1984 Spoiler 4 String
Post by: sonicus on July 19, 2013, 09:05:24 PM

Great work Rusty !  
 
And there we have it ____

Title: 1984 Spoiler 4 String
Post by: rustyg61 on July 19, 2013, 09:09:10 PM

Thanks Wolf! Sometimes I get lucky!