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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: edflynn on March 17, 2017, 08:56:07 AM

Title: (?) 82S2334
Post by: edflynn on March 17, 2017, 08:56:07 AM

I want to list this bass for sale accurately.  Inherited from a relative.

Spoiler with a drop-D tuner on the low E string.  Electronics look untouched.  Bought used from Bass Northwest in 2003.  I have the original bill of sale.

Some dings and wear around the input jack and near the picking area by the strings.

Corrected Serial Number; thanks, Mica!

Title: Re: 82S233
Post by: mica on March 17, 2017, 10:23:42 AM

This serial number is incomplete - there should be four numbers after the S. Can you check again?

Title: Re: (?) 82S2334
Post by: edflynn on March 17, 2017, 10:53:24 AM

Corrected serial number.

Thanks!

Title: Re: (?) 82S2334
Post by: mica on March 17, 2017, 07:01:43 PM

There's not much to report from the file. All I can tell you is the birthday, 11-15-1982.

Post a picture of the front and back and I will tell you the details, then record in the file (but I have some guesses already!).

Title: Re: (?) 82S2334
Post by: edflynn on March 18, 2017, 10:07:50 AM

Okay, here are some photos.

Title: Re: (?) 82S2334
Post by: mica on March 18, 2017, 10:18:13 AM

Yeah, this is an original Spoiler bass.

body: Solid Koa
neck: 3-piece Maple
scale: 32"
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals
pickups: Alembic AXY
controls: "Spoiler" volume, pickup selector switch, filter, Q-switch, mono output
logo: rare decal

Since these all had the same specs at the time, there are some files which just have the date and the initials of the person that did the setup work.

Title: Re: (?) 82S2334
Post by: adriaan on March 18, 2017, 11:41:25 AM

Hm, that's an interesting logo.Always thought these earliest Spoilers had a decal spelling out "Spoiler", and a decal of the logo too. But this definitely looks like a brass logo, with rays and all.

Title: Re: (?) 82S2334
Post by: jazzyvee on March 19, 2017, 12:46:43 PM

I don't recall seeing a brass logo like that before. Looks really neat.

Title: Re: (?) 82S2334
Post by: hammer on March 19, 2017, 02:10:23 PM

The body looks to be in nice shape for a bass of this vintage. What happended to the back of the headstock. Looks like the player may have gotten too close to wild animal at the zoo.

Title: Re: (?) 82S2334
Post by: edwardofhuncote on March 19, 2017, 06:55:56 PM

Quote from: jazzyvee on March 19, 2017, 12:46:43 PM

I don't recall seeing a brass logo like that before. Looks really neat.

I thought the same thing Jazzy, but being this is an '82 Spoiler, I'm guessing it has a bronze logo mounted *over* an original decal. Cool idea! ;)

*Interesting, it doesn't seem to have the 'Spoiler' script though.

**Now that I'm viewing it on a bigger screen... yeah, I've never seen one quite like that. Fascinating.

Title: Re: (?) 82S2334
Post by: mica on March 20, 2017, 01:43:25 PM

Quote from: adriaan on March 18, 2017, 11:41:25 AM

Hm, that's an interesting logo.Always thought these earliest Spoilers had a decal spelling out "Spoiler", and a decal of the logo too. But this definitely looks like a brass logo, with rays and all.

You're right, Adriaan. I didn't catch that but the logo is not any official logo we have ever made.