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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: Clarky on August 25, 2018, 04:17:43 AM

Title: (x) History request for 1979 Series 1 #79 1469 USA
Post by: Clarky on August 25, 2018, 04:17:43 AM

Hi I recently bought this beautiful short scale bass and am staggered by how close to new it looks for a near 40 year old bass. Hence I wondered if you have any history for it. Thanks!

Title: Re: History request for 1979 Series 1 #79 1469 USA
Post by: Clarky on August 26, 2018, 07:05:28 AM

Pic attached

Title: Re: History request for 1979 Series 1 #79 1469 USA
Post by: StefanieJones on August 26, 2018, 08:53:03 AM

deleted, didn't see your other thread. Posting there. Couldn't figure out how to delete this so if someone else could. Thank you.

Title: Re: History request for 1979 Series 1 #79 1469 USA
Post by: mica on September 17, 2018, 07:25:58 PM

Here's the details I found in the instrument file:

top: Walnut
accent: none
body: Mahogany
back: Walnut
neck: Maple and Purpleheart
scale: 30.75" short
fingerboard: Ebony
peghead veneers: Walnut
inlays: Mother of pearl
pickups: SC1 and HX
controls: "Series I" volume x2, filter x2, Q-switch x2, pickup selector switch, 5-pin and 1/4" stereo outputs
originally made for: Private individual, San Francisco, CA
birthday: November 27, 1979

The bass was refinished under warranty in September of 1980-the paint manufacturer changed the formula and this wasn't the only one we had to redo.

Title: Re: (x) History request for 1979 Series 1 #79 1469 USA
Post by: Clarky on September 18, 2018, 08:28:52 AM

Fabulous! Thanks so much