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Alembic products => Showcase => Series I Basses and Guitars => Topic started by: rv_bass on April 06, 2021, 04:26:36 PM

Title: 76-562
Post by: rv_bass on April 06, 2021, 04:26:36 PM

Yes, I like Zebrawood :)


This one has a Koa core and sounds wonderful!

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: jazzyvee on April 06, 2021, 05:00:04 PM

Didn't John Entwhistle have a bass similar to that one?

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 06, 2021, 05:00:15 PM

Yessir. Flatsawn Zebrawood... right up there with Birdseye Zebrawood on the cool scale.  8)

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: rv_bass on April 06, 2021, 05:37:04 PM

Jazzyvee, yes he had a similar one, but likely 74 or early 75, had the more blunt upper horn.  It’s in the Metropolitan museum of art in NY right now.  He also had a darker Birdseye zebrawood standard point too like what EofH mentioned.   Entwistle had an omega with stripped wood too, but I’ve only seen B&W photos of it so I’m not certain if that one was zebrawood.

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: David Houck on April 06, 2021, 06:45:11 PM

That's some very nice Zebrawood!

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: rv_bass on February 05, 2022, 05:49:06 AM

Does anyone know if this is an official advertisement?  That’s my bass on the left..  Is that the Walnut Wonder on the right?  :)

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: dela217 on February 05, 2022, 06:56:33 AM

I really like that one on the right.    Check out the fingerboard.

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: rv_bass on February 05, 2022, 07:14:52 AM

Yes, it’s very nice, and I was thinking it was poor_nigel’s Walnut Wonder, same fretboard wood, but looks like different top wood grain…

https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=22134.msg223500#msg223500

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: edwardofhuncote on February 05, 2022, 07:33:58 AM

Cool ad. I don't think it's Thomas' bass, but a little older.


*Is that Jimmy J's original 5-string in the picture with the 12-string guitar?

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: JimmyJ on February 05, 2022, 08:04:22 AM

Although '76 would have been the correct era, my original 5 had an odd plate-like tailpiece and 3 tuners on the low side.  :( 
Where the heck is that old axe???

Jimmy J

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: lbpesq on February 05, 2022, 10:02:23 AM

It’s hard to tell and the pic gets too blurry when I enlarge, but I wonder if that might be my ‘77 12 String in the pic?

Bill, tgo

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: UglyBuzzard on March 08, 2023, 11:14:13 PM

I am the new caretaker of 76-562. Outstanding example in so many ways! My eyes are not what they use to be so will be sending to the mother ship for LED's and maybe a few other upgrades. One of my favorite purchases...

Title: Re: 76-562
Post by: JimmyJ on March 09, 2023, 07:42:27 AM

Excellent!  The bass will thank you for bringing it up to spec.  Come back and tell us about it when you get it back.

Jimmy J