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Alembic products => Showcase => Series I Basses and Guitars => Topic started by: rv_bass on December 01, 2023, 03:41:21 PM

Title: 77-623
Post by: rv_bass on December 01, 2023, 03:41:21 PM: -
Title: Re: 77-623
Post by: rv_bass on December 01, 2023, 03:50:27 PM: Medium scale 32”
top: Myrtle
core: Mahogany
back: Myrtle
neck: Maple and Purpleheart
fingerboard: Partridge wood
inlays: Mother of Pearl
headstock laminates: zebrawood front and back
birthday: Feb 11, 1977
Title: Re: 77-623
Post by: KR on December 01, 2023, 04:07:34 PM: Very nice example.
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Post by: Quasar1 on December 01, 2023, 04:36:15 PM: Beautiful, love Myrtle !!
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Post by: edwardofhuncote on December 02, 2023, 03:28:37 AM: I like it. :)
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Post by: hieronymous on December 02, 2023, 05:51:47 PM: Wow - nice - amazing! I love the headstock laminate.
Title: Re: 77-623
Post by: rv_bass on December 03, 2023, 05:50:55 AM: Thanks :)
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Post by: edwardofhuncote on December 03, 2023, 06:33:48 AM: You, Keith, and I need to find 77-622 now, to close up the inside straight. 😄
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Post by: KR on December 03, 2023, 11:25:14 AM: Greg, I thought that was your bass at first glance. My #624 build date is also in February.

top: Bird's-eye Maple
accent: Purpleheart laminates
body: Mahogany
back: Bird's-eye Maple
Peghead veneer: Zebrawood
neck: Maple and Purpleheart
inlays: not recorded, but looks like mother of pearl from here
originally made for: Rothschild
birthday: February 11, 1977

No Beech or Birch in the record.
Title: Re: 77-623
Post by: rv_bass on December 03, 2023, 11:57:47 AM: Keith, beautiful bass you have there. Looks like yours (624) and mine (623) have the same birthdate :)
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Post by: KR on December 03, 2023, 12:34:39 PM: We both scored on these nice 77's. My 624 has a hefty size neck on it.
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Post by: edwardofhuncote on December 03, 2023, 01:08:39 PM: 621 was 'born' on 2/8/77, a Tuesday of that same week. (you guys got the Friday)

I would love to see 620 or 622 to see if either of them share anything in common. The next closest is 619, a medium-scale guitar, with very light colored walnut like mine. It has maple accent layers sandwiched between the top and core, and the back and core. Fascinating, how each one in the line is just a little bit different. Like The 500 Hats Of Bartholomew Cubbins.
Title: Re: 77-623
Post by: dlt on December 03, 2023, 03:08:36 PM: Wow, gorgeous bass! Never heard of Partridge wood fingerboard!
Title: Re: 77-623
Post by: rv_bass on December 03, 2023, 03:50:06 PM: Quote from: dlt on December 03, 2023, 03:08:36 PM
Wow, gorgeous bass! Never heard of Partridge wood fingerboard!

Thanks :) I’ve only seen reference to partridge wood for two other Alembic instruments, 76-569 and 76-581, both completed in December 1976, about two months before 77-623.