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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: abidu on October 06, 2010, 11:29:21 AM

Title: (x) 77 964
Post by: abidu on October 06, 2010, 11:29:21 AM

Hi Mica!
 
looking for any info on this bass, can you help me?
 
Thanks!

Title: (u) 77 964
Post by: mica on August 24, 2011, 07:02:19 PM

Sorry, I could not find this file

Title: (u) 77 964
Post by: abidu on September 02, 2011, 08:27:00 AM

Snif....
 
One year an nothing.....
 
Thanks Mica, and sorry for the work.

Title: (u) 77 964
Post by: sfnic on October 27, 2011, 09:50:41 PM

Well, a tidbit here:  77-964 was one of the last instruments produced in 1977 (#970 is the earliest 1978 instrument I have logged).  
 
No data on the build, but the birthday is probably mid/late December.

Title: (u) 77 964
Post by: gtrguy on November 09, 2011, 09:55:24 AM

Why don't you post a picture, maybe we can guess about the woods, etc? That's always fun and some of the folks here are quite good at it! Plus some here have their own files on Alembics.

Title: Re: (u) 77 964
Post by: claus on April 25, 2020, 04:15:08 AM

Quote from: sfnic on October 27, 2011, 09:50:41 PM

Well, a tidbit here:  77-964 was one of the last instruments produced in 1977 (#970 is the earliest 1978 instrument I have logged). 
 
No data on the build, but the birthday is probably mid/late December.

Hello,

most likely the instruments around ca. #77-925 till #77-964 ff. were all completed during January 1978...

Best regards from Germany!

Claus

Title: Re: (u) 77 964
Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 25, 2020, 12:06:25 PM

This bass is stamped #77-954, but it's 'birthday is listed as January of 1978. Mica explains the reason for that in the lookup. It's a close neighbor to your inquiry. I've personally met, and played this one. It's special... one of my first experiences with a Series I.

http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=21884.msg221418#msg221418

Good Luck!

Title: Re: (u) 77 964
Post by: room037 on April 28, 2020, 01:00:49 AM

77' 964 was MSB with Small Standard Body in My archives.
The bass has walnut top.

78' 966 LSG is the first of 1978's in my archives.

Eiji

Title: Re: (u) 77 964
Post by: claus on April 28, 2020, 07:35:04 AM

 Hello Eiji,
 
thanks for the additional informations. Will make a notice in my listings...
 
Best regards from Germany!
 
Claus
 

Title: Re: (u) 77 964
Post by: mica on February 08, 2023, 08:28:45 PM

File Found!

Not much in these oldies, but here's what we know:

top: Cocobolo
body: Cenizaro (aka rain tree aka monkeypod)
back: Cocobolo
neck: Purpleheart and Maple
scale: 32" medium
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: mother of pearl
originally made for: private sale, owner's name withheld
birthday: January 20, 1978

This is the first record I've seen with a monkeypod body!

Title: Re: (x) 77 964
Post by: rv_bass on February 09, 2023, 04:00:58 AM

Found this reference for monkey pod as a tone wood:

“ I would broadly characterise the tone of Monkeypod as falling between Mahogany and Walnut- it has more clarity than Walnut but provides more fundamental than Mahogany.”

It also can have nice grain patterns for use as top and back woods.

Title: Re: (x) 77 964
Post by: edwardofhuncote on February 09, 2023, 06:08:26 AM

I wonder if the wood was customer-supplied?

Title: Re: (x) 77 964
Post by: pauldo on February 09, 2023, 07:21:44 AM

Further research supports Rob’s findings and offers a couple pictures.
https://www.wood-database.com/monkeypod/

But what does it look like constructed into an Alembic?!

Title: Re: (x) 77 964
Post by: goran on February 09, 2023, 11:32:02 PM

Damn this bass is one day younger than me :)