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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: old_guy on February 22, 2006, 06:56:44 PM

Title: (x) 76-399
Post by: old_guy on February 22, 2006, 06:56:44 PM

Long time owner needs origional bridge pick-up. Replacement has Alembic logo but works fine. all other aspects are as delivered. I will only ship to factory or factory recomended shop for repair. Wood identification would be nice as the laquer has yellow'd deeply. Thanks, Michael Sturges

Title: (x) 76-399
Post by: mica on February 24, 2006, 05:40:32 PM

Hi Michael,
 
Here's what I found in the instrument file:
 
76-399 MSB
 
top and back: purpleheart
core: Walnut
neck: Birch and Walnut, 32 medium scale
fingerboard: Ebony with mother of pearl oval inlays
peghead veneers: Walnut
originally made for: Rothchild Musical Instruments
birthday: sorry, not recorded
 
Rothchild sent it with an updated packing list with the instruction, Please examine bass pickup and batteries. There is a note in the file that the bass was:
 
DELIVERED 2-15-77
FIXED & SHIPPED 2-22-77
PICKUPS & BATTERIES REPLACED
 
There was someone in South Carolina interested in buying this bass in 1998, and a recorded owner from Virginia in 1999.  
 
You can have a new pickup cast in the original mold, but it is recommended to get a matched pair for best function. You can replace them yourself, as the  pickups just plug in (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=267).
 
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