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Alembic products => Showcase => Series I Basses and Guitars => Topic started by: tdukes on June 03, 2011, 05:13:03 PM

Title: 77-613 Series I 12-string guitar
Post by: tdukes on June 03, 2011, 05:13:03 PM

I was able to pick this up on ebay recently. It is still really purple for a 34 year old guitar.  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/106105.jpg)
 top  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/106106.jpg)
 the back is browner than the front, but still pretty purple.  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/106107.jpg)
 the neck is birdseye maple and fairly thin  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/106108.jpg)
 peghead has walnut veneers front and back.  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/106109.jpg)
 The 12-string only has one laminate under the fingerboard.  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/106110.jpg)
 While my 6-string (77-648) has two.  It needs a setup and new strings, but I am going to use it this week-end anyway. It sounds amazing. I'll get to clean it and put new strings on it next week.  Todd.  [corrected serial number]  (Message edited by adriaan on June 05, 2011)

Title: 77-613 Series I 12-string guitar
Post by: tdukes on June 03, 2011, 05:17:51 PM

Here is a full length shot. You can see 77-648 behind it. Check out the difference in the upper horns.
 
Todd.
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/106113.jpg)
 
[corrected serial number]
 
(Message edited by adriaan on June 05, 2011)

Title: 77-613 Series I 12-string guitar
Post by: mica on June 03, 2011, 06:32:17 PM

Wasn't there a bass with the same upper horn?

Title: 77-613 Series I 12-string guitar
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on June 03, 2011, 06:53:41 PM

Jealous?  Me?  Oh, hell yes!!!!  I love it, I want it.
 
Peter

Title: 77-613 Series I 12-string guitar
Post by: pace on June 04, 2011, 10:16:08 AM

Yes Mica, 76-534 has the same notch. You had mentioned that you'd seen them before, now there's proof!!!  
 
This is the first '77 I've seen that still used a channel bridge!
 
Congrats T!!!! That's a beautiful 12'er for sure!!!!

Title: 77-613 Series I 12-string guitar
Post by: tdukes on June 04, 2011, 10:35:19 AM

It's dated January 27, 1977. I didn't even notice the bridge. I am guessing it was mostly constructed in 76. I'll have to go look at some others  
 
Todd.

Title: 77-613 Series I 12-string guitar
Post by: tdukes on June 04, 2011, 10:54:39 AM

I found this bass that has the channel bridge as well. 77-617. The bridge must have changed sometime between 617 and 648 (dated March 9, 1977).
 
77-617 thread (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8440)
 
Todd.

Title: 77-613 Series I 12-string guitar
Post by: room037 on June 04, 2011, 07:12:07 PM

Congrats Todd !
It's a nice deal !
 
77' 613 is the first of 77's.
77' 630 is the last channel bridge.
77' 665 is the last single truss rod in my archives.
I think the Harris amp was changed to hole mounted chips arround 77'.
Graphite neck was produced at 77'.
Plain handcut logo to cast logo was also 77', right ?
 
Many important changes were done in 1977.
Very interesting !
 
Eiji

Title: 77-613 Series I 12-string guitar
Post by: tdukes on June 04, 2011, 08:10:54 PM

Please note that the other guitar pictured above is 77-648, not 77-743. I don't know how I got the number so wrong.
 
Todd.

Title: 77-613 Series I 12-string guitar
Post by: David Houck on July 04, 2011, 05:52:15 PM

Beautiful guitar!  Congrats!