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Alembic products => Showcase => Series I Basses and Guitars => Topic started by: dparsons on November 24, 2007, 11:30:12 AM

Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: dparsons on November 24, 2007, 11:30:12 AM: This is my 1977 Series 1 Medium Scale Point. It is myrtle wood top, standard series I electronics, and mohogany body. It has a graphite reinforced fingerboard, side LEDs, chromed brass parts, a Hipshot E-string tuner with Pyramid Gold strings.

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/46133.jpg)
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: dparsons on November 24, 2007, 11:35:37 AM: more pictures

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/46137.jpg)
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: dparsons on November 24, 2007, 11:38:09 AM: more pictures

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/46141.jpg)
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: David Houck on November 24, 2007, 04:43:17 PM: Hi Darrick, welcome to the board! Nice bass!
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: artswork99 on November 24, 2007, 06:40:22 PM: That's really nice Darrick! Looks like its been wonderfully maintained. Enjoy it and play it healthy!
Art
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: edmouk on November 26, 2007, 02:21:41 PM: Very nice bass indeed. Curious, it doesn't look like a 1977 model (because of the plate between the neck and the bass PU).
Congratulations.
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: dparsons on December 02, 2007, 04:30:47 PM: the plate is the battery compartment
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: malthumb on December 02, 2007, 05:32:17 PM: Actually I think edmouk is ralking about the serial number plate at the end of the fretboard, above the pickup, not the plate on the back of the bass. Those may have first been added sometime after 1977.

And welcome to the wonderful world of Alembic ownership!

Peace,

James
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: edwin on December 02, 2007, 05:48:32 PM: Did they do graphite reinforcement in 1977? That's pretty forward thinking for those days!

Edwin
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: dparsons on December 07, 2007, 04:58:36 AM: The plate was added in 1980 when the fingerboard was replaced and graphite was used to reinforce the board. Graphite Rods were used to stablize the neck because it moved when i used heavy strings.
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: edmouk on December 13, 2007, 11:50:27 AM: Was it neck tension problems ?
I have this kind of trouble with my new 1978 Series I as you may have noticed somewhere on this forum. Graphite might be a good solution actually !
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: dparsons on December 17, 2007, 08:38:38 AM: Actually at that time that bass was the year of having dual-truss rods. I thought that would let me make use of a heaver string.I started to use Pymarid\s and then changed to a heaver Half Round String.In those days that was the Craze.The fingerboard warped causing adjustments that made everything move more.Thanks to Alembic\s commitment that problem was solved.To this day everthing I see out there in the world of Basses,Alembic always shows the compitition who\s king.
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: keavin on December 17, 2007, 09:43:25 AM: i use medium/light gauge on mine cause it's as thin as a broom stick.............But also i've only adjusted my truss rod twice in 30 years of owning this puppy! (http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/46687.jpg)
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: dparsons on December 17, 2007, 12:32:25 PM: What a wild \78.What are the electronics.They look standard Series 1 until the top threeknobs show going towards the neck.Would like to have that circuitry explained.
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: David Houck on December 17, 2007, 07:03:07 PM: There's a thread on that bass, and its controls, here (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8361).
Title: Series I Medium Scale Point
Post by: keavin on December 18, 2007, 05:01:53 AM: Right on Mr dave!................alembic needs to start sending you some cash dude!....oh & by the way this is alembic's 12th guitar ever built!

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