Author Topic: Series 1 reborn (Read 225 times)

barry_g · « **on:** June 27, 2011, 06:09:43 AM »

Folks, Purchased a 1982 Series 1, which had been refinished (by Alembic) in BLACK, harware chromed, and tuners changed. Needless to say, the price was right. Recently had it refinished and thought you might be amused by the transformation:

elwoodblue · « **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2011, 06:53:48 AM »

Oh Yeah !!
That must make you very happy,
The maple top with the silver hardware looks
stunning.

Welcome Barry,
Elwood

lbpesq · « **Reply #2 on:** June 27, 2011, 07:56:12 AM »

Welcome to the club, Barry. Nice piece of wood under there. Did you have any idea before stripping the black off?

Bill, the guitar one

sonicus · « **Reply #3 on:** June 27, 2011, 07:58:19 AM »

Nice Bass, Nice Birds Eye !

barry_g · « **Reply #4 on:** June 27, 2011, 08:16:17 AM »

Bill,
yes I had some idea. I had emailed Mica with the serial number, and she told me about the black refinish, and that there was good stuff under it. Alembic tried to put on a semi transparent finish, but you could only just see there was birds eye under there with very bright light.
Needless to say, I am pleased with the result.
Barry

artswork99 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 27, 2011, 08:40:17 AM »

Beautiful, Play it Healthy!

jazzyvee · « **Reply #6 on:** June 27, 2011, 10:48:30 AM »

One of the benefits of not applying dye to the wood.

Lovely Bass
Jazzyvee

edwin · « **Reply #7 on:** June 27, 2011, 09:13:30 PM »

Who did the work? It looks great! I just got a 60s EB-0 as a vehicle for some Dark Star pickups and it's an utter mess.

barry_g · « **Reply #8 on:** June 28, 2011, 09:09:44 AM »

Ed,
a bandmate of mine builds/ refinishes guitars, does neck work etc. He did a great job even thought initially aprehensive about working on an Alembic. We are in North Carolina, let me know if you want to get in touch with him.
Barry

David Houck · « **Reply #9 on:** July 02, 2011, 02:02:07 PM »

Hi Barry; welcome to the board! Nice piece of Birds Eye!

hieronymous · « **Reply #10 on:** July 05, 2011, 10:34:06 AM »

I think it looks cool black, but the natural is even better!