Author Topic: Signature with Series prep [was: Series II Standard Point] on ebay (Read 450 times)

edwardofhuncote · « **on:** November 19, 2015, 01:35:50 PM »

Love the maple on this one!

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161891312730&alt=web

Eager to be corrected if wrong, but shouldn't those be CVQ pots instead of switches to qualify as Series II? It does have the triple purpleheart laminates in the neck... but then so does my Persuader.

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edwardofhuncote · « **Reply #1 on:** November 19, 2015, 01:52:47 PM »

Looks like the 5-pin has been replaced with a switch too... stereo/mono maybe? There are a couple possibilities here. Maybe this was a Series II when it left home. Interesting.

That maple is just awesome... did I say that already?

Enzo · « **Reply #2 on:** November 19, 2015, 01:53:45 PM »

It's not a Series II, I already sent him a message but he hasn't corrected yet. It's an Anniversary prepped to host a Series II electronic. I almost bought it 5 years ago but it ended up selling to a collector in Germany.

sonicus · « **Reply #3 on:** November 19, 2015, 01:57:58 PM »

I called the eBay Auction lister this morning at the phone number listed on the auction page and pointed out to him as what saw as unusual .

1) Where is the 5PIN ? There is a switch on a brass plate there instead.
2) NO CVQ , not really Series II
I explain some things to him in a respectful friendly manner .
Mica , I think the auction lister may try to contact you with questions as well .

Wolf

edwardofhuncote · « **Reply #4 on:** November 19, 2015, 01:59:03 PM »

Ahh. I see!

sonicus · « **Reply #5 on:** November 19, 2015, 02:01:14 PM »

Enzo , after speaking to the seller I realized that what you posted might be the case .

Wolf

Enzo · « **Reply #6 on:** November 19, 2015, 02:07:14 PM »

Last time I saw it for sale:
http://www.talkbass.com/threads/alembic-signature-deluxe-anniversary-electronics-5a-quilted-maple.622488/

rockerdebassman · « **Reply #7 on:** November 19, 2015, 03:28:34 PM »

Pretty bass!

hammer · « **Reply #8 on:** November 19, 2015, 05:40:04 PM »

Looks like it the advert has been corrected. Very nice bass but that's a steep price to pay for a non-series bass of that age. By the way, I cringed when I saw the photos of the bass balanced on what appears to be a wicker laundry basket and a brick walk with nothing but a very thin piece of plastic under the standard point

rockerdebassman · « **Reply #9 on:** November 19, 2015, 05:55:12 PM »

I thought the same thing! Isn't that why that bass has a pointed end at the bottom... so musicians don't rest them against walls, etc?

Brian, that's not a series bass? How can you tell?

Rookie Matt

alembician · « **Reply #10 on:** November 19, 2015, 05:56:13 PM »

By the way, I cringed when I saw the photos of the bass balanced on what appears to be a wicker laundry basket and a brick walk with nothing but a very thin piece of plastic under the standard point

Me too. I couldn't focus on the instrument; my thought was drawn to the speed at which the camera had to be dropped in order to grab the falling bass... to BRICKS, no less...

rjmsteel · « **Reply #11 on:** November 20, 2015, 10:34:35 AM »

Steep price indeed considering IF one were to add Series I or II electronics (and pickups) it would put the (price) range into the realm of a (new) factory instrument.

edwardofhuncote · « **Reply #12 on:** November 20, 2015, 10:39:44 AM »

Matt, this one tripped me up... (and thanks Mods for correcting the thread title) so my bad, but it's a bit of a freak. Without looking at the *inside* of the electronics cavity, it would have been difficult if not impossible to know this bass wasn't currently equipped with Series components, as the rest of the build indicated. Unsurprisingly, another Club Member recognized this one from an earlier encounter. (these guys don't miss much!)

It was apparently built with Anniversary electronics, http://club.alembic.com/Images/16271/27398.html?1145728615 but was built to accept Series upgrades easily in the future. (Anniversary is considered by many here to be almost Series)

That wicker basket and the balancing act over bricks had me freaked too, but I was blinded by lust over that wood.

sonicus · « **Reply #13 on:** November 20, 2015, 11:01:45 AM »

I honestly had not seen a switch on a plate where the 5PIN goes. That got me going to the point that I was in dire hope that the instrument had not been violated ! I have seen a few Anniversary Electronics preps but not with that switch like that . I think I would go for the 5PIN installed and wired to be able to power the existing Anniversary Electronics . I like that idea .

Wolf

sonicus · « **Reply #14 on:** November 20, 2015, 11:09:29 AM »

(Double Post Gremlin Control Calibration)

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