Author Topic: Fair price for a 1975 series 1 (Read 331 times)

grok · « **on:** April 19, 2010, 12:12:58 PM »

http://tucson.craigslist.org/msg/1696253835.html

I'm very tempted. Is he asking a fair price? Are there any probems I should be on the lookout for? Thanks for the help!

Mark

serialnumber12 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 19, 2010, 02:27:35 PM »

The only thing im thinking is asking for pics & its gonna need a possible electronics upgrade......but nevertheless it's a fair deal but still talk him down if you can!

sonicus · « **Reply #2 on:** April 19, 2010, 08:55:04 PM »

I talked to Tony when he had this Bass for sale about a year ago and I was planning on driving to Tucson , Arizona to get it and then all of a sudden my 97 Cocobolo long scale standard point Series II came into my life . I recently noticed that he had re-listed this Bass a while ago. He sent me pics of it a year ago. I believe that it is all original 1975 Alembic Series I .I also know that it has a Rosewood finger board instead of Ebony. I might call him again as well But I am not sure yet how seriously I will pursue it .
Perhaps one of us will end up with it .

grok · « **Reply #3 on:** April 20, 2010, 09:29:47 AM »

While I'm tempted, I'm a bit leery knowing that I'd probably need to do the electronics upgrade, which adds to the cost and time to get it to playing brilliance. And yet, I NEED a series bass!

lembic76450 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 20, 2010, 09:38:40 AM »

Mark, My '76 is quiet, no upgrade needed, they are not all noisy. My friends '77 is also dead quiet. You would have to check it out.

Kenn

lbpesq · « **Reply #5 on:** April 20, 2010, 10:27:15 AM »

I have a '76 Series I guitar and a '77 Series I 12 string guitar. Neither needed the electronics upgrade. Both are quiet and I live in a congested urban area - San Francisco Bay Area.

Bill, tgo

grok · « **Reply #6 on:** April 20, 2010, 11:32:00 AM »

Any thoughts about the rosewood fingerboard? All Alembics I've played had an ebony board, and I'm curious what effects the rosewood board would have. Anyone have a rosewood fingerboard Alembic?

lbpesq · « **Reply #7 on:** April 20, 2010, 03:16:11 PM »

My '76 has a rosewood fingerboard. I can't honestly say that I have ever noticed any difference other then cosmetic.

Bill, tgo

grok · « **Reply #8 on:** April 21, 2010, 03:50:41 PM »

I've now seen a photo of the spec sheet, and it lists the electronics as PFG CC. Are those standard series 1? It has the following recipe:

top & back: padauk
core: mahogany
neck: maple, padauk laminations
fingerboard: rosewood
veneers: padauk, satin wood
tuners: schaller
inlays: abalone
strings: pyrimid [sic] gold
scale: 34
alembic electronics #: PFG CC

David Houck · « **Reply #9 on:** April 21, 2010, 06:28:07 PM »

The PFG CC notation seems a bit of a mystery. Do you think you can get some good pictures of the electronics?

grok · « **Reply #10 on:** April 21, 2010, 06:46:04 PM »

I can ask for more pictures. In the meantime, here are a couple he sent me. I'm going to fix the white balance just to get a better idea of what the top actually looks like....

David Houck · « **Reply #11 on:** April 21, 2010, 07:02:04 PM »

That's PF6, not PFG. Haven't found anything on the CC part yet.

dela217 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 21, 2010, 07:08:50 PM »

Circuit card?

David Houck · « **Reply #13 on:** April 21, 2010, 07:23:15 PM »

That would be my guess.

sonicus · « **Reply #14 on:** April 21, 2010, 09:53:20 PM »

Those look like the same photos that he sent me about a year ago the first time that he had it for sale . We had a nice discussion about the instrument back then.