Author Topic: 1977 Series I bass on Reverb  (Read 192 times)

Songdog

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1977 Series I bass on Reverb
« on: January 13, 2022, 09:13:01 AM »
Alembic Series I Electric Bass Guitar (1977), ser. #77-929, black road case. $9,500 + $150 Shipping

There's a long description (which could use some paragraph breaks). It includes: "It shows some fairly heavy finish checking, including minor flaking on the back of the neck but not a lot of actual play wear."

Seems like kind of a high price if the finish is literally flaking off, especially compared to some of the other Series I basses listed.

Slam

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Re: 1977 Series I bass on Reverb
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2022, 09:59:42 AM »
https://www.retrofret.com/product.asp?ProductID=10443

Easier to read on their web site.

Nice looking bass but IMHO a little pricey

gtrguy

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Re: 1977 Series I bass on Reverb
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2022, 10:44:43 AM »
Description says "It was recorded as originally made for a customer named Rothschild" etc. Funny how things can be interpreted by a seller.

gtrguy

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Re: 1977 Series I bass on Reverb
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2022, 10:47:46 AM »
Also says, "While no longer as fashionable as it was in the late '70s, ..." Too funny!

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Re: 1977 Series I bass on Reverb
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2022, 10:50:36 AM »
Rothschild was a distributor for Alembic back in the 70's.

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Re: 1977 Series I bass on Reverb
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2022, 07:14:13 AM »
Rothschild was a distributor for Alembic back in the 70's.

Yeah, that made me literally LOL.