My 1980 Omega restoration is somewhat done. Some back plate inserts still to do, and possibly swap out some wood screws for 2-56 inserts on truss access.
Probably do another disassemble, and polish, but thats for future me...
Apparently, I never took decent photos of before, so this is from a screen shot. Headstock repair appears good and strong, though the crack is still evident (oxidation and previous repair?). Other oxidation by the battery cover was pretty deep, so I got as much as I could, and left it alone. Gotta keep some history, right?!?
I put on some short scale Daddario strings for tension and sound check, but the taper ends before the nut so the action and string height is a little wacked out??
Weird design for a specifically short scale bass string length?!?
I usually use DR or fodera strings, but I had the short scale ones so I thought I would try them...those will come off or I would have to change the nut depth (not happening)?
Weird.
These basses are so well made the neck is still amazingly straight, intonation fairly easy. the bridge height is a little iffy, as the retaining nut moves as I adjust height, so that took a bit of learning.
Outside of that, its added to the stable.
Love the wood. Still not sure what it is? I'm a fan of beautiful woods, so Alembic never disappoints. I do understand the appeal of a vintage finish, cracked and yellowed (browned), and if I owned this bass from beginning, I may have enjoyed that history, but considering the neck repair was crucial, and a veneer split crack from electronics panel needed to be addressed, refinishing was the only option.
Plays and sounds great. Series 1 electronics are crazy expressive, so many different tones!
