Series I at Guitar Center

[rv_bass]

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/ALEMBIC/Vintage-Vintage-1977-ALEMBIC-SERIES-1-Natural-Electric-Bass-Guitar.gc?source=4WWRWXGP&utm_medium=paid-search&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=GC_G_NTM_PLA-PMX_Bass_U&utm_term=122014950&utm_content=pla&utm_id=18631752625&utm_creative=&utm_marketing_tactic=bass&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18628321188&gbraid=0AAAAADtcCuwruk0anXc0WW5BvZt5AhYM7&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0MO9hv2mkwMV1SdECB3WSQzQEAQYASABEgLeHvD_BwE

[garyhead]

That's a fair price including the case, power supply & cables.  It's in the flippers state.  I'm surprised he hasn't bought it yet.

[BeenDown139]

....  It's in the flippers state. 

actually grand junction is over the hill and thru the woods clear on hte other side of the state from evergreen/windsor/tinmath/or wherever front range hamlet he's operating outta this month.  kinda surprised there's actually a GC there.  good luck to all

[StephenR]

That's a fair price including the case, power supply & cables.  It's in the flippers state.  I'm surprised he hasn't bought it yet.

A low enough price to be a “good deal” but not low enough to flip, too small a potential margin.

[sonofa_lembic]

Looks to me like the headstock laminations were sanded down for a repair.  They often would lift on instruments of that era.  Too bad they did not make a caul and clamp them back before glueing.  They just sanded away the lams that were lifted.  Not sure what the extra washers are doing under the switches?

[garyhead]

Thanks for pointing that out.  I did think the back of the headstock looked weird but couldn't pin exactly why.

[edwardofhuncote]

Looks to me like the headstock laminations were sanded down for a repair.  They often would lift on instruments of that era.  Too bad they did not make a caul and clamp them back before glueing.  They just sanded away the lams that were lifted.  Not sure what the extra washers are doing under the switches?

Funny coincidence, I was digging through my box of cork-lined cauls yesterday looking for something to fit against a back brace in a Gibson LG-1, (that liittle drop-off near the end, where they always come unstuck...) and there was the pair I made to glue-up the backstrap on 77-621 some years ago. Never know what you might need again. 😉


I think this bass must be from later in '77. Latter half of the year for sure. The washers are a puzzle... the switches look like the threads come too far through the body, so maybe the washers are there to take up some space? 🤷‍♂️ Replacements maybe. They look like the right switches though. Weird.