I have a loose wire in my head on chronological matters. I would guess I bought my first Alembic around 1979 or 1980, over the phone from Susan (Age would have been 25 or 26). A friend of mine owned a music store and let me order one at dead cost as payment for working the place for free (who wants money to work around cool stuff?). So I ordered a Macassar ebony Series I, with walnut core, bird's eye maple and purple heart neck with graphite rods inlaid to make it more ridgid, side LEDs, gold logo (I think?) and an Anvil flight case that Susan did not want to order. I guess they were having problems with Anvil at the time. The bass was so beautiful that I used to stare at it more than I played it.
I moved around a lot back then (This is why I have no real idea of when I bought it), and when I took off where my bass could not go, I sold it cheap to a kid who I knew would cherish it, as I did. I finally replaced this bass last week with a Series II I found that is it's equal. Happiness comes back around, if you look hard enough I guess.
