Author Topic: (x) Series 1-- FS811955 (Read 2210 times)

mtjam · « **on:** October 17, 2014, 01:32:38 PM »

Hi Mica! I just brought home a Series 1, which I'm told was made in 1981. The serial number listed on my receipt is F9811955. This doesn't seem to follow the usual serial number pattern for Alembics that I'm aware of. It's definitely not a 98. What's the F for? It came with the original case, power supply,and cable.

Any information you can provide when you have a chance is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

FC Bass · « **Reply #1 on:** October 17, 2014, 01:50:26 PM »

Pictures? 11955 is an '99 serial number by the normal chronology and F stands for Further or Persuader (with Vector body if I'm not mistaken)

mtjam · « **Reply #2 on:** October 17, 2014, 03:54:50 PM »

I will try to post a few pics tomorrow. Definitely a strange serial number. Maybe Mica will know more about this one. One thing is for sure--it sounds great!

sonicus · « **Reply #3 on:** October 17, 2014, 04:02:15 PM »

Congratulations!

mtjam · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2014, 04:09:06 PM »

Thanks! Taking it out for the first time tonight!

mtjam · « **Reply #5 on:** October 18, 2014, 11:40:41 AM »

OK, here are a few pics of my bass. It's hard to get a good shot of that serial number. I notice that it says USA after the number.

FC Bass · « **Reply #6 on:** October 18, 2014, 12:02:44 PM »

If you leave out the F9, you have 81 1955 (legit 81 serial number)
USA is common in the serial number, I think they all have it.

Looks great, congrats!

mtjam · « **Reply #7 on:** October 18, 2014, 12:06:23 PM »

Thanks! I took a few more pictures, but I'm having difficulty posting them. I resized them (just like I did with this one), but I keep getting error message. Maybe I'll send you a few so you can check it out.

FC Bass · « **Reply #8 on:** October 18, 2014, 12:51:55 PM »

I got them, are those full size? If not please send those, I can post them bigger at high quality :-)

FC Bass · « **Reply #9 on:** October 18, 2014, 02:55:25 PM »

The full size pics can be found here.

mtjam · « **Reply #10 on:** October 18, 2014, 03:02:35 PM »

Flip, thank you for posting these!

sonicus · « **Reply #11 on:** October 18, 2014, 08:43:50 PM »

Nice looking Series I !

mtjam · « **Reply #12 on:** October 19, 2014, 05:29:48 AM »

Thanks!

FC Bass · « **Reply #13 on:** October 19, 2014, 02:54:24 PM »

Definitely nice!

No problem Rob, this was a nice challenge (getting these to the size limit)
Biggest problem is the detailed green surroundings, they take a lot of disk space.

Here's a bigger version where I blurred out the background (a bit sloppy in some spaces)

(filesize 122 kB)

sonicus · « **Reply #14 on:** October 19, 2014, 02:58:28 PM »

What is the top wood I wonder ?