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jim_b

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(x) 8583808 or (u) 8583806
« on: August 22, 2006, 08:03:37 AM »
Curious about the history of this  for-sale item.

effclef

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(x) 8583808 or (u) 8583806
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2006, 10:31:18 AM »
Jim...too many numbers! Usually it's the year, then one or more letters, then the serial #.
 
I bet it's 85Sxxxxx, for a Spoiler bass!
 
Serial number guide:
 
http://www.alembic.com/support/reference.html#sernum
 
 
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(Message edited by effclef on August 22, 2006)

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(x) 8583808 or (u) 8583806
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2006, 11:21:45 AM »
We've got 85S3808 details here:
 
top: Walnut
accent: not recorded (probably no accent laminate)
body: Mahogany
neck: Maple, 32 medium scale
fingerboard: Ebony, pearloid oval inlays
pickups: AXY (fiel doesn't say 1 or 2)
electronics: AE-1. That means one or two volumes (depending on the number of pickups) and a filter control
birthday: December 6, 1983
Originally sold to: not recorded
 
Registered as a used instrument in 1993 in Illinois.  
 
85S3806 is not in the files, but there's a big stack of refiling to attend to.