Author Topic: Bill's 1976 Series 1 Guitar (Read 1792 times)

staemius · « **Reply #15 on:** February 14, 2006, 08:49:42 AM »

Fanastic Bill! Congrats.

lbpesq · « **Reply #16 on:** February 14, 2006, 09:22:32 AM »

Adriaan:

I've had the Electrum through the Boogie by itself many times. In fact, I brought the Electrum down to the studio last night and A/B'd the two instruments. Don't get me wrong, the Electrum is a great guitar, sounds fantastic. When I got the Electrum a couple of years ago, it wound up replacing a '61 Strat and a PRS as No. 1. Even so, it pales in comparison to the Series. In addition, the Series electronics offers far more flexibility than the Electrum. My pedal board isn't that complex. Compressor, analog delay, tube screamer, chorus, wah, volume pedal. Usually I don't use any of it, and when I do it's usually one pedal at a time. The SF-2 and the BBE are in the effects loop. I've never noticed the SF-2 taking anything away from the sound. It's the opposite. Essentially an SF-2 is sort of like having Series 2 controls on your rack. The BBE is a neat subtle unit that basically puts back in any tone sucked out by the old style stomp boxes.

Bill, tgo

flaxattack · « **Reply #17 on:** February 14, 2006, 01:58:53 PM »

bill
i think you could retire from collecting now.....
it wont get better than this....
absolutely stunning.....
guess this means a trip to oakland for me to hang out and play with ya again....
lol
mazel tov- play it in good health
what kind of car are you buying the wife?

lbpesq · « **Reply #18 on:** February 14, 2006, 02:04:00 PM »

An iMac, but don't tell her..

Bill, tgo

the_8_string_king · « **Reply #19 on:** February 14, 2006, 06:09:41 PM »

Schuh-weet!!!

Nice score, Bill!!!

The koa core is my favorite part!

adriaan · « **Reply #20 on:** February 15, 2006, 03:08:32 AM »

Bill,

Whatever gets you where you want to go ...

Adriaan

811952 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 15, 2006, 10:24:07 AM »

Nice. I would love to hear it.
John

flaxattack · « **Reply #22 on:** February 15, 2006, 07:23:41 PM »

what kind of car is an imac?> lol
will see ya when the tribute is ready....
or the mets hit frisco- oops san francisco.....

got my steinbrenner bass today.. man it sounds good

the big question? will bill start downsizing his collection now?

lbpesq · « **Reply #23 on:** February 15, 2006, 08:09:32 PM »

Hey Flax, you been talkin' to my wife?

Bill, tgo

jlpicard · « **Reply #24 on:** February 16, 2006, 03:59:51 PM »

Bill, About the exposed truss rod; The factory didn't use truss rod covers on alot of early Alembics. Kinda' cool 70's vibe.

flaxattack · « **Reply #25 on:** February 16, 2006, 04:00:40 PM »

nah.......
but i took out the garbage and let the cat out earlier today for ya......
lmao.......
my tribute order was taken out to the shop moments ago.....
and i bought a rick turner bass... see post

jazzyvee · « **Reply #26 on:** May 02, 2012, 08:50:51 AM »

BUMP.
I had the pleasure of seeing that guitar in the flesh recently. It is superb. I had previously shied away from the older series guitars but that one made me change my perspective.

However I'm not looking to buy anymore instruments for the foreseeable future.

Thanks Bill

Jazzyvee

lbpesq · « **Reply #27 on:** May 05, 2012, 08:45:39 AM »

Jazzyvee:

It was a pleasure having you stay with us for the week of the Northern Cali gathering. And the bass you picked up is spectacular!

In the words of the prototypical Jewish mother: what, so you didn't like my '77 Series 1 12 string?

(The above is a variation of the old joke about the Jewish mother who gives her son two ties for his birthday, a red tie and a blue tie. The son runs upstairs and comes down a few minutes later wearing the red tie. The mother takes one look and says, so you don't like the blue tie?)

Bill, tjgo

sonicus · « **Reply #28 on:** May 05, 2012, 09:20:52 AM »

I think I have heard that one for real Bill _____ LOL ___