Series 1 reborn

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Author Message barry_g New Username: barry_g Post Number: 1 Registered: 7-2002 Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011 - 6:09 am:    Folks, Purchased a 1982 Series 1, which had been refinished (by Alembic) in BLACK, harware chromed, and tuners changed. Needless to say, the price was right. Recently had it refinished and thought you might be amused by the transformation: elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1240 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011 - 6:53 am:    Oh Yeah !! That must make you very happy, The maple top with the silver hardware looks stunning. Welcome Barry, Elwood lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4896 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011 - 7:56 am:    Welcome to the club, Barry. Nice piece of wood under there. Did you have any idea before stripping the black off? Bill, the guitar one sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1919 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011 - 7:58 am:    Nice Bass, Nice Birds Eye ! barry_g New Username: barry_g Post Number: 2 Registered: 7-2002 Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011 - 8:16 am:    Bill, yes I had some idea. I had emailed Mica with the serial number, and she told me about the black refinish, and that there was good stuff under it. Alembic tried to put on a semi transparent finish, but you could only just see there was birds eye under there with very bright light. Needless to say, I am pleased with the result. Barry artswork99 Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1529 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011 - 8:40 am:    Beautiful, Play it Healthy! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2474 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011 - 10:48 am:    One of the benefits of not applying dye to the wood. Lovely Bass Jazzyvee edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 977 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011 - 9:13 pm:    Who did the work? It looks great! I just got a 60s EB-0 as a vehicle for some Dark Star pickups and it's an utter mess. barry_g New Username: barry_g Post Number: 3 Registered: 7-2002 Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 9:09 am:    Ed, a bandmate of mine builds/ refinishes guitars, does neck work etc. He did a great job even thought initially aprehensive about working on an Alembic. We are in North Carolina, let me know if you want to get in touch with him. Barry davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10243 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 2:02 pm:    Hi Barry; welcome to the board! Nice piece of Birds Eye! hieronymous Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 930 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - 10:34 am:    I think it looks cool black, but the natural is even better!