| Author | Message | ||
| rv_bass
Junior Username: rv_bass Post Number: 23 Registered: 8-2014 |
Hi Mica, I recently purchased a beautiful Series I bass. When you get a chance, can you please provide information for 75174? Thanks very much, Rob | ||
| flpete1uw
Senior Member Username: flpete1uw Post Number: 586 Registered: 11-2011 |
Rob, Would love to see some pictures. There is a group here that dig the old ones, the ancient ones and alas the wiser with age ones. I have 75-215! Best of luck, Pete | ||
| rv_bass
Junior Username: rv_bass Post Number: 25 Registered: 8-2014 |
Thanks, Pete, I just posted a couple of pics under the Showcase tab. Rob | ||
| stephenr
Intermediate Member Username: stephenr Post Number: 139 Registered: 9-2014 |
So you are the one who snagged the Andy West bass from GC... congratulations! There is at least one other thread about this bass on the forums here. http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/138983.html?1347292437 | ||
| rv_bass
Junior Username: rv_bass Post Number: 26 Registered: 8-2014 |
Thanks, Stephen! Yes, I saw it posted on the GC site in October, scraped together the funds over the last month. Thanks for the link as well, interesting history for this bass so far! Rob | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8721 Registered: 6-2000 |
This is an interesting bass. Here's the scant details from the original build card: serial number: 75-174 model name: Series I* model number: LSBI4 top: Zebrawood accent: none body: Mahogany back: Zebrawood neck: Maple (only wood recorded, but pictures of Andy West with bass show darker laminates in the middle) scale: 34" long fingerboard: Rosewood inlays: Abalone originally made for: NAMM display (don't know if 1975 or 1976) birthday: not recorded OK, so we know from the history that Andy West posted here that he purchased the bass from Charlotte's Reliable Music, who we must have sold the bass to at the NAMM show. In 1980 Andy sent it in to have the peghead repaired and the frets dressed. In 1981 Andy sent it in again to have the peghead repaired. We also repaired the power supply as the thermoprotector needed replacing. There is an undated note with the synthesizer wiring: 1-black 2-red 3-orange 4-blue Which explains the second XLR housing and the holes on the front where the pickup was previously mounted. In 1985, the second owner of the bass had the whole neck replaced, keeping the original body. This was recorded as 5-piece neck, which is typically maple and Purpleheart. He also had us leave the fingerboard black because he was considering a custom inlay, which he apparently had us do (though it's not recorded, it looks like our typical Tree of Life design). Whew! The other little note is this bass has the top from "The Zebrawood" a massive board with Bird's-eye figuring and wiggly flames here and there that we made a lot of guitars and basses from. *Calling this a Series I, though technically these model names were not yet established. | ||
| rv_bass
Junior Username: rv_bass Post Number: 35 Registered: 8-2014 |
Hi Mica, Thanks very much for the detailed information, very helpful! It looks like this bass has had quite a journey so far, fitting for a creature of the '70s! Living retro! Rob |
