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brent
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Username: brent

Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 3:24 pm:   Edit Post

Hi, I bought this bass on ebay a few weeks ago. Its a 1976 Series 1. Any info you have would be great. Thanks.

Brent
richbass939
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Username: richbass939

Post Number: 464
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 4:08 pm:   Edit Post

Welcome to the club and congrats on getting one of the oldies.
Rich
brent
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Username: brent

Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 4:27 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks a lot. I appreciate it. I absolutely love the bass too.
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2794
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 6:59 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Brent,

Here's what's in the instrument file:

top: Birch
body: Birch
back: Birch
neck: Maple and Walnut 34" scale
fingerboard: Partridgewood (aka Granadillo) with mother of pearl inlays
peghead veneers: Walnut
originally made for: Rothschild (our distributor at the time)
borthday: December 20, 1976

From what I could tell, we haven't heard from this bass since the day we shipped it.
brent
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Username: brent

Post Number: 7
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 9:15 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks a lot. That doesn't seem totally correct though. The back wood is not the same as the top. I have pictures of it in the showcase forum. The thread is called My 1976 Series 1.
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2797
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 11:24 pm:   Edit Post

Yeah, I see what you mean. If I were guessing about the woods on your bass, I would say the top looks like Purpleheart under the yellowed finish. The back does look like Birch typical of the time. I'll look at the card again tomorrow and see if misread something or if there is a possible duplicate serial number.
brent
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Username: brent

Post Number: 8
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 4:15 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks a lot. I appreciate it.
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2808
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 4:36 pm:   Edit Post

I guess the record may be incorrect, because I reported exactly what it said.

We're all used to wood like Red Oak that always seems to look the same, but most other woods are not like this. I suppose it's possible that the top of your bass is Birch, but from a photo, it doesn't look like it. But you never know, at least until you examine a chunk of it under a microscope, and that's really not an option here.

I'm adding a note in the file that the original card might be incorrect. If we ever see this bass in person, we might be able to take an even better guess, for now, it's a little mystery.

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