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Author Message brent New Username: brent Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 3:24 pm:    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 Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 464 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 4:08 pm:    Welcome to the club and congrats on getting one of the oldies. Rich brent New Username: brent Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 4:27 pm:    Thanks a lot. I appreciate it. I absolutely love the bass too. mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2794 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 6:59 pm:    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and Walnut 34" scale fingerboard: Partridgewood (aka Granadillo) with mother of pearl inlays peghead veneers: Walnut originally made for: Rothschild (our distributor at the time) borthday: December 20, 1976 From what I could tell, we haven't heard from this bass since the day we shipped it.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 New Username: brent Post Number: 7 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 9:15 pm:    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 Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2797 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 11:24 pm:    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 New Username: brent Post Number: 8 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 4:15 pm:    Thanks a lot. I appreciate it. mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2808 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 4:36 pm:    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.