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eos35mm
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Username: eos35mm

Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 8:57 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Mica:

Do you have any service info on a 32" scale 1977 Alembic Bass Guitar serial #77-735.

Thanks
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 3162
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 2:52 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Roger,

Here's what is in the instrument file:

top and back: Walnut
core: Cherry
neck: Maple and Purpleheart, 32" medium scale
fingerboard: Ebony with mother of pearl ovals and LEDs
peghead veneers: Vermilion
electronics: the note says CVQ, but I can't tell if it's a full-on Series II or a Series I with CVQs.
Originally sold to: Rothchild
birthday: June 9, 1977

Rothchild traded this back to us in October 1977, and we sold it directly to a customer. Before we sold it, we replaced the pickup selector, stripped and refinished the bass and filled a strap button hole.

There are 2 previous owners of this bass. One thought it had previously been owned by the bass player of Kansas, but that is not confirmed.

Just for dela: this says it's a Small Standard in medium scale!
dela217
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Username: dela217

Post Number: 631
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 3:37 pm:   Edit Post

Filled a strap button hole.

That is what may explain that wall anchor looking thingy UNDER the finish.

Thanks!
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3480
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 5:53 pm:   Edit Post

Michael and Mica; if this is that bass, and apparently it is, then the note on the card about the CVQ's seems incorrect.
eos35mm
Junior
Username: eos35mm

Post Number: 11
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 8:36 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks very much Everyone for the replies.
fyi: I missed bidding on it. Not sure whether it was a good or bad thing. The new owner is asking $4500.00. And that was the bass with the ser # 77-735 on ebay
What is a CVQ?
bob
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Username: bob

Post Number: 603
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 9:41 pm:   Edit Post

CVQ = Continuously Variable Q, or in more practical terms, it means you have a knob for setting the Q, instead of a 2 or 3 position toggle switch.

Series II instruments have a CVQ pot for each filter; Series I (and anything else with a filter) use a toggle to set between no Q, and one or two other values.

When Mica says "can't tell if it's a full-on Series II...", that refers to other differences between the I and II, such as extra body laminates. So in theory, you might order a Series I bass and upgrade the Q toggles to knobs.

However (and I could be wrong), as far as I know, if you ignore the construction and look at just the electronics and pickups, there are absolutely no other differences between a Series I and II, other than the toggles versus CVQs.
adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 818
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 1:05 am:   Edit Post

Bob, sorry to be the spoil-sport here - Series 2 also adds a master volume.

And there's a nickname for Series 1 with a master volume: "Series 1.5".
palembic
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Username: palembic

Post Number: 2357
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 1:13 am:   Edit Post

Mmmmm ...and the JE lay-out on his Exploiter basses with two interswitchable mastervolumes is nicknamed a "Series 2.5"

Paul TBO
bob
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Username: bob

Post Number: 604
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 9:38 am:   Edit Post

Well, I said I could be wrong :-)

Forgot about the volume, what I was really thinking about is that there isn't any difference in the electronics, other than some finer level of control.
eos35mm
Junior
Username: eos35mm

Post Number: 13
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 12:58 pm:   Edit Post

You guys a pretty funny.
Thanks for the info.

Now does any one have a small or medium scale S1 or S2 SC model to sell for cheap LOL....:-)))

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