| Author | Message | ||
| bigyouth
Junior Username: bigyouth Post Number: 16 Registered: 7-2006 |
hello, here my low news. it is a series 1. I would like renseignements.de which year and? I do not have to find any numbers. wood is “zebrawood”. is electronics does a little noise, normal? to afflict my is not good, I englais use a translator, thank you and has soon. http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/421/74021674gf8.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5899/2cazt5cpqni1.jpg http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5760/46620778yz2.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/44/82343501hv1.jpg http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5199/82661942qz5.jpg http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8076/19375146kx1.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3230/67350343wv0.jpg http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5977/16831034cn8.jpg http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/341/13664648ik6.jpg | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 694 Registered: 2-2005 |
The serial number is usually stamped into the wood on top of the peghead for older Series 1. Keith | ||
| dela217
Senior Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 750 Registered: 6-2002 |
That looks like a 1980 or 81. I am guessing the serial number is under 1900. Nice bass! The extra lam in the neck gives it a series 2 look. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2093 Registered: 7-2004 |
The non-adjustable nut also points to an early one, though, from the picture, it looks like it may not be the original nut. If the Serial number isn't found at the top of the headstock, the next place to look is on the wood at the 24th fret. Bill, tgo | ||
| bigyouth
Junior Username: bigyouth Post Number: 17 Registered: 7-2006 |
c'est peut-etre une serie 2? it is perhaps a series 2? | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2094 Registered: 7-2004 |
Definitely a Series I. The Series II doesn't have the toggle swithes fo the "Q" controls, like this bass does. Bill, tgo | ||
| bigyouth
Junior Username: bigyouth Post Number: 18 Registered: 7-2006 |
where is the serial numbers? head stock ,no 24th fret ,no please,help me!! | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Intermediate Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 104 Registered: 10-2006 |
Try in the control cavity. Peter | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1264 Registered: 6-2002 |
Looks like a bone nut, or perhaps plastic? And we have a new member of the lefthanded clan - a warm welcome from the righthanded clan! L'outil de traduction que tu utilises est vraiment trop bête. Il faut chercher un autre - mais comme tu peux voir, on parle un tout petit peu de français ici. | ||
| southpaw
Intermediate Member Username: southpaw Post Number: 145 Registered: 12-2004 |
Another lefty, Alright! That means there are more lefty Alembics in the world. Nice looking bass Bigyouth, welcome aboard. Did you look at the top of the headstock, from above for the serial number? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4104 Registered: 6-2000 |
The appearance of the bass is that of a Series I with Series II neck lamiantion pattern. You are correct that the top and back woods are Zebrawood (nice flatsawn at that). Have you had this bass a long time? To try and research the serial number, look for a handwritten number in these locations: 1. under one of the pickups 2. one or more of the potentiometers 3. on the preamp circuit card (the side not visible in the photo) Do you have the powersupply? Maybe add a photo of it as well as its serial number. It might help. Other things I noticed from the photo: 1. The pickup connector on the replaced pickup looks awkward. 2. It appears that the neck pickup may be plugged into the humcanceller pickup position on the preamp card. If this is true, I expect lots of noise. Confirm humcanceller (center) pickup is plugged into the center connector. Then perform a humcancelling procedure to eliminate the low frequency noise. 3. One of the nuts on the intonation screws looks replaced. The bridge intonation looks strange. 4. The string nut looks like it was replaced. 5. If the Gotoh tuners are original, it indicates this bass is not older than the mid-eighties. If this is the case, the serial number would have been originally stamped in the Ebony of the fingerboard directly below the 24th fret. 6. The wiring harness looks older than the mid-eighties. 7. Something is funky about the extra cut at the center of the tailpiece. I've only seen things like that in the scrap pile. 8. The logo looks genuine (and highly polished), but it's really off axis and smashed in on the left side. These things night mean: 1. The bass was refretted at some point, and the serial number was sanded away. 2. The bass was made here by someone out of scrap parts and never had a serial number. 3. The bass was a Fernandes (though I've never seen a lefty) and later refitted with Alembic parts of various ages. If you can find some of these other numbers, especially one under the pickups, it can help solve the mystery. | ||
| dela217
Senior Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 751 Registered: 6-2002 |
What strikes me as strange is the tuners. If this bass is an 80's model, it would have been equipped with Schallers. The Schallers have a mounting screw in a different position. I do not see holes where the old tuners were replaced! I don't think this bass started it's life as a Fernandes. The zebra that they used was never this nice. Besides the inside of the control cavity on a Fernandes is black, and there are no copper grounding strips. It seems that someone would have gone through a LOT of trouble ($$$) to try to turn a copy bass into an Alembic if that were the case. It just seems like some of the details are mixed from different years. PF6b electronics with Mod Pots, the holes for the tuners, etc... Pretty bass though! | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4112 Registered: 6-2000 |
Mid eighties is when Gotohs started showing up - Schallers were really low inventory everywhere then, and shortly after than we converted wholly to Gotoh. I started working here in 1987 and it's a clear memory the crisis that no Schallers available anywhere caused. Confirmed with dad that the pots are not left-hand rotation, which would be AB mod pots even now. I agree that the Fernandes route is unlikely, plus I've never seen a lefty one. I hope that Mehdi can maybe find some of the other numbers to try and track down at least a year, and maybe get to cross reference the work order number. | ||
| bigyouth
Junior Username: bigyouth Post Number: 20 Registered: 7-2006 |
number preamp card: alembic pf6b 170 035 number write with the hand \6\2\ | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1265 Registered: 6-2002 |
The strange split in the tailpiece suggests someone tried to turn it into a 5 string? Then perhaps the peghead has had new veneers to cover up the extra hole for the 5th tuner? I seem to remember seeing a Distillate that had that sort of conversion done. | ||
| bigyouth
Junior Username: bigyouth Post Number: 26 Registered: 7-2006 |
do you have "serie schematic" please? sorry for my english! thanks | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4480 Registered: 6-2000 |
I can mail you a schematic. Email me your address for receiving a letter and I'll send you the schematic. Please do look under the pickups for a handwritten number. This may be able to identify the bass. The "\6\2" is not something that I recognize. Also look at the pots - see if there is a 4 digit number written on one of them. | ||
| bigyouth
Junior Username: bigyouth Post Number: 27 Registered: 7-2006 |
the number under the pickup is#394 | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4552 Registered: 6-2000 |
We'll start researching and see if we can find a cross reference for this number. Thanks! | ||
| bigyouth
Junior Username: bigyouth Post Number: 33 Registered: 7-2006 |
thanks ,Mica,for the schematic !!!!!!!!!!! | ||
| bigyouth
Junior Username: bigyouth Post Number: 34 Registered: 7-2006 |
I Mica, A question about the neck pickups. I think it be rectified,the magnet have less punch than the bridge. it is normal??? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4632 Registered: 6-2000 |
The pickups should be identical. You can measure the restistance and see if they are a close match. Usually the neck pickup is farther away from the strings. You might want to increase the gain with the trimpot on the back. Today Bill found the work order for 394, but it did not match the pictures of your bass. It was for 83-2769, an Exploiter Series II with no humx in Quilted Maple. We'll keep looking for clues! |
