(x) 76281 Series I

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Author Message tree63 New Username: tree63 Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Monday, August 23, 2010 - 5:17 pm:    Hi ~ I've wanted to ask about my Series I bass for a long time. I purchased this on August 24, 1988 at Thoroughbred Music, Sarasota, Florida (I found it while on vacation)...Mica, any information would be great (woods, who it was built for et cetera)...you can't see it too well in the pix, but there is an engraved plate on the back that says "Alembic, 76-281, Built 2-26-76, Bought 6-17-76"...also the trus rod cover is engraved "Alembic". Unfortunately, the hardware is pitted and shows it's age. The original flight case is interesting too...with the serial number in the case. Check out the blue box...did you really make the power supply like that? I played with a guy who has a 76 series I guitar (just a few numbers higher than mine)and he has a more slick looking power supply. Any info is greatly appreciated. Thank you! Working on pictures... (Message edited by tree63 on August 24, 2010) tree63 New Username: tree63 Post Number: 2 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Monday, August 23, 2010 - 5:30 pm:    Case tree63 New Username: tree63 Post Number: 3 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Monday, August 23, 2010 - 5:33 pm:    Power Supply gtrguy Advanced Member Username: gtrguy Post Number: 303 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 11:58 pm:    Cool looking bass! I have 76 286 if I remember the number right. The truss rod cover is probally not original and the two switches don't seem to be the same on the control area. Is there a serial number at the end of the neck on top? Is it Lacewood I wonder or something else? Power supply on mine is the typical Alembic unit. Bye, Dave mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7199 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 6:03 pm:    From the file: top: Lacewood body: Cherry back: Lacewood neck: Maple and Walnut scale: 34" long fingerboard: Ebony inlays: mother of pearl originally made for: LD Heater Music Co. birthday: not recorded, but likely February of 1976 from adjacent serial numbers Original owner was in North Carolina. The power supply does not look like something we produced, largely because of the 5-pin connector is a type we didn't ever buy. It's possible we made it, but mom and dad do not remember anything like it, so it's safe to say we probably didn't. Also, we would have labelled it 22V Looks like original switches on the bass, but is the treble channel Q switch broken?