Waylon Jennings/Jerry Bridges Bass

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Author Message hammer Advanced Member Username: hammer Post Number: 302 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, January 01, 2013 - 7:44 am:    Recently saw this Series I on GBase being sold by Fretted Americana - http://www.gbase.com/gear/alembic-series-1-stereo-bass-wayl-1974-natura# - and wondered about the description. "Three Alembic Ron Wickersham Low Impedance pickups (the middle pickup is slightly smaller)." Looks like 2 to me and a hum canceller that someone has put a screw through. Also interested in the body laminate description - "Two-piece mahogany body with purpleheart top and back." Does purple heart really age like that, it's beautiful, or is it another wood. Of course there is also the $13,500 price tag. A bit too steep a price for me for a bass made for Jerry Bridges, even though he's backed some big names and has a nice sound. cozmik_cowboy Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1366 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Tuesday, January 01, 2013 - 9:19 am:    Yes, it's a Series I with a screw through the HX. Doesn't look like any PH I've ever seen. Peter lembic76450 Advanced Member Username: lembic76450 Post Number: 323 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, January 01, 2013 - 11:02 am:    The top looks like Koa to me, possibly Flame Koa. gtrguy Senior Member Username: gtrguy Post Number: 557 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Tuesday, January 01, 2013 - 11:13 am:    Beautiful bass. It just floors me how many people are out there trying to price-gouge in this economy with stuff. charles_holmes Advanced Member Username: charles_holmes Post Number: 222 Registered: 3-2009 Posted on Tuesday, January 01, 2013 - 12:33 pm:    Whew! That's a lotta greenbacks!Too much for me. You'd might as well buy a brand new Alembic Custom for that kinda dough. That might be the price for a bass that Stanley Clarke owned,signed and put up for auction to raise money for a scholarship or disaster victim. But if someone got that type of cash laying around and it's worth it to that person, then go for it. I'll keep my series Distillate and it was less than half of that asking price and a lot younger too! pace Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 910 Registered: 4-2004 Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - 7:59 pm:    Cool history, especially being a big fan of Waylon & Mooney. This also adds more credence to that early shorty belonging to Bee Spears (Willie Nelson's bassist) too! But to be honest, I read the title of the thread and was expecting some half-baked story (a la "the joker") about this bass being there "the day the music died".... you know.... Waylon being Buddy's bass player and all.....