Interesting preamp on 78 Series 1

Log Out | Topics | Search Moderators | Register | Edit Profile

Author Message nnek Member Username: nnek Post Number: 98 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 4:22 pm:    check out this bass on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181167803221&item=181167803221&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466#ht_67837wt_1094 This looks to have a custom pre amp board? davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11140 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, August 04, 2013 - 6:25 pm:    The board looks ok to me. The nut, on the other hand, doesn't look original. cozmik_cowboy Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1540 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Sunday, August 04, 2013 - 10:13 pm:    The "By the same seller" has this link to a Strat that the listing says has the finish "played through". Am I the only one who thinks it's pretty darn obvious it was attacked with a heat gun? And what's wrong with people, anyway? Peter (who might well support mandatory jail terms for "relicing") hankster Advanced Member Username: hankster Post Number: 331 Registered: 6-2004 Posted on Monday, August 05, 2013 - 5:07 am:    Well, if you played the Strat 36 hours a day, with sandpaper strapped to your forearm, for about 7 years, you wouldn't need a heat gun. Maybe that is the answer. Ha! hammer Advanced Member Username: hammer Post Number: 389 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Monday, August 05, 2013 - 6:46 am:    Looks to me that this was a victim of sand blasting using a grit the size of small pebbles. Very strange wear pattern with finish removed in some peculiar places. cozmik_cowboy Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1541 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Monday, August 05, 2013 - 7:21 am:    It was the bubbled & charred paint that first caught my eye. Peter nnek Member Username: nnek Post Number: 99 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 06, 2013 - 4:20 pm:    WOW that is some kinda custom Strat paint treatment... maybe the former owner liked "acid rock"? I thought the circuit board with "dan" in red was odd based on my only referance being my bass. I see there are others with "dan" like his other Alembic listng: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1977-Alembic-Series-1-Omega-6-String-Guitar-w-DS5-Power-Supply-55-HD-Images-/181177485849?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a2f050a19#ht_68284wt_1094 This one does have a lot of extra lams parallel to the neck wood. and there is a new transistor on the board. Anyone else with an early series instument have the serial number on one side of the crown head like this? nnek Member Username: nnek Post Number: 100 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 06, 2013 - 4:23 pm:    WOW that is some kinda custom Strat paint treatment... maybe the former owner liked "acid rock"? I thought the circuit board with "dan" in red was odd based on the only reference being limited to my personal bass. Now I see there are others with "dan" like his other Alembic listng: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1977-Alembic-Series-1-Omega-6-String-Guitar-w-DS5-Power-Supply-55-HD-Images-/181177485849?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a2f050a19#ht_68284wt_1094 This one does have a lot of extra lams parallel to the neck wood. and there is a new transistor on the board. Anyone else with an early series instument have the serial number on one side of the crown head like this?