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kungfusheriff
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Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 318
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 9:04 pm:   Edit Post

A shop in MD just put what looks like a salvagable set of S1 guts, including damaged pickups, on the 'Bay; here's the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=22670&item=7323520524&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
I know of a fine but gutted '78 S1 that has sat idle for the last few years for want of such electronics, and unless you good people alert me to something obviously amiss I plan to make a go for the guts and then the bass.
Tips and suggestions will be rewarded with eternal gratitude.
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 1736
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 5:10 am:   Edit Post

Well, it's missing the 1/4" jack, but otherwise looks to be complete. That's an interesting brass plate the controls are mounted on; looks like it came out of a non-Alembic bass. The listing does say that it's being sold "untested" and "as is". So what's the story on the '78 S1??
kungfusheriff
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Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 319
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 12:22 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks, Dave.
That Series is currently owned by someone else, so I'm hesitant to talk about it much.Suffice to say, it was gutted at some point and has been awaiting restoration for years.
bsee
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Username: bsee

Post Number: 919
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 12:46 pm:   Edit Post

Actually, the plate made me think of old #12, maybe a lefthanded version?
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 1739
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 3:00 pm:   Edit Post

At first I was thinking left handed too, but the curve looks like it was designed to follow the curve of the body on a right handed bass.
bsee
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Username: bsee

Post Number: 920
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 4:05 pm:   Edit Post

Didn't think of that. Maybe so, Dave.

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