| Author | Message | ||
| kungfusheriff
Advanced Member Username: kungfusheriff Post Number: 318 Registered: 8-2003 |
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
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 1736 Registered: 5-2002 |
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
Advanced Member Username: kungfusheriff Post Number: 319 Registered: 8-2003 |
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
Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 919 Registered: 3-2004 |
Actually, the plate made me think of old #12, maybe a lefthanded version? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 1739 Registered: 5-2002 |
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
Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 920 Registered: 3-2004 |
Didn't think of that. Maybe so, Dave. |
