'75 Series I Koa 2x 5 pin connectors

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Author Message enzo Senior Member Username: enzo Post Number: 532 Registered: 4-2009 Posted on Saturday, October 10, 2015 - 7:24 pm:    Found this Series I pointer shape in a Guitar Center in OH. Tree of life inlays, 2 connectors and 3 strange dots maybe covering 2 holes used who knows for what? Very nice example. http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/ALEMBIC/Vintage-1975-Series-I-Bass-Koa-Electric-Bass-Guitar.gc room037 Senior Member Username: room037 Post Number: 522 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 12:35 am:    This bass is Andy West preowned bass. Top wood is not Koa, it is Zebra wood. The bass was found on eBay 2012. It had polyphonic PU for synth drive on near the front of bridge PU. But now it is missing. Ex.connector was assembled for it, that I think. Eiji ed_zeppelin Intermediate Member Username: ed_zeppelin Post Number: 133 Registered: 2-2010 Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 1:04 am:    I found this pic. It looks pretty ratty and could use a good cleaning, but the bass seems okay. No tree of life inlay, but the selector was already missing the knob, the hex pickup is intact and Andy West appears to only have four fingers on his left hand. elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1725 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 4:30 am:    I found this...but it appears the bass has been replaced with a young Jodie Foster keith_h Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 2302 Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 4:47 am:    I don't know for sure when the Tree of Life was added but my guess is it was when the neck was repaired after breaking on tour in the early 80's. Andy talks about the bass here. Keith lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 6264 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 8:04 am:    I too thought this was a pic of "Mr. Mike". lol Bill, tgo keith_h Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 2303 Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 8:27 am:    Here's some footage of him playing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOlxUqXDEHA Keith enzo Senior Member Username: enzo Post Number: 533 Registered: 4-2009 Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 11:22 am:    It also appears having mid/late '80s pickups with 'Alembic' engraved on them. rockerdebassman Junior Username: rockerdebassman Post Number: 30 Registered: 8-2015 Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 2:07 pm:    Thanks for this interesting pointers. Dregs were a great band. hifiguy Senior Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 457 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 5:58 pm:    Ahh, Michael O'Donoghue. Loved his work in the Lampoon and on SNL. He left us far too early. cozmik_cowboy Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1958 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Monday, October 12, 2015 - 3:08 pm:    Read an interview once where Lorne Michaels described M.O'D.'s sense of humor: They're sitting around when Michael gets a call from his dad - "Michael, I'm afraid I have some bad news; your mother lost her toe." Michael, without missing a beat - "Did you look behind the refrigerator?" Peter hifiguy Senior Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 458 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Monday, October 12, 2015 - 3:25 pm:    That was typical O'Donoghue. Weird and bleak but _incredibly_ funny.