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enzo
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Username: enzo

Post Number: 532
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Saturday, October 10, 2015 - 7:24 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: room037

Post Number: 522
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 12:35 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: ed_zeppelin

Post Number: 133
Registered: 2-2010
Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 1:04 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: elwoodblue

Post Number: 1725
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 4:30 am:   Edit Post

I found this...but it appears the bass has been replaced with a young Jodie Foster
keith_h
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Username: keith_h

Post Number: 2302
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 4:47 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 6264
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 8:04 am:   Edit Post

I too thought this was a pic of "Mr. Mike". lol

Bill, tgo
keith_h
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Username: keith_h

Post Number: 2303
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 8:27 am:   Edit Post

Here's some footage of him playing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOlxUqXDEHA

Keith
enzo
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Username: enzo

Post Number: 533
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 11:22 am:   Edit Post

It also appears having mid/late '80s pickups with 'Alembic' engraved on them.
rockerdebassman
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Username: rockerdebassman

Post Number: 30
Registered: 8-2015
Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 2:07 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks for this interesting pointers.

Dregs were a great band.
hifiguy
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Username: hifiguy

Post Number: 457
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 5:58 pm:   Edit Post

Ahh, Michael O'Donoghue. Loved his work in the Lampoon and on SNL. He left us far too early.
cozmik_cowboy
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Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 1958
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Monday, October 12, 2015 - 3:08 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: hifiguy

Post Number: 458
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Monday, October 12, 2015 - 3:25 pm:   Edit Post

That was typical O'Donoghue. Weird and bleak but _incredibly_ funny.

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