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hasadari
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Username: hasadari

Post Number: 127
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 8:30 pm:   Edit Post

http://cgi.ebay.com/1974-ALEMBIC-SERIES-1-BASS-ORIGINAL-COMPONENTS-CASE_W0QQitemZ7364360920QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
richbass939
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Username: richbass939

Post Number: 458
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 9:35 pm:   Edit Post

It says 38" scale. Could this be? The picture in the case doesn't make 38" seem right.
Rich
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 2527
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, November 07, 2005 - 6:41 am:   Edit Post

I think 38" is incorrect.
fmm
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Username: fmm

Post Number: 102
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, November 07, 2005 - 12:46 pm:   Edit Post

Serial # (as reproted by seller) is 74-67.
bigbass
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Username: bigbass

Post Number: 69
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 9:05 am:   Edit Post

Yep....I used to own this bass. I sold it to the ebay seller over a year ago. It is a great bass. A smokin oldie. I used it a lot. It was a little hummie. Could use an upgrade, that's it.
bigbass
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Username: bigbass

Post Number: 70
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 9:07 am:   Edit Post

It is a 34" scale.
fmm
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Username: fmm

Post Number: 104
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 2:04 pm:   Edit Post

bigbass:

Can you flesh out the construction details?
flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 690
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 2:06 pm:   Edit Post

hmmmm
the seller says
Everything works very well! Neck is flat and plays well. I don't know if it is buzz free on virtually every fret. There always seem to be one or two on every guitar.
so????????
bigbass
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Username: bigbass

Post Number: 71
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 3:32 pm:   Edit Post

You know....when you deal with round wound strings, this buzz stuff becomes more acute if you aren't deadly accurate with your finger placement. Your right hand attack and the string tension, due to different gauges and manufacturing tolerences, also have their say in the buzz war. The slightest crimp or twist in the string can screw everything if you consider having very low action. With the wrong tweeking and set up, I can make every string and note buzz if I want to. That being said, I don't recall any buzzing what so ever. This is based on my playing style.

Regarding construction, I got all that stuff confirmed with Mica some years ago. I recall the back being Walnut and core being white oak. The neck has walnut and (I think I remember) maple lams. I forget what the top is. Perhaps a call to Mica or Val would be in order if you have the time and curiosity. Don't hold me to the absolute correctness on this though. It has been a while.

It is a great bass in feel and sound. Vibrations felt through the body are even and acoustically pleasent. Upgraded it would be killer. The serial # is correct.
fmm
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Username: fmm

Post Number: 105
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 3:47 pm:   Edit Post

Do you recall if the fingerboard is ebony? Seems likely.
flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 691
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 4:08 pm:   Edit Post

am curious about your "hum" comments
spoke to mica this afternoon...
is it hum or high freguency noise......
the later will require an upgrade
bigbass
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Username: bigbass

Post Number: 72
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 5:08 pm:   Edit Post

Fingerboard is rosewood. It went more with the color make up of the instrument and it's pickups.

It has been a while and I have owned many Alembics. I don't remember what the noise was. It may have been HF noise or a combination of both. At this point I feel like I'm guessing. Most of my old ones were this (the same) way.

Perhaps I am getting old......
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 695
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 6:52 am:   Edit Post



(Message edited by flaxattack on November 11, 2005)
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 696
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 6:53 am:   Edit Post

thanks for the insight
the seller has gotten very quiet since i pushed on your comments...
per mica
hum can be cancelled out
hf noise requires a 1200$ upgrade and lord knows how long....
all the more reason i bought the 86 persuader
bigbass
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Username: bigbass

Post Number: 73
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 10:37 am:   Edit Post

Please to consider: It does have class, historical value and is a great bass! The up grade price and wait time would still work for me for those forementioned reasons alone. I'd buy it back but I have others of the same vintage.
jseitang
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Username: jseitang

Post Number: 120
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 11:23 am:   Edit Post

what happened? the auction ended early? did someone make a great offer???
kungfusheriff
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Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 412
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 9:27 pm:   Edit Post

More important, was it one of us? Speak up!
dwmark
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Username: dwmark

Post Number: 52
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 11:37 pm:   Edit Post

One of us was the high bidder (that would be I) but I didn't get it. Hate when that happens.
flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 699
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 8:21 am:   Edit Post

an upgrade from alembic as much as i love them is 1200 and at mimnimum 1 year waiting.i know of a bass there for over a year waiting for upgrade
an item described as "works well: and then no reply back from the seller on the noise questions... leaves me to suspect that there are electronic issues. granted its a classic....
if the seller was looking for 3700 then add 1200 for an upgrade. one would have been better off buying the 2005 maple that just went for 5300

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