SERIES 1 1976 SERIAL # 286

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Author Message giii New Username: giii Post Number: 1 Registered: 1-2006 Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 12:28 pm:    This 76 is currently on ebay. I’m thinking about bidding on this one; any comments or concerns? New to the club 57basstra Senior Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 662 Registered: 4-2005 Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 12:30 pm:    Welcome to the board, Thomas. davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 5129 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 3:08 pm:    Hi Thomas, welcome to the club! First, the body "sandwich" on this bass is, from an appearance standpoint, very nice. Not too many basses from this period have this many body lams. I won't guess as to the woods. The top and back lams look to be Zebrawood. The neck looks to be Maple and Purpleheart. Perhaps the body lams are Maple and Purpleheart as well. We have a lot of fans here in the club of Fret/FX. Personally, I have a hard time with gluing a battery pack to the headstock of a Series I, but that's just me. Again, there are a lot of guys here that love 'em. Single truss rod; new style bridge. The description of the electronics is a bit off; but as you already own an Essence, you probably figured that out. The straplocks look like the type where the little clip is permanently attached by screw to the body, and the strap is then attached to the clips. There is a hole in the back where someone has at some time attached a strap button. The usual caveats about RF noise on instruments of this age would apply. That's all I can think of at the moment. giii New Username: giii Post Number: 2 Registered: 1-2006 Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 8:55 am:    Thanks for the welcome and the input.