1983 Series 1 5 String With Graphite ...

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Author Message dela217 Intermediate Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 121 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 10:43 am:    I have had this bass up for sale before on this site. There was some interest, but I guess my price was a bit high for that piece. I am going to list it again here to all the Alembic folk and friends with a lower price. If I get no bites I will be putting the bass on E-Bay. The bass is a 1983 Alembic Series 1. It is a 5 string bass with a graphite neck, and 32 inch scale. The top and back are Macassar ebony. BUT, the bass was sent back to Alembic to get the all black treatment. So I have no idea what the wood really looks like. According to the wood card that came with the bass, the body is all Macassar ebony with Macassar ebony accent stripes. The bass is in fine condition, but there is a spot on the back of the bass where some of the paint is worn off, but not down to the wood. It comes with it's original case, power supply and cord. The case is a bit beat and the latches on the case have been changed. I am asking $1500.00 for the bass. Michael Delacerda dela217@excite.com 504-887-5756 dela217 Intermediate Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 122 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 10:50 am:    Here is a couple of pics of that bass. dela217 Intermediate Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 123 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 11:10 am:    Here is a pic of the headstock too! (Message edited by dela217 on April 30, 2003) dela217 Intermediate Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 124 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 11:14 am:    jake Junior Username: jake Post Number: 24 Registered: 3-2003 Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 3:09 pm:    sorry, i can't help you get rid of it due to having 15 dollars in my bank account, but i felt i just needed say that you have a very interesting bass here. It almost doesn't look like an alembic! i've never seen that headstock shape before. did they build many basses with that? prime Member Username: prime Post Number: 95 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 4:16 pm:    The headstock looks very similar to the eight string scorpion in the John Entwistle auction: http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/4390.html?1051740979 Matt dean_m Intermediate Member Username: dean_m Post Number: 114 Registered: 7-2002 Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 6:50 am:    Michael, Very interesting. The electronics alone are worth that aren't they? I remember seeing this bass before. Is that a narrow string spacing??? dela217 Intermediate Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 125 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 1:10 pm:    Yes that is a narrow spacing. I have not measured them, but I suspect that the 4 string graphite bass I have and this one are the same dimensions, with an extra string added.