| Author | Message | ||
| Steve Wood (s_wood)
New Username: s_wood Post Number: 7 Registered: 5-2002 |
Here's a used Series I long scale 4 string with what looks like a birdseye maple top. http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/kingmenow/ From the the photo, I'd guess this bass is from the mid-to- late 70's or early 80's. Bad news: the seller says the headstock was broken and then fixed by Alembic. Good news: the price ($1,700) is about as low as you will see these days. Plus, the fact that the seller openly admits the broken headstock is a sign of his or her integrity. | ||
| Reid Raymond (rraymond)
Junior Username: rraymond Post Number: 11 Registered: 6-2002 |
Man, what I want to know is, "How the heck do you BREAK a headstock?" Especially an Alembic, I mean the top of the line must surely have a volute built into the neck like my low end Alembics! It's a scarey thought what must have happened to that bass! True story: Several lifetimes ago, about 1974, while enrapt in an amazing kiss from my girlfriend, I dropped my Rickenbacker and it landed on the D tuning key. Not only did it not break the headstock, it didn't even break the tuning key. It bent the heck out of it, but it didn't break. The thing works fine to this day. The floor wasn't so lucky - major gouge! How do you break a headstock; hit the bass with a sledghammer? I give up! | ||
| Steve Wood (s_wood)
New Username: s_wood Post Number: 8 Registered: 5-2002 |
Actually, broken headstocks are all-to-common, and no bass is immune. The most common cause is a bass that falls over after having been left standing up and leaning against something like a wall or a speaker cabinet. In fact, according to Sue Wickersham the pointed bottom of the origianl Series body was designed to prevent broken headstocks by making it impossible for folks to leave their basses that way! | ||
| Reid Raymond (rraymond)
Junior Username: rraymond Post Number: 13 Registered: 6-2002 |
Yeah, there's a heck of a lot of string tension on the instrument; a well placed blow obviously will take the headstock out. Leave it to the Wickersham's to be looking out for us clod bass players! Thanks folks! |
