| Author | Message | ||
| playbootsy
Junior Username: playbootsy Post Number: 15 Registered: 1-2006 |
Hi members! This is my Serie 1 1977. Now I have a number one!! Enjoy. Please let me know about the wood and any commentaries. (Forgive my english) Thanks! Ricardo   (Message edited by davehouck on April 01, 2006) | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 592 Registered: 11-2004 |
Ricardo, that is beautiful. The bridge looks like leaded crystal, it's so bright. Rich | ||
| olieoliver
Intermediate Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 185 Registered: 2-2006 |
Very nice bass. One day I too will have a Series! | ||
| playbootsy
Junior Username: playbootsy Post Number: 16 Registered: 1-2006 |
Hi Rich! I just polish the bridge and look the results...brigth! Thanks | ||
| bob
Senior Member Username: bob Post Number: 608 Registered: 11-2002 |
Welcome, Ricardo, that's a beautiful Series I! When you get a chance, I'm sure some of us would like to see your other basses. Don't worry about your English - we have a standing rule that the best you can do is just fine. Some of us even feel a little guilty that you are mostly stuck using English here, and wish we could follow along better when members sometimes slip into other languages. Now then, when are you going to polish the tailpiece to match? -Bob | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3561 Registered: 5-2002 |
Bob; generally the tail pieces are plated and should not be polished with Flitz or other brass polishes, and I'm assuming that the tailpiece on this bass is plated brass. | ||
| bob
Senior Member Username: bob Post Number: 609 Registered: 11-2002 |
Dave, I don't think you really meant "plated". If it's just brass, then it was probably laquered, right? I think this is the standard approach, and I also think that you can safely use Flitz on it - but as always (or usual) I could be wrong, so it would be good to review this. | ||
| crgaston
Intermediate Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 155 Registered: 11-2005 |
The lacquer will only hold up so long. Once it starts to wear off, to get a consistent polish you have remove it all. Then it will get shiny as heck, but will lose that brightness very quickly, and will turn green a lot faster, too, especially if it is touched often. | ||
| crgaston
Intermediate Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 156 Registered: 11-2005 |
On Ricardo's bass, it looks like the lacquer is wearing off on the edges of the tailpiece, but is still intact on the flat surfaces. Beautiful bass, Ricardo, and congratulations! Charles P.S. Clear fingernail polish will work as a lacquer replacement to slow the oxidization process, but it can be tricky to apply evenly, so it isn't always an improvement in appearance. | ||
| playbootsy
Junior Username: playbootsy Post Number: 17 Registered: 1-2006 |
When I bougth this bass the tailpiece donīt have more lacquer or something like that. Iīm just polish the piece with a special product very used in Brasil to bronze. Have I apply some lacquer on the tailpiece? In my Distillate the same polish are done and the oxidization process not start yet(1 year ago). Thanks | ||
| playbootsy
Junior Username: playbootsy Post Number: 18 Registered: 1-2006 |
Original photo when i bougth the bass  | ||
| edwin
Intermediate Member Username: edwin Post Number: 138 Registered: 5-2002 |
My '78 Series I has a tailpiece that is definitely plated and the plating is wearing off. I don't know what kind of metal is underneath the plating, but it doesn't seem to be brass. One of these years I would love to get a replacement. Edwin | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3567 Registered: 5-2002 |
Bob, you are right; plated was the wrong word. My brain cells weren't functioning properly. I've been looking into Ginko Biloba; it supposed to help with the memory problems. To quote Mica, "If you're noticing some tarnishing under the clear finish on the tailpiece, you'll have to remove the finish and then use the Flitz on the bare brass". | ||
| abidu
New Username: abidu Post Number: 5 Registered: 7-2004 |
Welcome to the world of the Series I!!!! Very nice bass! | ||
| playbootsy
Junior Username: playbootsy Post Number: 19 Registered: 1-2006 |
Dave, Ginko Biloba is a good remedy...powerfull...hehe Thanks! P.S: Could you confirm the wood of my S1? | ||
| playbootsy
Junior Username: playbootsy Post Number: 20 Registered: 1-2006 |
Thankīs Abidu! This Club is amazing and i very proud to be part of this!! Like you and the others members!!! Soon i will post more photos!! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3577 Registered: 5-2002 |
Ricardo; I'm not in California, so I can't look up your serial number. If you post a request in the Serial Number Request section, Mica can look it up for you when she gets a chance. | ||
| playbootsy
Junior Username: playbootsy Post Number: 22 Registered: 1-2006 |
Ok, the request is done. Thanks | ||
| crazykiwi
Junior Username: crazykiwi Post Number: 27 Registered: 10-2005 |
Another mojo'd Series 1 like mine! :D Looks like it might be medium scale? | ||
| playbootsy
Junior Username: playbootsy Post Number: 23 Registered: 1-2006 |
Hi Steve! Itīs a long scale! Please send photo of your bass! Ricardo | ||
| the_8_string_king
Intermediate Member Username: the_8_string_king Post Number: 129 Registered: 9-2005 |
Obviously a loved and seasoned bass, still beautiful -and now it's yours! Congratulations, nice score. | ||
| crazykiwi
Junior Username: crazykiwi Post Number: 28 Registered: 10-2005 |
hi ricardo - link's here, just below yours on the forum index ;) http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/26638.html?1143748652 The only reason I thought yours might be medium scale is the position of the tail piece in relation to the 5 pin socket on both our basses. But I'm no expert. (Message edited by crazykiwi on April 05, 2006) | ||
| crazykiwi
Junior Username: crazykiwi Post Number: 29 Registered: 10-2005 |
Heheh, I think the tail piece on yours might just be closer to the saddle than mine. | ||
| playbootsy
Junior Username: playbootsy Post Number: 26 Registered: 1-2006 |
Steve, nice bass!!! The graphite neck lookīs great with walnut. Congratīs | ||
| 57basstra
Intermediate Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 151 Registered: 4-2005 |
Really, really nice! | ||
| playbootsy
Junior Username: playbootsy Post Number: 49 Registered: 1-2006 |
Thankīs Dave! Now iīm understand what means a Series 1. Every day i really understand it. Now iīm dreaming whit a Series 1 short scale...like Stanley.....if you wantīt you gotīt. God Bless |
