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Author Message navybass Junior Username: navybass Post Number: 14 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 9:47 am:    I started doing some modifications to my unknown bass. I put inlays in the neck and knobs. I also put a new cocobolo headstock overlay on it. Take a look. Tell me what you all think. dela217 Advanced Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 247 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 12:12 pm:    I cannot see the pictures. Can you post them again? I would love to check it out. palembic Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 840 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 2:45 pm:    Heh ...uh ......pictures?!!?!?!?!?!?! I always used to yell about pictures ...so now I got them offered ...I can't see none ... Bartender ...give me another bottle and please for the other Paul's too!!!! Paul the bad one navybass Junior Username: navybass Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 4:12 am:    Let me try this navybass Junior Username: navybass Post Number: 16 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 4:16 am:    New Headstock overlay navybass Junior Username: navybass Post Number: 17 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 4:19 am:    And the body. Showing the new gloss coat and Mother of Pearl inlaid knobs. bracheen Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 82 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 7:43 am:    John, I didn't notice the dove tailed point in the earlier postings. I really like that. The knobs look great too. Sam dela217 Advanced Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 249 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 4:51 pm:    Quite nice! I could not help notice some scalloping on the fingerboard near the nut. Or am I seeing things? The early basses had scalloped out nuts. I have not seen a scalloped fingerboard. Interesting...Michael adriaan Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 90 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 1:34 am:    Scallopping near the nut - looks more like it's been played with the nut cut too low, so the strings have cut grooves in the fingerboard. The bridge saddles are also in strange positions. Interesting project! navybass Junior Username: navybass Post Number: 18 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 4:41 am:    I have been trying to figure out those scallops also. They fall between the strings, so the strings couldn't have caused them. THey don't get in the way of anything, so they don't bother me too much. I started on the dragon inlay on the headstock last night. I'll post a pic when I get it all done. dela217 Advanced Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 250 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 11:57 am:    Maybe this will help. Here is a picture of the nut on my 1972 Alembic bass. Notice that the scallops are between the strings on the nut just as they are on the fingerboard on your bass. The more detail I see of your instrument, the more Alembic it looks to me. I have scalloped nuts on all my 1972, 1973, and 1974 Alembic basses. By the way, I really love the way you made that instrument personally yours....Michael navybass Junior Username: navybass Post Number: 19 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 12:54 pm:    Thank you all. bkbass New Username: bkbass Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 4:00 pm:    Nice job,nice bass.Is the body holled out under thebrass pickup plate? bkbass New Username: bkbass Post Number: 2 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 4:02 pm:    nice job,nice bass.Is the body hollowed out under the brass pickup plate? navybass Junior Username: navybass Post Number: 20 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 4:35 am:    That's where the batteries are. It looks like there used to be a smaller plate there with 2 screws that held it on. I guess over time, the owner put the bigger battery plate and truss rod plate on. davehouck Advanced Member Username: davehouck Post Number: 311 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 8:56 am:    John; I know you said you are doing a dragon inlay on the headstock. But when I saw this Alembic headstock logo on Ebay I thought I should at least mention it to you. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2372934838&category=7266 lbanks Junior Username: lbanks Post Number: 45 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 8:52 pm:    I now own this bass and I have a question; is this a Series I? Has any more info about this bass come up? I was told it was a Alembic and it damn sure sound like an Alembic. But the finish and tailpiece has always bothered me. Just don't seem to match the finish on my other Alembics. I can't see any numbers, but my eyesight is shot. keavin Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 651 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 4:20 am:    it's probably an employee project from alembic in the the 70's there's quite a few of them out there,to me it seems it was worked on a bit and not completed totally but it's an alembic! lbanks Junior Username: lbanks Post Number: 46 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 6:03 am:    Thanks for the info. I may get it refinish... when I can get my hand on some dough! mikekolb New Username: mikekolb Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 4:22 pm:    maybe it's just me, but the figure in the headstock overlay looks.... ummm... somewhat, er, maternal? vincebus New Username: vincebus Post Number: 9 Registered: 1-2011 Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 2:06 pm:    Cool