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billostech
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Username: billostech

Post Number: 66
Registered: 1-2011
Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 8:20 am:   Edit Post

We always remember the first one.
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artswork99
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Post Number: 1423
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 9:51 am:   Edit Post

:-)
lembic76450
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Post Number: 276
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 3:50 pm:   Edit Post

Bill

With Alembics, you will remember each and every one.
thumbsup
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Post Number: 254
Registered: 7-2008
Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 6:28 pm:   Edit Post

Sweeeeeet!
billostech
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Post Number: 132
Registered: 1-2011
Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 1:04 pm:   Edit Post

billostech
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Username: billostech

Post Number: 133
Registered: 1-2011
Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 1:14 pm:   Edit Post

mk2
rustyg61
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Post Number: 75
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 10:14 pm:   Edit Post

What a beautiful instrument!!
yorkey
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Username: yorkey

Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2007
Posted on Monday, January 18, 2016 - 10:21 pm:   Edit Post

Hi, I think I found this bass. A guy in my area is looking to sell it to me and I think it's quite nice, however it has some "checking / clear coat cracking" in the back. Did yours have that? Just wondering if you know what caused that.
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4867
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 2:53 am:   Edit Post

Hmm that's unusual for checking to appear on a bass that recent.
hammer
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Username: hammer

Post Number: 838
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 10:50 am:   Edit Post

The only instances I have observed when something like that has occurred were a result of extremely fast, EXTREME temperature changes. I actually had it occur to me with a Fender Jazz I payed back in the 1970s. We were gigging in Vermont and the 4 hour drive to the northern reaches of the state took place during a -5 degree cold snap (remember this was a time when it actually got cold in New England during the winter). The bass was transported in the back of an unheated truck for that entire time and was then opened in a 72 degree + bar at which were were playing. Taking the bass out of its case I noticed nothing different about it. Picked it up again after the first set and there was cracking all over the front & back.

Then again it seems as if you're located in Southern California so -5 F is probably not something to which the bass in question has been exposed.
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 8779
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 12:30 pm:   Edit Post

If it's on the back of the body, it might actually be scratches.

If it's on the pack of the peghead, it can be stress fractures from a blow.
tubeperson
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Post Number: 527
Registered: 5-2005
Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 12:34 pm:   Edit Post

Hammer, it is cold in New England now. Big snow storm on the way this weekend.
yorkey
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Post Number: 2
Registered: 11-2007
Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 9:11 pm:   Edit Post

So it's safe to say this is not common with basses that have this kind of clear coating on them, correct? It would have to be due to some kind of trauma or subjecting the bass to extreme weather changes, etc. The guy says it's common. I find it as a deterrent. He's asking $5500, anyone have an opinion on that? Does it need to go back to Alembic to have this addressed? Can it even be corrected without a major overhaul of sorts?
hammer
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Username: hammer

Post Number: 839
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 10:29 pm:   Edit Post

This type of problem is not common at all in an Alembic bass of that age. If you were talking about a 30-40 year old bass that would be a different story, but in a bass so recent very unusal.
It certainly can be corrected if you send it back to Alembib, but whether it's needed is up to you as well as whether you are willing to pay the cost .. Some people like the aged, vintage look of that kind of finish. On the other hand this is not a vintage bass and significant finish checking should lower the price quite a bit.
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 8783
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 11:21 pm:   Edit Post

It's hard to determine what corrective measures to take without seeing the problem.

Actual finish checking is corrected by sanding off the old finish and refinishing. It's major and expensive, but it will look as new.

Checking is common on the 1975-1979 basses. We use a different finish now. I suggest you get some photos of the issue and email them to me or post them here.

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