Another Series One on EBay


I just saw this and don't know if it is legit or what. Price is low at this point (under $400). Maybe someone is local to where it is & can check it out.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Alemic-Series-One-Bass-/272509143087?hash=item3f72cf882f:g:RKcAAOSw-0xYTdoC

It has an odd serial number in the pic for a 1977, unless it is some kind of overseas export model???

There are a couple unusual brass inserts on the back of the body.  Says they were used to hold a set list.   

Does it look like the serial number is 77-780? The 7 in 780 looks really faint, but I think it's there.

It's been a couple years, but I definitely remember seeing this one for sale before. (because of those two odd brass doo-hickeys and the incorrect knobs) If I remember right, it's all legit Series I innards though, and not in too bad a shape.

Maybe it's the wood combination or a camera trick, but does anyone notice the purpleheart neck lams look a twitch thinner and the maple center the same amount thicker?

Oh yeah, it does look it has a '7' in the SN

A quick search brings this up:

http://club.alembicguitars.net/index.php?topic=5647.msg63935#msg63935

I am pretty close to this bass, but eBay is really making it difficult to exchange information. I would like to have checked this one out.

It's relisted. I guess it did not meet the reserve.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Alemic-Series-One-Bass-/272514952931?hash=item3f73282ee3:g:RKcAAOSw-0xYTdoC

My '77 Series I is 4 digits away from 780 (776), and from the pics they look very similar in construction.

From the way it sits in that case though, I wonder if this is actually 32" scale? see how close the headstock is to the divider? It's been many years since I had a case like that for mine, but I recall the headstock being much closer to the end of the case on my 34" scale.

Wow, your '77 is only 11 away from mine (765) what a small world!