Thanks again everyone, and yes, it is amazing how lighting can make these basses look so different.


The pink eraser trick:  simply rub the tarnished silver parts with a standard pink eraser and it cleans them up in seconds!  I use it on side dots and logos and it works great.

Finally got to play this bass in a band setting tonight, OMG this bass is amazing   warm silky rich lows, clarity in mids and highs, and sustain that totally surprised me for this wood recipe.  Smitty will be seeing a lot of play time! 

Welcome back to the stage, Smitty...

Linking these two related threads...

https://club.alembicguitars.net/index.php?topic=8424.msg98545#msg98545

Quote from: rv_bass on August 24, 2021, 03:34:21 PM
Thank you  

From what I have read and can see:

Top and back Koa
Birch core
Maple and walnut neck
Long scale 34"
Fretless ebony fingerboard
Headstock front laminate zebrawood and back laminate walnut
Omega cut
Electronics original and very clean
Dark Carmel pickups
Bone nut (likely a replacement)
Newer style silver logo (likely a replacement)
Light weight for its size
Nice comfortable neck cut
A joy to play
Was in a Smithsonian exhibit in the 1970s
Known as "Smitty" at the Mothership
Sounds AMAZING!! 

Weight: 9.4 pounds