1980 Alembic Series I Bass Guitar Natural #80-1651

Songdog · March 06, 2025, 07:54:11 AM

1980 Alembic Series I Bass Guitar Natural #8-1651 (Thunder Road Guitars, Portland, OR, USA)

I keep my eye on the Thunder Road Guitars website ever since I bought my bass through them. This appeared this morning. It looks to have been well cared for. No DS-5, though.

No affiliation with this sale.

JimmyJ · March 06, 2025, 11:58:46 AM

Serial number would be "80-1651" as in 1980. (You can even see the "0" in the first photo.) Cue switch for the bass channel has been replaced and the frequency knob for that channel looks correct except for the lack of a pointy arrow. Otherwise seems to be in great condition.

Jimmy J

Quasar1 · March 06, 2025, 12:58:54 PM

The eye candy continues

Songdog · March 07, 2025, 08:32:35 AM

Quote from: JimmyJ on March 06, 2025, 11:58:46 AM
Serial number would be "80-1651" as in 1980. (You can even see the "0" in the first photo.)

Yeah, you'd think that a shop dealing in high-end instruments would pay a little more attention to detail on their website

hammer · March 07, 2025, 11:49:16 AM

A reasonably priced Series I. I'd rather deal with a shop that misses a "0" than one who charges double what a Series I of this age is worth.

garyhead · March 07, 2025, 03:21:02 PM

I'm thinking about it. I'm 140 miles away from it. But I just bought a Series 1 last year. But....April is coming and the IRS and my county (property tax) are due and that's about the same amount as the bass.

garyhead · March 07, 2025, 03:24:24 PM

Has anyone seen a 6-string Series 1 Bass recently? And Mica.... Don't say "yes, it's here on my drawing board!"

gtrguy · March 07, 2025, 05:03:27 PM

I have dealt with them before and had a good experience.