https://reverb.com/item/71092985-vintage-1978-alembic-lsb-graphite-long-scale-bass-guitar-w-case-power-supply

cool bass.  i loved my stienie XL-2.  pretty sure this is a different animal altogether.  sure wouldn't wanna take a chance unless i got to handle it for a while first.

I certainly wouldn't want it at that price with all of the lacquer on the neck chipping off. To me that bass says refinish which won't be cheap. Also I would have to have the neck given a good going over as if I recall correctly the relief was built into the neck and there are no truss rods that can be used to adjust it. 

Quote from: keith_h on July 12, 2023, 10:18:03 AMif I recall correctly the relief was built into the neck and there are no truss rods that can be used to adjust it.

That is correct.

"if I recall correctly the relief was built into the neck and there are no truss rods that can be used to adjust it."

Back in the mid-80s, Kawai came out with a line of graphite-necked basses (these were nothing like their Alembic inspired models BTW). I fell in love with the look and feel, but after a couple of days I noticed there was NO relief, and it buzzed like crazy on the lower frets. After weeks and weeks of trying to get the issue resolved, I finally had to raise a little hell when the store I bought it at was full of customers to get results. The result was, I got a different bass! (Guild Pilot) They gave me full credit for the Kawai. In the late 90s, I played a Modulus briefly, and that thing was great.

It's interesting that the finish just seems to have dislodged from the graphite neck.


Do the switches look like replacements to y'all?