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kenner
Junior
Username: kenner

Post Number: 30
Registered: 4-2010
Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 10:27 am:   Edit Post

90H5947...

I have the build sheet... just curious if it was a custom or not...

Thank you :-)
jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 3542
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 2:16 am:   Edit Post

We love pictures here and from them we can determine if the bass has custom features.

Jazzyvee
kenner
Junior
Username: kenner

Post Number: 31
Registered: 4-2010
Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 3:52 pm:   Edit Post

I gotta wait for Wifealiscious to get home with her fancy camera :-) ...I'll get em posted
fc_spoiler
Senior Member
Username: fc_spoiler

Post Number: 1473
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 5:09 pm:   Edit Post

Here are some:













tbrannon
Senior Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1579
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 6:37 pm:   Edit Post

Hot damn, that is a beautiful Elan.
kenner
Junior
Username: kenner

Post Number: 32
Registered: 4-2010
Posted on Monday, July 29, 2013 - 5:07 pm:   Edit Post

..and, there ya have it :-)

...thanks brutha \m/
jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 3549
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, July 29, 2013 - 11:08 pm:   Edit Post

Now that is top class. The bottom end must be very prominent as the neck pickup is right on the truss rod cover like one of my basses. Lovely bass my friend. I hope you have some great times playing music with it.

Jazzyvee
pauldo
Senior Member
Username: pauldo

Post Number: 1029
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 3:32 am:   Edit Post

The zebra wood is erratic! :-D

Beauty eh!
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 8750
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 7:26 pm:   Edit Post

Here's the information to confirm most of what you already know:

serial number: 90H5947
model name: Elan
model number: HLB4
top: Erratic Zebrawood
accent: none
body: Maple
neck: 3-piece Maple
scale: 34" long
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: Pearloid (oval) inlays
pickups: AXY4
controls: "Elan" volume, pan, filter, Q-switch, mono output
originally made for: Meredith Instruments, AZ
birthday: May 10, 1990

The original owner was from Washington.
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 8751
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 7:48 pm:   Edit Post

Is it custom? From one perspective, every one is a custom build!

But this bass was specifically built for the dealer in Arizona, and the original owner registered it a few months later, so I suspect it was made for store display.
kenner
Junior
Username: kenner

Post Number: 35
Registered: 4-2010
Posted on Monday, December 21, 2015 - 6:01 pm:   Edit Post

I'm sure you would guess that I have been steadfast in waiting next to the computer this whole time for your response.... so, thank you for doing so....

Side note, I learned that two of my friends in the Twin Cities owned it before I acquired it....

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