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timallen
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Username: timallen

Post Number: 3
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 5:26 pm:   Edit Post

What is the history of this bass
timallen
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 5:35 pm:   Edit Post

Sorry, I forgot the ? What is the history of this bass?
artswork99
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Post Number: 1916
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 10:38 am:   Edit Post

Looks like one too many digits in the serial number posted in the thread title. Viewing the time frame of previous listings in the showcase the 13000 sounds about right - an MK would possibly have an engraved brass plate (if not continuous wood) and inside the main component electronics cavity it will be stamped along the lip. Please check the number and I will gladly correct the title once posted to the thread.
timallen
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Post Number: 5
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 10:55 am:   Edit Post

The number stamped inside the electronics cavity is the same as the one on the brass plate, it is: 04MK13270.
timallen
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Username: timallen

Post Number: 6
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 10:59 am:   Edit Post

I made a typo when I originally posted.
adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 3062
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 11:09 am:   Edit Post

Typo fixed!
timallen
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Username: timallen

Post Number: 7
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 4:25 pm:   Edit Post

I'm looking forward to getting a description ...
adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 3063
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 4:43 pm:   Edit Post

It may take a while before the lookup materializes, so why not post a picture? We love to take educated guesses at the build details.
timallen
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Username: timallen

Post Number: 8
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 6:01 pm:   Edit Post

Mark King S/N 04MK13270
adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 3064
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, November 02, 2013 - 2:34 am:   Edit Post

Utterly scrumptious!

Other than that, it must be a 35 or 36" scale Balance K Omega Signature, most probably a Deluxe, dressed up in absolutely fabulous Quilted Maple.

Would love to see some detail shots.
timallen
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Username: timallen

Post Number: 9
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Sunday, November 03, 2013 - 4:02 pm:   Edit Post

It's a 34' scale, I can email you more pictures if you'd like. What I'm really looking for is a history and description of it because I'm going to sell it.
bassman8416
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Username: bassman8416

Post Number: 66
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Saturday, December 21, 2013 - 11:42 am:   Edit Post

Hi Mica,
this is the bass that I purchased from Tim Allen. So I am interested in its history etc. Thank you.
Craig Privett
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 8732
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 11:24 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Craig,

Here's what I found in the file for this bass.

serial number: 04MK13270
model name: Signature Deluxe
model number: MKLB5
top: 5A Quilted Maple
accent: Purpleheart lam, Maple pinstripe
body: Mahogany
back: 3A Quilted Maple
body shape: Balance K Omega
neck: 7-piece Maple and Purpleheart
scale: 34" long
fingerboard: Ebony, 1.875 x 3.125 custom taper
inlays: mother of pearl
pickups: AXY56
controls: Signature
originally made for: Bass Central, FL
birthday: April 27, 2004

In 2007 the bass was sent to us to repair the omega tips, which were both broken. There was a note that said "second tip broke, bad luck :-( "

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