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Author Message derekh New Username: derekh Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 4:28 am:    Hi I have just received my very first Alembic! Could you let me know the history and construction as no papers were available. The serial number reads as 09K12241 USA but the first zero could well be the top of a nine and the lower part has not been made properly. Derek keith_h Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 811 Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 9:08 am:    The first two digits are the year of manufacture followed by an alphabetic model code and then the serial number. I suspect the full serial is 99K12241. This would make the bass as manufactured in 1999 and fits with the serial number of 12241. Keith derekh New Username: derekh Post Number: 2 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 3:36 pm:    Thanks Keith I thought that would be the case. Derek derekh New Username: derekh Post Number: 3 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 7:01 pm:    Just had a look in the electronics cavity it is 99K1224 davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 5278 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 8:15 pm:    Hi Derek, welcome to the board! We have a few other members in Australia as well. Congrats on a very nice looking Essence! As you've already alluded to in the subject line, the electronics are Europa. The top looks to me like Walnut; and my guess would be a Mahogany body, although it's really hard to tell from the picture. I can't tell which headstock that is from this angle. The shop is a bit shorthanded at the moment, so it may be a little while before the next batch of serial number searches is made. Enjoy! derekh New Username: derekh Post Number: 4 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 9:35 pm:    Thanks for the assistance. I understand the situation regarding serial number searches . I am not in a rush, so whenever it is provided will be good. I have managed a couple more photos of body and headstock. I suspect the body top is flamed Mahogony but headstock I have no idea. Could you please let me know what you think? Derek derekh New Username: derekh Post Number: 5 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 9:57 pm:    The photos didn't appear. I suspect they were too big. I'll try again! (Message edited by davehouck on July 18, 2007) derekh New Username: derekh Post Number: 6 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 10:00 pm:    And again! olieoliver Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1471 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 6:16 am:    Welcome to the club Derek. Very nice bass? Olie tbrannon Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 502 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 8:56 am:    Very nice. I like the Europa headstock on that bass. I think it looks like a Mahogany body followed by a maple accent and a walnut top. I could very well be wrong, but that top sure looks like a nice walnut to me. Either way, it's lovely. Toby mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4758 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:31 am:    Hi Derek, Here's the details that were in the instrument file: top: Flame Walnut accent: Maple pinstripe body: Mahogany through body neck: 5-piecce Maple with 4 Walnut pinstripes, 34" long scale fingerboard: Ebony peghead shape: Europa body shape: Essence 5 pickups: MXY56 controls: volume, pan, filter, 2-position Q switch, bass cut/flat/boost switch, treble cut/flat/boost switch, mono side output finish: polyester birthday: November 30, 1999 originally made for: Kenman Company, Switzerland