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artrianer
New Username: artrianer
Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2009
| Posted on Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 8:22 am: | |
Hallo, I'm from Germany and I play this wonderfull Bass now about a cuple of years and almost ca 450 gigs. I think its time to know more about it. Can you tell me how old this Bass is, and some more Informations you have about it. Thank you very much, best whishes from Bavaria Peter |
adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan
Post Number: 2093 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 12:24 pm: | |
Hi Peter, welcome to the forum! The 98 at the start of the number tells us that your Excel was finished in 1998, and it was roughly the 11,862nd instrument that Alembic built. |
artrianer
New Username: artrianer
Post Number: 2 Registered: 2-2009
| Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 2:37 pm: | |
Hello Adrian, thank you for your answer, so I know a little bit more about my favourite bass. Greetings from the winter in the mountains of bavaria Peter |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 6213 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 4:01 pm: | |
Hi Peter, Here's the details I found in the instrument file: XLB5 Excel 5-string bass top: Flame Maple accent: Walnut body: Ash neck: 5-piece Maple with 4 Walnut pinstripes scale: 34" long fingerboard: Pau Ferro pickup: Alembic FatBoy controls: volume, bass, treble, mono output finish: satin natural polyurethane (oil-look) birthday: November 17, 1998 originally made for: Station Music That's all there is. |
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