| Author | Message | ||
| gdog
New Username: gdog Post Number: 3 Registered: 8-2009 |
Was this bass custom orderd? whats the value? why are the tuners 3 on a side?  (Message edited by mica on December 29, 2009) | ||
| gdog
New Username: gdog Post Number: 4 Registered: 8-2009 |
what is it? how many were made? whats the story? 89H 6563 | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 949 Registered: 5-2006 |
Assuming this is a cut Cone headstock: These are typical for the Elan 6 ;-) Here's one:  | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8510 Registered: 5-2002 |
Mica will pull the build card with all the details; but for now, it's a 1989 Elan. Alembic does not have, for the moment, records showing the total number of Elans built to date. At some point it is hoped that the build cards will be transferred to a data base; and at that time it should be possible to determine the total number of a particular model. | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 952 Registered: 5-2006 |
I just noticed the serial number, I have 90H6003... Could the first digit in your serial number be a 5? (89H 5563) Or maybe they have a time machine @ Alembic :-) | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8512 Registered: 5-2002 |
A description of Elan controls can be found here. There is also a lot of other useful information in our FAQ and Must Reads section. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8513 Registered: 5-2002 |
Very unusual headstock. Flip is right; for an '89, the first number is probably a 5 instead of a 6. Let me know, and I'll change the thread title so Mica won't search for the wrong number. (Message edited by davehouck on August 09, 2009) | ||
| gdog
New Username: gdog Post Number: 5 Registered: 8-2009 |
Thank you yes the first number is 5 the way it is stamped its hard to see. | ||
| gdog
New Username: gdog Post Number: 6 Registered: 8-2009 |
The pick ups were replaced in 1998 or 1999. Alembic sent replacement pick ups free of charge to Richard Kowalewski. MICHIGAN. futher examination I'm finding #s 5653 stamped inside electronics pocket. "shielding" | ||
| gdog
New Username: gdog Post Number: 7 Registered: 8-2009 |
I wanna thank you, and Mica fer rearching records for me and I apologize for making anyone run around. I'm doing my best to identify this Alembic for my records and need your help! Kind REGARDS Jim G. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1602 Registered: 6-2002 |
Interesting shape, could it have been the victim of damage at some point in the past, and the cone tip reshaped for cosmetic reasons? Jazzyvee | ||
| gdog
New Username: gdog Post Number: 8 Registered: 8-2009 |
Hmmm DONT KNOW EXACTLY But its for sale Im trying to list it for $2,000. it do not look as though it was damaged or repaired. the bass is really clean. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6534 Registered: 6-2000 |
Hi Jimmy, Here's the details from the instrument file: HLB6 Elan 6-string bass top: Flame Koa body: Maple neck: 11-piece Maple and Purpleheart scale: 34" long fingerboard: Ebony inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals pickups: AXY56, bass pickup moved toward bridge by 1" originally made for: Farrow's Music, MI birthday: not recorded, but likely mid-November 1989 The bass was sent to us for repair in August of 1998 with the problem of "Noisy-Buzz" but there's no record of it being electronic or mechanical or what was repaired. The peghead has been modified since it was made. The work order specifies a standard 6-string Cone peghead like Flip referenced. |
