(x) 84D3204 Distillate

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Author Message pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 405 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 5:24 pm:    I bought this from Ralph Hanzel's music on Greenfield Ave. in Milwaukee around 1985. I do not believe that there was any previous owner. Secret message under the neck pickup looks like 664 c - any idea what it means? mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6678 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 8:31 pm:    Hi Paul, Here's the details from the instrument file: top: Zebrawood body: Mahogany neck: 5-piece Maple and Purpleheart scale: 32" medium fingerboard: Ebony inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals peghead veneers: Zebrawood originally made for: Ralph Hanzel's, WI birthday: June 20, 1984 There's a note on the original sales order to Hanzel's that the bass was one we took to a NAMM show. Jim from Bag End was a sales rep for us once upon a time, and from the sales order, it looks like he sold the bass to Hanzel's. Wacky, huh? There's another notation in the file when you registered the bass with me in 1997. 664c is the work order number. It's how we track the instrument before the serial number is issued. pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 452 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 4:22 am:    sweet! If our Gathering for June comes to fruition I'll have to ask Jim if he recognizes the bass. Thank YOU, Mica serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 696 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 5:14 am:    Is that Distillate in this pic? serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 697 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 5:14 am:    Is that Distillate in this pic? pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 453 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 6:37 pm:    Yes - It is the one that looks like this: