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Author Message crash13 New Username: crash13 Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 12:54 pm:    I have had this bass since 1995, and thought I would partake of this wonderfull service. could you provide the specs? Woods? Electronics? Any other pertiant details Thanks much jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2235 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 3:43 pm:    Any pboto's you can share with us? We like to see some different Alembics. Jazzyvee crash13 New Username: crash13 Post Number: 2 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 6:26 am:    Nothing recent and since I started a new job this month nothing on the work pc. I will post one soon. It is quilted maple mostly, all the elan photos on the site are much darker than mine. The only issue with owning this ax is that I am spoiled, and everytime I look at something at a music store I am just dissapointed jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2237 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 7:42 am:    That note of disappointment is probably quite common amongst alembic owners. Although some here have a good selection of other basses that they absolutely love as well. I have that problem all the time. When I look in shops at basses now very little attracts my attention and when I do try them they do not offer me anything new in terms of tone and so I guess i have for bass anyway become Alembic exclusive. I'm a real lover of Elans and have one 4 string that you may have seen on the site.... it's very purple, and another kind of hybrid, Europa body, elan neck all maple body and signature electronics and all black. It has a bit of an identity crisis but a fantastic sound. Apart from the Small standard Body ( Clarkee) the elan is my next fave body shape. I look forward to some pics when you get a chance. Patience is a virtue with the serial number/history requests as Mica usually has quite a backlog so a wait of a few months is is quite possible. Jazzyvee crash13 New Username: crash13 Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 10:56 am:    No worries about how long Mica takes I just found this forum so I thought I would join in. I had an Antol custom prior to my Elan, It was a one off from Mike Antol in Canton Ohio, it was like a cross between an Alembic and a Rickenbacker (clarkie style small body but square like a Ric, quilted maple rosewood neck-thru with ebony fretboard, and crappy Duncan pickups) it was cool and felt good but in the end it was at best an "Iwannbeanalembic", so I got one, and considering the prices today I am glad I got it before I could actually afford it. HAHAHA!!! Not sure where the Elan stands in the Pantheon of Alembic but I love the thing, and find it irreplacable. crash13 New Username: crash13 Post Number: 4 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Friday, November 19, 2010 - 5:50 am:    here are some crappy pics from my phone just cuz you're curious sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1414 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Friday, November 19, 2010 - 8:56 am:    Oh yes , Very nice _ its call is play me !!! davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9863 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, November 19, 2010 - 4:04 pm:    Hi Mark, welcome to the board! Looks like a very nice quilt on your Elan! crash13 New Username: crash13 Post Number: 5 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Monday, November 22, 2010 - 10:15 am:    thanks I have always thought so. I have not seen another like it, most elans seem to be in the darker colors (at leat the ones I have seen) jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2246 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, November 22, 2010 - 11:32 am:    Sweet...! mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7483 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Friday, October 07, 2011 - 10:33 am:    HLB4 Elan 4-string bass top: Quilted Maple accent: Walnut pinstripe body: Maple neck: 3-piece Maple scale: 34" long fingerboard: Ebony inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals body shape: Elan peghead shape: Elan pickups: AXY controls: "Elan" volume, pan, filter, 2-position Q switch, mono output originally made for: our showroom birthday: February 24, 1993 Just a note in the file when you registered the bass several years ago. crash13 New Username: crash13 Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Monday, October 10, 2011 - 5:45 am:    thanks Mica, apreciate the service no matter how long it takes is shows the commitment of a small company to take good care of its' customers and products.