| Author | Message | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1485 Registered: 5-2006 |
I've put my Elan up for sale :-( Awesome bass, but I have two Alembics that barely get played and I have bills to pay... €1800 + shipping, comes with original (very beat up) case. Here's the for sale ad on Marktplaats (Dutch) The Showcase entry And Here are some more pics/info: 1990 Elan page Elan HLB4 90H6003 top: Quilted Maple body: Maple neck: 3-piece Maple, 34" long scale fingerboard: Ebony with pearloid oval inlays body shape: Elan with tummy and elbow cuts peghead shape: Elan Inline pickups: PJZB electronics: Elan (volume, pan, filter, Q) note there are 2 preamps inside the bass, one for each pickup finish: Stormburst hardware: polished brass originally made for: New Seattle Music birthday: not recorded (last date on work order is into spray, May 10th) Original owner was from WA and bought the bass on July 14, 1990.  (Message edited by fc_spoiler on October 13, 2013) | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3662 Registered: 6-2002 |
I hope you get a quick sale. I will post a link onto UK Basschat there are a few members there who are positive about alembic so it may help. Jazzyvee | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1513 Registered: 6-2002 |
oops...dbl post (Message edited by elwoodblue on October 14, 2013) | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1514 Registered: 6-2002 |
I'd love to bring her back to Seattle, prob be sold before I raised some cash,c'est la vie. {I miss the purple fretless elan that groovelines didn't sell back to me...I guess he chose $ over karma .../rant} I need another Elan , that stormburst is a beauty,plus it has FC mojo now ;) !! | ||
| groovelines
Senior Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 762 Registered: 4-2003 |
Elans . . . yum. I've always liked this bass, good luck Flip. __________________ (actually elwood, I choose to address family medical needs. It was a sad day packing it up. May not help, but I share your need for an Elan, though one with frets!) | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3666 Registered: 6-2002 |
Cool profile picture Groovelines... :-) Jazzyvee | ||
| kenner
Junior Username: kenner Post Number: 33 Registered: 4-2010 |
...this, is one I'd so love to own... I hope you can move it soon..... | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 2055 Registered: 9-2002 |
ANYBODY thinking of a Sadowsky, etc., needs to jump on this: Way better than ANY of the various Fender clones, and the PJ Activators are a nice Alembicized take on a PJ setup: Not quite the hi-fi neutrality of the various Alembic soapbars, but a meaty tone that's clearer than most any EMG, Bart, setup out there. The Alembic P Activator will pull satellites out of low Earth orbit, and this has the J pickup a shell width away from the bridge where it's a bit warmer. And typically dead quiet, like all Alembics. And even though this one is all 'white wood' (no mahogany, etc.), the neckthru will carry a solid fundamental through to the amp in a way bolt-neck guitars cannot, a neat addition to this tone profile. Get it while you can ! j o e y | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1487 Registered: 5-2006 |
Thanx all! Joey: Spot on, thanx! | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1488 Registered: 5-2006 |
Some pics of the case and I tried to capture some dings on the bass:  This scared me a bit after traveling +/-400 miles to pick her up:   Missing on both sides, will come with an easy to use strap for secure closing.  Most prominent dings on the bass: Little line through the finish on the top edge of the headstock  Retouched by a previous owner:  Hard to see, dent in the finish:  |
