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hasadari
Intermediate Member
Username: hasadari

Post Number: 151
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 2:34 pm:   Edit Post

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alembic-Essence-nice-natural-no-reserve_W0QQitemZ7399996904QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
hydrargyrum
Intermediate Member
Username: hydrargyrum

Post Number: 184
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 6:49 am:   Edit Post

Hmm,

This claims to be a mahogany body with a neck of maple and walnut, but I think they are mistaken. Looks like possibly an ash body, and definitely no walnut lams.
adriaan
Senior Member
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 808
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 6:59 am:   Edit Post

Looks like an all-maple one to me, perhaps the body is ash - never in the world mahogany.
bigredbass
Senior Member
Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 704
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 6:33 pm:   Edit Post

Ash, for sure, and when did Mica say they began adding the pinstripes? Seems like a nice axe, I like the 'white' woods. The Ash wings would sure save you some wight vs. all maple.

J o e y
bassjigga
Junior
Username: bassjigga

Post Number: 17
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 9:08 am:   Edit Post

Looks like maple to me too.
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3512
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 5:27 pm:   Edit Post

Hmmm ... I'm thinking it might not be a '99.
- First, if you take the front body pic and play with it some, focusing on the truss rod cover, it looks to me like the first two digits are 90; which would of course mean that it's a '90.
- Second, look at the placement of the controls. The early Essence basses had a longer body; and the controls were located beside the bridge. On the later models, the body is shorter, the bridge is closer to the end of the body, and the controls end up being more beside the pickup than the bridge.
- Third, the rest of the serial number looks like it might be something like 6239; which would place it in 1990.
- Fourth, as already established, the listing states that this bass has a Mahogany body, which it clearly does not. It has been my observation that many if not most 1990 Essence basses had Maple bodies.
- Fifth, as already established, the listing states that the neck has Walnut pinstripes, which just don't look like they are there; and it's been my observation that early Essence basses did not have Walnut pinstripes.

I could be wrong. I'm squinting at the serial number on the truss rod cover; it's not easily read. And the bass is sitting in a case, which makes it hard to tell just how far the bridge is from the end of the body. But my guess is that it's a '90 with a Maple body and Maple neck.

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