Greg's Lefty Custom Elan

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Author Message mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2370 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 4:39 pm:    Still early on, but you can start to see how it will take shape: gregc New Username: gregc Post Number: 5 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 6:53 am:    Wow! It looks awesome already. Alembic is the best. Great work. I love you guys!!!! mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2399 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 12:51 pm:    In the setup room: Just waiting in line for the electronics add on from March. davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 1643 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 1:10 pm:    Wow! Nice combination of woods! jacko Intermediate Member Username: jacko Post Number: 173 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 5:33 am:    Very nice Greg. i especially like the swirly coco bolo. graeme dadabass2001 Advanced Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 367 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 10:23 am:    What a striking combination of neck and body woods! I bet she'll sound luscious. Mike gregc New Username: gregc Post Number: 6 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 11:13 am:    Thanks all! This is my first Alembic and I wanted a deep, rich sound and I wanted the woods to look good together. I wasn't really sure how the different woods would look together, but it came out even better than I expected. Greg gregc New Username: gregc Post Number: 7 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 7:10 pm:    Hey Graeme. I just took at look at your Rogue and it has some serious coco bolo swirls and really great contrast. One of the coco bolo classics! Greg gregc New Username: gregc Post Number: 8 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 9:26 am:    The elves just informed me that my bass will be shipping shortly. I'm salivating already. I am sure she will sound as luscious as she looks. Thanks to all on the Alembic side for the great work, great advice and great vibes on this project. gregc New Username: gregc Post Number: 9 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Friday, July 15, 2005 - 12:18 pm:    It got it yesterday and played it for 4 hours straight. It looks, plays and feels great. A thing of great beauty. My wife named it "Purple Haze" because of the purple neck lams and the "hazy" coco bolo grain. I will probably post some pictures in the "Showcase" section. I'm trying to figure out if it belongs in the Elan section because of the Elan body shape or the Europa section because it is a Europa. davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2052 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, July 15, 2005 - 2:00 pm:    Congrats!!! As for which section of the Showcase, I would suggest you go with what the serial number indicates. harvey New Username: harvey Post Number: 9 Registered: 7-2005 Posted on Friday, July 15, 2005 - 2:34 pm:    Wow, great bass. I recently got my dream Elan bass, great basses, no?! So is the Elan shape only avaliable as a custom order now? why was it discontinued? Again, lovely bass. Cheers gregc New Username: gregc Post Number: 10 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 10:13 pm:    Thanks Dave, it has a Europa serial number, so I'll post the pics in the Europa section. Harvey, I agree, they are great basses and yes, it seems that they no longer make Elans. I don't know why they were discontinued. Does yours have the P-J config? davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2058 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 7:30 am:    Harvey; I don't know how it's decided which models are offered in the catalogs and on the web page, perhaps they wish to keep the number of models down to a manageable level; but I think it's the case that, essentially, there's no such thing as a discontinued model. The serial number page shows that Elans were "offered" from 1985 to 1997; but my guess is you could probably custom order an Elan if you wanted a new one. harvey New Username: harvey Post Number: 10 Registered: 7-2005 Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 8:25 am:    That makes sense, thanks Dave. Greg, Mine is quite similar to yours but with different electronics and a 6 string. You can find pictures of it here: http://photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/Vigier%20and%20Alembic/ I really love this bass, used it for the first time yesterday live at a jazz club and it sounded fantastic. I was a little worried that it sounded too much like a jazz bass but live, a whole new character emerges as the sound cuts through. Excellent bass! gregc Junior Username: gregc Post Number: 11 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Monday, July 18, 2005 - 10:40 am:    Harvey, I like the ebony-maple neck lams on yours, they look really classy. I just used mine in a rehearsal and I found that it nailed that Jazz bass sound, but with a little tweaking I found a whole lot of sounds that aren't in the Jazz. Even my band mates were commenting on how much they liked the tones from that bass. I really love mine too, they are just great axes! xero_tolerance Junior Username: xero_tolerance Post Number: 35 Registered: 5-2014 Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 5:12 pm:    Beautiful bass... I'm GASing very hard for an Elan or spoiler of my own. This just fuels the Elan GAS.