Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: jazzyvee on January 03, 2015, 07:50:34 AM

Title: 1992 6 string Elan
Post by: jazzyvee on January 03, 2015, 07:50:34 AM

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/92-6-string-Elan-style-Alembic-bass-with-case/301463481122?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D0edc7d1a7e444b40acc9b091331b22b0%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D20131017132637%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D301463481122
 
A nice starter for the new year for someone maybe.
 
 
 

Title: 1992 6 string Elan
Post by: keith_h on January 03, 2015, 08:07:02 AM

The price is kind of high for the cosmetic condition. It looks like the body around the jack has been repaired and there are lots of dings and scratches.
 
Keith

Title: 1992 6 string Elan
Post by: flpete1uw on January 03, 2015, 08:17:33 AM

How were those pickups mounted? The mounting areas look metallic.

Title: 1992 6 string Elan
Post by: jazzyvee on January 03, 2015, 09:59:24 AM

It does look a well used instrument, and yes i think the price is too high also. I have no idea what is in the pickup casing but could it be the casing has come off the mounting area and the metallic looking things are the the plate the pickup is constructed on?

Title: 1992 6 string Elan
Post by: adriaan on January 03, 2015, 11:12:58 AM

Missing one tuner. Might be a good deal, at the right price.
 
(Message edited by adriaan on January 03, 2015)

Title: 1992 6 string Elan
Post by: hammer on January 03, 2015, 03:44:23 PM

Looks like it's been pulled with no bids.

Title: 1992 6 string Elan
Post by: David Houck on January 04, 2015, 12:33:10 PM

There are two extra switches, but the control layout is not a standard Elan Plus layout.  It looks like a standard Elan layout with the extra switches added.  Perhaps the owner had it upgraded to Elan Plus; or perhaps some other modification has been made.
 
The knobs appear to be missing their caps.  Hard to tell from the picture ... in fact, the more I look at the pictures, the more it looks like they may not be Alembic knobs.  Just hard to tell from the picture what's going on with the knobs.
 
Custom neck taper.  If I recall correctly, Elans had/have a classic neck taper, which for a six string would be 2.000 at the nut and 3.125 at the 24th fret.  Europas have a comfort taper, which is 2.200 at the nut and 3.560 at the 24th.  This one is 2.482 at the nut and 3.56 at the 24th.
 
Needs more pics.
 
I think anyone considering this bass should request a picture of the inside of the control cavity.

Title: 1992 6 string Elan
Post by: David Houck on January 04, 2015, 01:00:29 PM

Another point about the pickups; while the bridge pickup has mounting screws in opposite corners like it should, the neck pickup has the two visible screws on the same side.

Title: 1992 6 string Elan
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 04, 2015, 06:54:48 PM

After being relisted at $2200, this one now says SOLD in the description. Yet the listing is still active. Hmm.