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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: hammer on November 25, 2014, 10:04:26 AM

Title: 89 Elan
Post by: hammer on November 25, 2014, 10:04:26 AM

Nice looking 89 elan for sale.  Is it currently under the ownership of someone who frequents this neck of the woods.
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/141482762345?item=141482762345&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/141482762345?item=141482762345&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466)

Title: 89 Elan
Post by: jazzyvee on November 26, 2014, 02:56:09 AM

What a small world, I just checked the serial number on my  89 Elan 4 and it is the next bass made after the one in this auction. It's the same colour but with different electronics and pickup configuration, so I guess that makes them twins but not identical.  :-)

Title: 89 Elan
Post by: hammer on November 26, 2014, 06:20:23 AM

I thought I had seen one of a similar color on this site and without checking back at your previous posts thought it looked similar to yours. This answers the question.

Title: 89 Elan
Post by: edwardofhuncote on November 26, 2014, 08:17:43 AM

That's cool jazzy. That would be a needle in a haystack with most basses. I've often wondered what the instruments made sequentially right before and after mine are. As close as I have seen was an 89 Spoiler on here, made within a few numbers of my Persuader.

Title: 89 Elan
Post by: jazzyvee on November 26, 2014, 10:25:04 AM

Here is the spec on my bass
89H5438 HLB4 Elan Long Scale 4-string Bass  
 
Here is the serial number of the bass on ebay. 89H5437
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/hdYAAOSw2XFUcnzE/ (http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/hdYAAOSw2XFUcnzE/)$_57.JPG