Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => For Sale & Trade => Topic started by: FC Bass on October 13, 2013, 11:35:53 AM
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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 (http://link.marktplaats.nl/731249029 target=_blank) (Dutch)
The Showcase entry (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8522)
And Here are some more pics/info: 1990 Elan page (http://painandgrief.com/aaa/fcbasssite/htmfiles/90elan.htm target=_blank)
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originally made for: New Seattle Music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.
(http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/178224.jpg)
(Message edited by fc_spoiler on October 13, 2013)
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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
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oops...dbl post
(Message edited by elwoodblue on October 14, 2013)
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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 ;) !!
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Elans . . . yum. I've always liked this bass, good luck Flip.
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(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!)
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Cool profile picture Groovelines... :-)
Jazzyvee
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...this, is one I'd so love to own... I hope you can move it soon.....
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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
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Thanx all!
Joey: Spot on, thanx!
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Some pics of the case and I tried to capture some dings on the bass:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/178840.jpg)
This scared me a bit after traveling +/-400 miles to pick her up:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/178841.jpg)
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/178842.jpg)
Missing on both sides, will come with an easy to use strap for secure closing.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/178843.jpg)
Most prominent dings on the bass: Little line through the finish on the top edge of the headstock
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/178844.jpg)
Retouched by a previous owner:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/178845.jpg)
Hard to see, dent in the finish:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/178846.jpg)