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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: japhy4529 on May 16, 2016, 08:39:46 AM

Title: (x) 95H8966 - Alembic Elan 5
Post by: japhy4529 on May 16, 2016, 08:39:46 AM: I purchased this bass last year and would like the history. I understand that it was sent back to the mothership in 2003 for a wine burst refinish and additional upgrades.

Here's a pic: https://www.talkbass.com/attachments/img_0753-jpg.858247/ (https://www.talkbass.com/attachments/img_0753-jpg.858247/)

Thanks!
Title: Re: 95H8966 - Alembic Elan 5
Post by: japhy4529 on May 23, 2016, 06:58:26 AM: I just wanted to follow up on this request. Thanks!
Title: Re: 95H8966 - Alembic Elan 5
Post by: rv_bass on May 23, 2016, 07:04:14 PM: Japhy, congrats on your purchase, nice looking bass! History requests typically take a little while, but here's some reading to start with....

http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8526.0
Title: Re: 95H8966 - Alembic Elan 5
Post by: japhy4529 on May 25, 2016, 12:23:30 PM: Quote from: rv_bass on May 23, 2016, 07:04:14 PM
Japhy, congrats on your purchase, nice looking bass! History requests typically take a little while, but here's some reading to start with....

http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8526.0

Thanks, I'm familiar with this post. It's really cool seeing what the bass looked like prior to the wineburst refinish. That post combined with Reid's TB for sale post from last year provides most of what I will probably learn about the bass. I just wanted to get the low down from the mother ship. No rush, really. :)
Title: Re: 95H8966 - Alembic Elan 5
Post by: mica on May 31, 2016, 04:44:30 PM: Here's that I found out about your bass:

top: Quilted Maple
accent: Purpleheart pinstripe
body: Maple
neck: 5-piece Maple with 4 Walnut pinstripes
scale: 34" long
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals
pickups: Alembic AXY56
controls: Volume, pan, filter, Q switch, mono output
originally made for: Guitar Center, TX
birthday: March 10, 1995

The only other note in the file is the refinish. Great bass!
Title: Re: (x) 95H8966 - Alembic Elan 5
Post by: jazzyvee on June 01, 2016, 11:32:00 AM: That bass looks superb and when it came up for sale I took a lot of willpower to look away.
Title: Re: (x) 95H8966 - Alembic Elan 5
Post by: japhy4529 on June 01, 2016, 05:33:27 PM: Thanks, Mica! Interesting that Guitar Center ordered this bass. Were they an Alembic dealer?

Quote from: mica on May 31, 2016, 04:44:30 PM
Here's that I found out about your bass:

top: Quilted Maple
accent: Purpleheart pinstripe
body: Maple
neck: 5-piece Maple with 4 Walnut pinstripes
scale: 34" long
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals
pickups: Alembic AXY56
controls: Volume, pan, filter, Q switch, mono output
originally made for: Guitar Center, TX
birthday: March 10, 1995

The only other note in the file is the refinish. Great bass!
Title: Re: (x) 95H8966 - Alembic Elan 5
Post by: japhy4529 on June 01, 2016, 05:35:43 PM: Thanks. I'm quite please with it. I've considered selling it but only because it's a lot of bass for someone who just plays for his own amusement. Ah, what the heck - you only live once!

Quote from: jazzyvee on June 01, 2016, 11:32:00 AM
That bass looks superb and when it came up for sale I took a lot of willpower to look away.
Quote from: jazzyvee on June 01, 2016, 11:32:00 AM
That bass looks superb and when it came up for sale I took a lot of willpower to look away.
Title: Re: (x) 95H8966 - Alembic Elan 5
Post by: mica on June 01, 2016, 05:36:35 PM: Yes, many years ago. We were selling to them back when they only had 2 stores. But they are not a dealer any longer.
Title: Re: (x) 95H8966 - Alembic Elan 5
Post by: japhy4529 on June 02, 2016, 12:36:56 PM: Very interesting! Thanks for the background.

Quote from: mica on June 01, 2016, 05:36:35 PM
Yes, many years ago. We were selling to them back when they only had 2 stores. But they are not a dealer any longer.