Alembic Guitars Club
Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: deepwood on September 27, 2016, 09:01:51 AM
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Hopefully, in the next couple days, I'll be the new caretaker of this beautiful Elan 4. It has been in the loving care of a few club members since '89. It'd be great to have the birth certificate! Thank you so much Mica, you are truly appreciated!
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Found the details about this bass:
serial number: 89H5622
model name: Elan
model number: HLB4
top: Quilted Maple
accent: none recorded (probably there isn't one)
body: Maple
neck: 3-piece Maple
scale: 34" long
fingerboard: Ebony
surface: fretless
inlays: RT at 12th "fret" with red LEDs as dots
pickups: JZ
controls: Elan
finish: clear grape
hardware finish: chrome
originally made for: Midwest Music, OH
birthday: not recorded, but likely late September or early October 1989
Other things:
The initial art was made with Formatt No. 5469.
The original owner was an employee of the music store that purchased the bass.
The second owner was also in Ohio.
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Here's a belated "Thank You!" Mica. You are so very appreciated.