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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: Bassman1988 on May 16, 2021, 01:22:42 AM

Title: (x) Alembic Elan 90H5771
Post by: Bassman1988 on May 16, 2021, 01:22:42 AM

Good afternoon to everyone.
I hope you can help me with specs of my Alembic Elan with serial number 90H5771.
Thank you very much)
(https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPueRov5MFh6qDDHoYGHcsa5Spet95HvO4K_HdKmn2G-eOXCVK8Rt6UOgRoxsinNQ/photo/AF1QipP3HBWjll0VbzrY2UTWoW8GHmlh-Sq1IFjpupnb?key=c2hQVGhPRld2b09OTzJNTlVrb0pLQVZOLW9JNWpn)
(https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPueRov5MFh6qDDHoYGHcsa5Spet95HvO4K_HdKmn2G-eOXCVK8Rt6UOgRoxsinNQ/photo/AF1QipMBj_vdu8PSxQr6Nxw1oF4KSQ0AhEaq4JxvYAzJ?key=c2hQVGhPRld2b09OTzJNTlVrb0pLQVZOLW9JNWpn)

Title: Re: Alembic Elan 90H5771
Post by: adriaan on May 16, 2021, 03:12:47 AM

Looks like the regular woord recipe for an Elan (maple and purpleheart 7-piece neck, maple core). Guessing it's a tulipwood top, and it looks like someone at some point attached some sort of medallion. Elan Plus electronics (bass and treble boost and cut switches).

Title: Re: Alembic Elan 90H5771
Post by: mica on July 28, 2021, 11:37:52 PM

Adriaan has the basics down! Here's the list of things from the file:

top: Tulipwood
accent: none
body: Maple
neck: Maple and Purpleheart
scale: 34" long
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals
pickups: AXY56
controls: "Elan+" volume, pan, filter, Q-switch, bass cut/flat/boost, treble cut/flat/boost, mono output
originally made for: Mesa Boogie, Germany
birthday: January 26, 1990

The bass was originally ordered and routed for standard Elan electronics, but there's a note that it had "Elan+ electronics installed in a regular Elan cavity - control pattern is NOT standard" and I was thinking the switches looked a little cramped. Last minute change before we shipped it to Germany I guess!