Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: rv_bass on May 26, 2023, 12:28:16 PM
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I think we have seen this before, pretty nice…no affiliation
https://reverb.com/item/69506143-alembic-elan-5-string-5-string-bass-guitar-hollywood-ca (https://reverb.com/item/69506143-alembic-elan-5-string-5-string-bass-guitar-hollywood-ca)
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I can't unsee that.
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snappy!
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We may have seen it before, but this isn't the one Tom had... his was a little newer, ('91?) and had those larger "WAXY" pickups. This one's an '89, looks like AXY 4's.
Love that finish! I'd buy that bass in a hot minute if things were different.
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Yeah, I thought that was the one I had for a minute. Looks very similar, but as Greg said, mine was a '91 with WAXY pups. I can see now that the neck on this one is narrower than mine was. It's also got Schaller tuners whereas mine had the Gotoh "A" branded ones.
https://reverb.com/item/61425799-alembic-elan-5-string-bass-1991-cherry-sunburst (https://reverb.com/item/61425799-alembic-elan-5-string-bass-1991-cherry-sunburst)
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Anyone notice the bird tailpiece is a little off center and the strings aren't straight? I do wonder what's going on there.
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"Anyone notice the bird tailpiece is a little off center and the strings aren't straight? I do wonder what's going on there."
Not until you mentioned it, but yes, now I see it. A very definite shift to the left as you look at the pic.
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Here is an old thread I remember reading about the off centre tailpiece. Mica explains the rationale. That might add clarity before this thread itself goes off centre. :-)
https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=3582.msg40276#msg40276 (https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=3582.msg40276#msg40276)