Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: fivestringdan on July 23, 2023, 09:14:11 AM

Title: Elan @GC
Post by: fivestringdan on July 23, 2023, 09:14:11 AM

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/ALEMBIC/Vintage-1989-ELAN-5-Electric-Bass-Guitar.gc

Great price. String spacing isn't for me but a gorgeous PJ5.

Title: Re: Elan @GC
Post by: BeenDown139 on July 23, 2023, 09:44:16 AM

those maple core elans are the shizzle, captain!  if yer lookin for a bass with that tear-your-face-clean-off screamin alembic tone then snatch this baby up and put a fresh set of rotosound rounds on it and crank that stack t0 11.

not a bad price.  a heckuva lot cheeeper than some of the premium instrumnts i've seen for sale lately.   jsut sayin'

Title: Re: Elan @GC
Post by: Songdog on July 23, 2023, 10:28:10 AM

Quote from: BeenDown139 on July 23, 2023, 09:44:16 AM

those maple core elans are the shizzle, captain!  if yer lookin for a bass with that tear-your-face-clean-off screamin alembic tone then snatch this baby up and put a fresh set of rotosound rounds on it and crank that stack t0 11.

not a bad price.  a heckuva lot cheeeper than some of the premium instrumnts i've seen for sale lately.   jsut sayin'

I'm with you on the maple core thing - my bass is very similar construction, except it doesn't have the (purpleheart?) neck laminations, and it can do anything from mellow P-bass, through grindy P-bass or Rick 4001 to OMG ALEMBIC!. And that's a very nice price.

But I'll mildly disagree on the Rotosounds - I'm really digging CX-3s on my bass, and they just seem to be getting better with age.