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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: rust_preacher on April 20, 2024, 09:35:12 AM

Title: S/N 95W9163 [was: 95W91S3]
Post by: rust_preacher on April 20, 2024, 09:35:12 AM

I am buying a 1995 Epic 5 on a local board in Finland. Any more details besides manufacturing year would be welcome.

Title: Re: S/N 95W91S3
Post by: adriaan on April 20, 2024, 10:20:58 AM

The lookup may take a while, as they are done in batches when time allows. The hive mind here can tell you more, but there is little we can tell from just the back of the neck.

You can safely assume it has a mahogany back, an all-maple set neck with an ebony board, volume balance bass and treble controls, 34" scale.  Do you have other pics?

Can you check the serial number again? The S must be a number.

Title: Re: S/N 95W91S3
Post by: adriaan on April 20, 2024, 10:25:19 AM

Zooming in, it looks a lot like 95W9163.

Title: Re: S/N 95W91S3
Post by: rust_preacher on April 20, 2024, 11:00:08 AM

Thanks, I will see the bass in person on Tuesday.

Looks like a pretty standard, natural bubinga top.

Title: Re: S/N 95W91S3
Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 20, 2024, 11:07:45 AM

Hey Jyrki, happy to see you found us here! 😊 When I saw rust_preacher, I thought; no way, that's got to be him!


Hope it works out for this Epic.

Title: Re: S/N 95W91S3
Post by: rust_preacher on April 21, 2024, 02:37:57 AM

Well, indeed! We know each other from TalkBass. Looks like we have both persevered!

Title: Re: S/N 95W91S3
Post by: rust_preacher on April 24, 2024, 01:32:53 AM

Yes, I stand corrected, the serial is 95W9163