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Title: Epic and Mark King Serial Number Question
Post by: ladyboy on March 08, 2005, 06:00:54 AM

Hi I recently bought an Mark King standard bass. Here is the serial. Does it have a history?
97MJ10479USA.
I also have a Epic. Here is the serial
96W9629 USA

Title: Epic and Mark King Serial Number Question
Post by: mica on March 08, 2005, 07:00:31 PM

Looked up the files for your basses:
 
96W9629
WLB-5 Epic 5-string bass
top: Wenge
pinstripe: Maple
body: Mahogany
scale: 34 long
fingerboard: Ebony
set neck: 5-piece Maple lefthanded
pickups: MXY56
controls: vol, pan, bass, treble
finish: satin natural polyurethane
birthday: January 24, 1996
originally sold to:Guitar Center, Dallas, TX
no previous registered owners
 
97MJ10479
MJLB-4 Mark King Standard 4-string
top: Walnut
accent laminate: Maple
body: Mahogany
body shape: 3/4 Omega
scale: 34 long scale
fingerboard: ebony, unlined fretless
through body neck: Maple and Purpleheart lefthanded
pickups: AXY
controls: vol, pan, filterx2, Qx2
finish: polyester gloss
birthday: January 7, 1997
originaly sold to: New Jersey Guitar and Bass Center, Edison, NJ.
one previous registered owner in England
 
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Title: Epic and Mark King Serial Number Question
Post by: ladyboy on March 09, 2005, 12:46:47 AM

Hi Mica
Thanks for the quick responce. About the MK. No info about the front LED? And it is not fretless. Does this mean that this was done by another ??
Kind regards
Oivind

Title: Epic and Mark King Serial Number Question
Post by: mica on March 09, 2005, 10:32:43 AM

The bass was originally made as a fretless and no LEDs. There is no record of us modifying it later. I suspect that since the bass lived in England for  while, it may have been fitted with SimS LEDs.